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The Problem of Natural Theology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

N. H. G. Robinson
Affiliation:
Professor of Divinity, University of St Andrews

Extract

It is a curious fact that the much maligned ontological argument to prove the existence of God has in recent times enjoyed a revival of interest to which even Karl Barth, the arch-enemy of natural theology has contributed; but since the revival of interest has appared in a wide diversity of intellectual contexts, both philosophical and theological, the revival is itself almost as problematic as the argument itself.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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