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Yep. I don’t see much metaphysical difference between the ‘god’ of Craig, who has being like we do, and Zeus. Here, from Craig’s own websiste : “I agree wholeheartedly with Scotus that there is a univocal concept of being which applies to both God and creatures. One of the aspects of Thomas Aquinas’...

Craig rejects divine simplicity, and I think that this, so to speak, poisons the well. It is because of this, in my opinion, that he endorses Apollinarianism , the idea that the Divine Logos takes the place of the rational soul in Christ. Here, from his book Philosophical Foundations for a Christian...

Metaphysics of participation? I'm not sure I understand the summary of the book's contents The point of pointing to a metaphysics of participation is that it holds that we do not exist outside of being kept in existence by God, and such an existence is a kind of participation. We do not participate...

I have worked specifically on the Neoplatonist influences in Christianity in my PhD (which has just been published ). I argue there that Aquinas was, in many ways, also Platonic,* though specifically of an Augustinian and Dionysian bent. We see this particularly in the way he uses participation. Of ...

I have a new book out, based on my PhD from Durham University (in the UK). https://wipfandstock.com/9781666771251/liturgy-theurgy-and-active-participation/ Endorsements: “The metaphysics of participation, rooted in Christian Platonism, claims that creation exists not in itself, but by receiving a sh...