On Affirming the Unintelligible God: Examining Denys Turner’s Account of Atheism

• Authors: Kukiela Kaz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper investigates Denys Turner’s article, “On Denying the Right God: Aquinas on Atheism and Idolatry.” According to the author, Denys Turner’s account contributes to theist and atheist debates by treating the issue of whether God can be intelligibly comprehended with great emphasis.

Keywords

EN

Denys Turner; Thomas Aquinas; God; theism; atheism; negative theology; idolatry; religious language; existence; intelligibility; evidence

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 749-761

Dates

published

2021-09-30

Contributors

author

Kukiela Kaz

• KU Leuven, Belgium

References

• Reichenbach, Bruce. “Cosmological Argument.” In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Edward N. Zalta. Spring 2021 Edition. Available online at: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2021/entries/cosmological-argument/. Accessed Feb. 10, 2021.
• Soskice, Janet. “Religious Language.” In A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, edited by Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper, and Philip L. Quinn, 348–356. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
• Turner, Denys. “On Denying the Right God: Aquinas on Atheism and Idolatry.” Modern Theology 20, no. 1 (2004): 141–161. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2004.00246.x.