God & Timelessness Vol 7

First published in 2003. This is volume VII in the IX-volume set titled Studies in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion. The series is meant to provide an opportunity for philosophical discussions of a limited length which pursue in some detail specific topics in ethics or the philosophy of religion, or topics which belong to both fields. This volume discusses timelessness, the predicate 'timeless' in relation to God, power and two doctrines. PREFACE, INTRODUCTION: TWO WORKING ASSUMPTIONS, I. THE PREDICATE 'TIMELESS', 2. THE LOGICAL STATUS OF 'GOD IS TIMELESS', 3· TIMELESSNESS AND THE NEGATIVE PREDICATES 'IMMUTABLE', 'INCORRUPTIBLE' AND 'IMMORTAL', 4. TIMELESSNESS, FOREKNOWLEDGE AND FREE WILL, 5· TIMELESS KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, 6. TIMELESSNESS AND POWER, 7· GOD AS A TIMELESS PERSON, 8. THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF TIMELESSNESS: ANSELM, 9· THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF TIMELESSNESS: SCHLEIERMACHER, A CONCLUDING COMMENT, INDEX