God and Goodness (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion) - Softcover

Wynn, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415862736 ISBN 13: 9780415862738

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

"God and Goodness" takes the experience of value as a starting point for natural theology. Mark Wynn argues that theism offers our best understanding of the goodness of the world, especially its beauty and openness to the development of richer and more complex material forms. We also see that the world's goodness calls for a moral response: commitment to the goodness of the world represents a natural extension of the trust to which we aspire in our dealings with human beings.

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Review:

"This is a clearly written and well informed book... I recommend it as a very thoughtful and helpful exploration, "dialectical" in the Aristotelian sense."
-Lawrence Dewan, "The Review of Metaphysics
"This is a most attractive as well as quite persuasive book."
-"Heythrop Journal
"A vast amount of research from a wide range of disciplines is surveyed in this book, which by itself makes it worthwhile."
-Barry Harvey, Religious Studies Review
"This book offers a sophisticated version of the design argument for God's existence... is full of interesting ideas and arguments... It offers a fresh look at a familiar kind of argument."
-"International Philosophical Quarterly
"Mark Wynn's "God and Goodnesspresents the case for God's existence in a refreshingly original way. This book needs to be taken seriously by both friends and opponents of theism."
-William Hasker, Huntington College

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0415862736
• ISBN 13: 9780415862738
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244