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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shank, Jeriah D

Titel

A Simple Answer: Divine Simplicity and the Task of Christian Apologetics

Ort / Verlag

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This project explores the apologetic and polemic implications of the doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS), seeking to fill the gap between defenses of the coherence of DDS and its apologetic implications. This dissertation will argue that a commitment to a classical understanding of divine simplicity provides an essential foundation for apologetic and polemic arguments for the Christian faith. The author will show that contemporary apologists who reject or redefine a classical understanding of divine simplicity are out of step with the history of the Church and are undermining their own arguments with a deficient Theology Proper. Instead, like the theologians of old, commitment to a classical understanding of DDS can enable contemporary apologists to make effective apologetic arguments defending Christianity and polemic arguments against other religious viewpoints.