Infinity of God

Benedikt Paul Göcke is professor of philosophy of science and philosophy of religion at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Oxford University. He is the author of A Theory of the Absolute and editor of After Physicalism (University of Notre Dame Press, 2012).Christian Tapp is professor of philosophy and chair of interdisciplinary questions in philosophy and theology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. He currently holds the Endowed Professorship for Christian Philosophy of the Gedächtnisstiftung Peter Kaiser (1793–1864) at the University of Innsbruck. He is the author of Kardinalität und Kardinäle and the co-editor of God, Eternity, and Time.

"There has been increasing philosophical interest in divine infinity in the past decade, and there is no extant collection of philosophical essays on this subject. Benedikt Paul Göcke and Christian Tapp succeed in bringing together a wide range of high quality scholarly treatments of questions about divine infinity, making the work accessible to a broad audience." —Graham Oppy, author of Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity"This is a highly stimulating volume. Benedikt Paul Göcke and Christian Tapp are to be congratulated on providing such a diversity of perspectives on the infinity of God." —Stephen Priest, University of Oxford

• Introduction: The Infinity of God Benedikt Paul Göcke and Christian TappPart 1. Historical Approaches to the Infinity of God2. The Concept of the Infinity of God in Ancient Greek Thought Franz Krainer3. Infinity in Augustine's Theology Adam Drosdek4. Aquinas on Creation and the Analogy of Infinity William E. Carroll5. Spinoza and Leibniz on the Absolute and Its Infinity – A Case-Study Christina Schneider6. Kant and the Infinity of Reason Ruben Schneider7. Infinity and Spirit: How Hegel Integrates Science and Religion, and Nature and the Supernatural Robert M. Wallace8. Divine Infinity according to Bernard Bolzano Christian Tapp9. Cantor and the Infinity of God Bruce HedmanPart 2. Systematic Approaches to the Infinity of God10. God Almighty. Divine Power and Authority in the Biblical Period Bernhard Lang11. God's Omnipotence Richard Swinburne12. Infinite Power and Finite Powers Kenny L. Pearce13. Infinite God, Open Future William Hasker14. Infinity and God's Atemporality Paul Helm15. Infinite Goodness Brian Leftow16. Divine Infinity and Personhood Ken Perszyk17. Divine Infinity and the Trinity Thomas Schärtl18. (A)symmetries between God and World: Process Philosophy, Postmodern Theology, and the Two Families of Infinity Arguments Philip Clayton19. The Quantitative and the Qualitative Infinity of God Benedikt Paul GöckeAbout the Contributors Index