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A classic statement of God’s transcendence is A.M. Farrer, Finite and Infinite, 2nd ed. (1959), a difficult but essential book on theism; C.A. Campbell, On Selfhood and Godhood (1957), is an exceptionally lucid presentation that allows for the distinctness of finite beings; see also further statements in William Temple, Nature, Man and God (1934); H.H. Farmer, God and Men (1947); and H.D. Lewis, Philosophy of Religion (1965). A. Seth Pringle-Pattison presents the more traditional Idealist view in The Idea of God in the Light of Recent Philosophy (1920). An Idealism stressing the immediate awareness of other minds and of God is found in W.E. Hocking, The Meaning of God in Human Experience (1912); a presentation similarly starting from Empiricism and science that culminates in a “Cosmic Teleology” is that of F.R. Tennant, Philosophical Theology, 2 vol. (1928–30). E.S. Brightman, The Problem of God (1930), treats God as a limited being (finitism).
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| Deleted Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Mathematical Platonism. | Dec 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pittsburg State University - Digital Commons - The Varieties of Theism and the Openness of God. | Nov 28, 2024 | ||
| Cross-reference added. | Aug 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Mathematical Platonism. | Dec 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Meaning: Theism. | Sep 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Theism. | Feb 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - What is Theism? | May 03, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Basics of Philosophy - Theism. | Apr 15, 2019 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Aug 22, 2014 | ||
| Images added. | May 31, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Process Theism. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Theism. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Theism. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Axiology of Theism. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 29, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Theism.info - Theism. | Mar 24, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 25, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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