God the Problem

Gordon Kaufman

    Preface

    Part I. Introduction

    1. The Problem of God

    2. Christian Theology and the Scientific Study of Religion

    Part II. God

    3. Transcendence Without Mythology

    4. Two Models of Transcendence

    5. God as Symbol

    Part III. God and the World

    6. On the Meaning of "Act of God"

    7. Revelation and Cultural History

    8. God and Evil

    Part IV. Belief and Unbelief

    9. Secular, Religious, and Theistic World-Views

    10. The Foundations of Belief

    11. The Secular Utility of "God-Talk"

    Index

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Gordon D. Kaufman is the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., Professor of Divinity, Harvard University.