2c. Content of Philosophy of religion (H573/01) - 4. Theological and Philosophical Developments - The nature or attributes of God — OCR A-Level Religious Studies
2c. Content of Philosophy of religion (H573/01) - 4. Theological and Philosophical Developments - The nature or attributes of God explained
2c. Content of Philosophy of religion (H573/01) - 4.
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Theological and Philosophical Developments - The nature or attributes of God covers 11 specification points, including Omnipotence; omniscience; (omni)benevolence;… and divine power and self-imposed limitation. Open a point below for its explanation and revision guidance.
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- developments in the understanding of: omnipotence; omniscience; (omni)benevolence; eternity; free will
- divine power and self-imposed limitation
- divine knowledge and its interaction with temporal existence and free will
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- divine benevolence and just judgement of human actions, including Boethius’s argument relating this to divine foreknowledge, eternity and free will
- divine eternity and divine action in time, including Anselm’s four-dimensionalist approach as an extension of Boethius’s view
- the extent to which human free will reasonably coexists with these attributes
- the above should be studied with reference to alternative possibilities presented by Boethius, Anselm and Swinburne
- whether or not it is possible, or necessary, to resolve the apparent conflicts between divine attributes
- whether Boethius, Anselm or Swinburne provides the most useful understanding of the relationship between divinity and time
- whether or not any of these thinkers are successful in resolving the problems of divine knowledge, benevolence, justice, eternity and human free will
- whether the attributes should be understood as subject to the limits of logical possibility or of divine self-limitation