God: A Brief History with a Cognitive Explanation of the Concept

The Christian concept of 'God' names a category with surprisingly heterogeneous contents. In the Old Testament traditions God is an anthropomorphic agent; in Christian theology God often appears as a personalized metaphysical principle; philosophers of religion try to find the inherent rat...

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Main Author: ILKKA PYYSIÄINEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 2005-01-01
Series:Temenos
Online Access:https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/4803