International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

, Volume 72, Issue 3, pp 199–210 | Cite as

Existential faith and biblical philosophy

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Abstract

In this article, I present a case for a kind of existential theology which would be philosophical and metaphysical, though not broadly Platonic and classical, and biblical though not illogical. What I present will be an attempt to clarify and justify what I call “existential hayatological theism”. In so doing I will draw on insights from what Edmond La B Cherbonnier and Claude Tresmontant designated as “biblical philosophy” and “biblical metaphysics” as well as from the neo-classical philosophies of Charles Hartshorne and Alfred North Whitehead, especially that of Whitehead.

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Theism Existential faith Philosophical theology Being and haya Value Order Language and logic 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of ReligionThe University of GeorgiaAthensUSA

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