Existence of God

[Caedmon]

I'm looking for scholarly sources that discuss God's existence in a meaningful way for today's society. I've found a few websites and books so far.

The Augustinian Knowledge website looks promising, but I don't know much about it:
Augustinian Knowledge. The problems of Knowledge Theory, St.Augustine's epistemology, The Inner Sense of Truth.

I also found a nice, thick tome by Hans Küng called Does God Exist: An Answer for Today. It also looks promising, but is about 800 pages long. I might still read it though.

Please, no Lee Strobel or other arm-chair philosophers. I'm looking for intellectual power-houses. Thanks for the recommendations.

 

[Rhamiel]

i always thought the unmoved mover was a great proof for the existence of God, and great link btw, i have nor read all of it yet but i looked over it and will read the rest latter

 

[Eucharisted]

I recommend Thomas Aquinas.

Proofs for God's Existence
God's Work of Creation
Where Is Your God?

 

[Sphinx777]

Have you read through this article...

Existence of God - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arguments for and against the existence of God have been proposed by scientists, philosophers, theologians, and others. In philosophical terminology, "existence-of-God" arguments concern schools of thought on the epistemology of the ontology of God.

The debate concerning the existence of God raises many philosophical issues. A basic problem is that there is no universally accepted definition of God or existence. Some definitions of God's existence are so non-specific that it is certain that something exists that meets the definition; in stark contrast, there are suggestions that other definitions are self-contradictory. A wide variety of arguments exist which can be categorized as metaphysical, logical, empirical, or subjective. Although rarely studied scientifically the question of the existence of God is subject to lively debate both in philosophy — the philosophy of religion being almost entirely devoted to the question — and in popular culture.

 

[Archangelus]

urm, I suggest things by Alistair McGrath, Dr. Peter Vardy.

Arguements such as The Ontological arguement by St. Anselm of Canterbury I find quite Interesting, less so the works of St. Thomas Aquinas but still they raise some interesting points.

Dr. Peter Vardy's The Thinkers Guide to God is a cheep but very comprehensive book on the Philosophy of Religion it contains Anselms Ontological arguements Aquina's five ways, The Problem of Evil and responses such as the theodicies, Religious Language and the problems they entail, Religious Experience. The thing I love about this book is it is easy to understand, written by one of the worlds leading theologians Lecturer at Heythrop specialist college for Theology and Divinity Studies of the University of London and it shows the Arguements and thier weaknesses which I believe is very important in any truely genuine work.

He also has The Thinkers guide to Morality which looks at Ethics, the Puzzle of God. His books have helped me immensely in Theology because they are so accessible.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

"The Confession of Saint Augustine" is timeless.

Jim

 

[QuantaCura]

Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ has some good stuff from both a metaphysical approach and in light of modern discoveries in cosmology. As an aside, he has served as president of Gonzaga Univ.

 

[Dark_Lite]

urm, I suggest things by Alistair McGrath, Dr. Peter Vardy.

Arguements such as The Ontological arguement by St. Anselm of Canterbury I find quite Interesting, less so the works of St. Thomas Aquinas but still they raise some interesting points.

Dr. Peter Vardy's The Thinkers Guide to God is a cheep but very comprehensive book on the Philosophy of Religion it contains Anselms Ontological arguements Aquina's five ways, The Problem of Evil and responses such as the theodicies, Religious Language and the problems they entail, Religious Experience. The thing I love about this book is it is easy to understand, written by one of the worlds leading theologians Lecturer at Heythrop specialist college for Theology and Divinity Studies of the University of London and it shows the Arguements and thier weaknesses which I believe is very important in any truely genuine work.

He also has The Thinkers guide to Morality which looks at Ethics, the Puzzle of God. His books have helped me immensely in Theology because they are so accessible.

I find the ontological argument interesting like I find reading about the effects of hallucinogens interesting. It's good to know, but it probably shouldn't be done!

But anyway, there are plenty of works that discuss God in philosophy from older times. Aquinas is an obvious one. There is also Descartes. If you're looking for trippy pseudo-mathematical pantheism that sounds like it would fit into the Matrix, there is Spinoza. Leibniz (particularly his stuff about monads) is another one.

I don't have decent knowledge of anything recent. Sorry. Perhaps I need to expand my philosophical repertoire.

 

[isshinwhat]

Theology and Sanity by Frank Sheed. Follow the link and start on page 47. It's an excellent book.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Y8...ogy+and+sanity&ei=-kNCS4KFIZ6szgS4stT9Cw&cd=1#

 

[Caedmon]

Theology and Sanity by Frank Sheed. Follow the link and start on page 47. It's an excellent book.

Theology and Sanity - Google Books#

Ok, I've given Sheed a chance in the past, but honestly, I just don't like his stuff. This one is no exception. He discards the opinions of everyone who disagrees with him, which is essentially the modus operandi of every street preacher I've watched. From what I can see, he's lacking in ecumenism, pastoralism, and general rhetorical delicacy, and that's diametrically opposed to my personality.

He acts as if God's existence is obvious, and that anyone who doesn't agree with him lacks the reasoning faculties required for that type of discussion. I just don't see how this book is of much worth to anyone who doesn't share his opinions completely. In fact, he says so himself, and that's quite frustrating. He's just not the guy for me, I guess.

Sorry, I don't mean to be difficult, I just don't like his work.

 

[Caedmon]

Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ has some good stuff from both a metaphysical approach and in light of modern discoveries in cosmology. As an aside, he has served as president of Gonzaga Univ.

Can you recommend something short and comprehensive to me? I'm unfamiliar with him.