REL 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Omniscience, Divine Simplicity, Posttraumatic Growth
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Philosophy of religion is not theology (though the line between the two may be blurred at times) In this discipline, we use philosophical methods to analyze religious concepts. Philosophy: purports to give us tolls to clarify concepts, ideas, beliefs, social policies. Important terms: theist: one who believes in a god, monotheist, polytheist, atheist: the belief that there is no god or gods, agnostics. Our words are used to help us make sense of this world so how can they be used to describe a. There is a tension between these two thoughts: god is ultimately beyond comprehension- god is greater than our categories and concepts, our talk of god is very specific- us use out categories and concepts to understand god. Proposed solution #1: st. thomas aquinas: out talk of god is analogical, univocal: using a word in the exact same sense across multiple sentences. Garfield is a cat: equivocal: using a word in completely different senses across multiple sentences.
