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The Problem of God, Yesterday and Today

John Courtney Murray

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#2594 of 3,809 books · #157 in General

Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1965).

In an urbane and persuasive tract for our time, the distinguished Catholic theologian combines a comprehensive metaphysics with a sensitivity to contemporary existentialist thought. Father Murray traces the "problem of God" from its origins in the Old Testament, through its development in the Christian Fathers and the definitive statement by Aquinas, to its denial by modern materialism. Students and nonspecialist intellectuals may both benefit by the book, which illuminates the problem of development of doctrine that is now, even more than in the days of Newman, a fundamental issue between Roman Catholic and Protestant theologians and nonspecialist intellectuals alike will find the subject of vital interest. As a challenge to the ecumenical dialogue, the question is raised whether, in the course of its development through different phases, the problem of God has come back to its original position.

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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-13
9780300001716
Topics
Theology and philosophy of religionHistory of Christian doctrineExistentialism and God

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