ABSTRACT

Is God temporal, 'in time', or atemporal, 'outside of time'? Garrett DeWeese begins with contemporary metaphysics and physics, developing a causal account of dynamic time.  Drawing on biblical material as well as discussions of divine temporality in medieval and contemporary philosophical theology, DeWeese concludes that God is temporal but not in physical time as we measure it. Interacting with issues in the history of philosophy, contemporary philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion, this book offers students a thorough introduction to the key issues and key figures in historical and contemporary work on the philosophy of time and time in theology.

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I: Metaphysics and Physics

chapter 2|50 pages

The Metaphysics of Time

chapter 3|26 pages

Physics and Time

part |2 pages

Part II: Scripture and Tradition

chapter 4|18 pages

The Evidence from Scripture

chapter 6|26 pages

Atemporality: Contemporary Statements

chapter 8|28 pages

Temporality: Contemporary Statements

part |2 pages

Part III: Omnitemporal God

chapter 9|18 pages

Omnitemporality

chapter 10|20 pages

Implications of Omnitemporality