Consciousness and the Mind of God [Paperback]

A highly sophisticated and convincing attempt to defend the notion of God as a non-physical, spiritual reality.A book which introduces readers to substantive terrain in both the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of religion in a clear, not overtly-technical, fashion. It defends with great sophistication the intelligibility of thinking about God as a non-physical and spiritual reality, and challenges popular post-dualist theology.A book which introduces readers to substantive terrain in both the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of religion in a clear, not overtly-technical, fashion. It defends with great sophistication the intelligibility of thinking about God as a non-physical and spiritual reality, and challenges popular post-dualist theology.Contemporary materialist accounts of consciousness and subjectivity challenge how we think of ourselves and of ultimate reality. This book defends a nonmaterialistic view of persons and subjectivity and the intelligibility of thinking of God as a nonphysical, spiritual reality. It endeavors to articulate in a related way the integral relationship between ourselves and our material bodies and between God and the cosmos. Different versions of materialism are assessed, as are alternative, post-dualist concepts of God.Introduction; 1. Consciousness; 2. The material world; 3. Persons and bodies; 4. God and the world; 5. The omnipresence of God; 6. Integrative theism; Conclusion; Select bibliography. This work should attract wide attention. Its extensive learning and careful formulations of arguments advances a position often not taken seriously enough, plus it offers ways to save the central dogmas of Christian incarnation and supports a new way of understanding the Trinity. Highly recommended. The Reader's Review He has lucidly and thoroughly explored the issues within the mind/body-God/world analogy. For anyone wishing to investigate the analogy and needing a strong, obvious case for it, this is an excellent book. l/