God’s Power and Almightiness in Whitehead’s Thought

Whitehead’s position regarding God’s power is rather unique in the philosophical and theological landscape. Whitehead rejects divine omnipotence (unlike Aquinas), yet he claims (unlike Hans Jonas) that God’s persuasive power is required for everything to exist and to occur. This intriguing position...

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Main Author: Oomen, Palmyre 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2015
In: Open theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 277–292
Further subjects:B almightiness
B pantokrator
B PHILOSOPHY OF ORGANISM
B Thomas Aquinas
B Coercion
B Persuasion
B Alfred North Whitehead
B God’s self-limitation
B Omnipotence
B process thought
B God’s power
B Hans Jonas
B God and World as opposites
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