{"product_id":"god-time-four-views-paperback","title":"God \u0026 Time: Four Views - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory E. Ganssle\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Helm\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eAlan G. Padgett\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe eternal God has created the universe. And that universe is time-bound.\u003c\/b\u003e How can we best understand God's relationship with our time-bound universe? For example, does God experience each moment of time in succession or are all times present to God?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow we think of God and time has implications for our understanding of the nature of time, the creation of the universe, God's knowledge of the future, God's interaction with his creation and the fullness of God's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this Spectrum Multiview volume, four notable philosophers skillfully take on this difficult topic--all writing from within a Christian framework yet contending for different views. Paul Helm argues that divine eternity should be construed as astate of absolute timelessness. Alan G. Padgett maintains that God's eternity is more plausibly to be understood as relative timelessness. William Lane Craig presents a hybrid view that combines timelessness with omnitemporality. And Nicholas Wolterstorff advocates a doctrine of unqualified divine temporality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach essay is followed by responses from the other three contributors and a final counter-response from the original essayist, making for a lively exchange of ideas. Editor Gregory E. Ganssle provides a helpful introduction to the debate and its significance. Together these five scholars conduct readers on a stimulating and mind-stretching journey into one of the most controversial and challenging areas of theology today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpectrum Multiview Books offer a range of viewpoints on contested topics within Christianity, giving contributors the opportunity to present their position and also respond to others in this dynamic publishing format.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan G. Padgett\u003c\/b\u003e (DPhil, Oxford) is professor of systematic theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGod, Eternity and the Nature of Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScience and the Study of God\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg Ganssle (PhD, Syracuse) is professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eA Reasonable God: Engaging the New Face of Atheism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThinking About God\u003c\/i\u003e, andhe is the editor of \u003ci\u003eGod and Time\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Helm (1940-2025) was a teaching fellow in theology and philosophy at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. From 1993 to 2000 he taught as professor of the history and philosophy of religion at King's College, University of London. Hepublished numerous books and articles, including \u003ci\u003eEternal God: A Study of God Without Time\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 1988), \u003ci\u003eBelief Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge University Press, 1994) and \u003ci\u003eFaith and Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e (Eerdmans, 1997). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lane Craig (PhD, University of Birmingham, England; DTheol, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany) is professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and at Houston Baptist University. In 2016 he was named by The Best Schools as one of the fifty most influential living philosophers. Craig has authored or edited over forty books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Kalam Cosmological Argument\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDivine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGod, Time, and Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eGod and Abstract Objects\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as over 150 articles in professional publications of philosophy and theology, including \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Testament Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal for the Study of the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal for Philosophy of Science\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 247\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.97 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52740439638323,"sku":"9780830815517","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bUaxCeba1L9780830815517.webp?v=1781562601","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/god-time-four-views-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}