Omni-beauty as a divine attribute

Robson, Jon

Abstract

Abstract: the claim that God is perfectly beautiful has played a key role within the history of a number of religious traditions. However, this view has received surprisingly little attention from philosophers of religion in recent decades. In this paper I aim to remedy this neglect by addressing some key philosophical issues surrounding the doctrine of divine beauty. I begin by considering how best to explicate the claim the God is perfectly beautiful before moving on to ask what consequences accepting this claim will have for our broader theorising in philosophy.

Citation

Robson, J. (2019). Omni-beauty as a divine attribute. Religious Studies, 55(1), 55-75. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412518000112

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 4, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Mar 19, 2018
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Deposit Date: Nov 9, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 19, 2018
• Journal: Religious Studies
• Print ISSN: 0034-4125
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-901X
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 55-75
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412518000112
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/920921
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/religious-studies/article/omnibeauty-as-a-divine-attribute/7B52C798341588BD5240BE4F8B61E1F1