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Religious Studies Review, 2008
Leslie's book is a thought-provoking look at the existence of God, immortality, and the nature of... more Leslie's book is a thought-provoking look at the existence of God, immortality, and the nature of the universe, and is useful to both the professional philosopher and to one just starting philosophy. He claims that 1) the existence of the world is a result of the creative efficacy of the ethical principle that it is good that the world exists and 2) that the world is a pantheistic one; the objects of the universe are merely structures of the divine mind. On the basis of this worldview, Leslie sketches out three ways in which we may be immortal. In the first case, we are immortal because of the fact that we timelessly exist as part of a four-dimensional universe. Second, Leslie argues that pantheism provides an opening for persons to continue thinking after death. Finally, Leslie suggests we might have an afterlife of a sort because of the fact that the universe of which we are a part would continue to exist. The strengths of the book are that it touches on a wide variety of philosophical topics, incorporates developments in modern physics, metaphysics, and theology, and is exceptionally clear. A weakness of the book is that sometimes crucial claims are argued for quickly and do not explore in detail current debates in the literature. Jeffrey Green Wheaton College Theology COLERIDGE'S ASSERTION OF RELIGION: ESSAYS ON THE OPUS MAXIMUM. Edited by Jeffrey W.
Religious Studies Review, 2008
Leslie's book is a thought-provoking look at the existence of God, immortality, and the nature of... more Leslie's book is a thought-provoking look at the existence of God, immortality, and the nature of the universe, and is useful to both the professional philosopher and to one just starting philosophy. He claims that 1) the existence of the world is a result of the creative efficacy of the ethical principle that it is good that the world exists and 2) that the world is a pantheistic one; the objects of the universe are merely structures of the divine mind. On the basis of this worldview, Leslie sketches out three ways in which we may be immortal. In the first case, we are immortal because of the fact that we timelessly exist as part of a four-dimensional universe. Second, Leslie argues that pantheism provides an opening for persons to continue thinking after death. Finally, Leslie suggests we might have an afterlife of a sort because of the fact that the universe of which we are a part would continue to exist. The strengths of the book are that it touches on a wide variety of philosophical topics, incorporates developments in modern physics, metaphysics, and theology, and is exceptionally clear. A weakness of the book is that sometimes crucial claims are argued for quickly and do not explore in detail current debates in the literature. Jeffrey Green Wheaton College Theology COLERIDGE'S ASSERTION OF RELIGION: ESSAYS ON THE OPUS MAXIMUM. Edited by Jeffrey W.