Journal article
Why might God create?
- Abstract:
- Some have held that this question cannot be given a satisfactory answer within the constraints imposed by a traditional theistic framework, a framework which sees the universe as contingent on God’s free choice to create it. However, I shall argue that, whilst traditional theism certainly does place constraints on possible answers to the title question, on assumptions which are themselves plausible, these constraints leave open various possibilities for understanding the reasons God may have had as He decided whether or not to create something other than Himself.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 280.7KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/S0034412522000208
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Religious Studies More from this journal
- Volume:
- 59
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 223 - 238
- Publication date:
- 2022-05-30
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-04-12
- DOI:
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1469-901X
- ISSN:
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0034-4125
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1250472
- Local pid:
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pubs:1250472
- Deposit date:
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2022-04-13
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- Copyright holder:
- Timothy J. Mawson
- Copyright date:
- 2022
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Cambridge University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412522000208
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