A new interest in the God of the orthodox Hebrew-Christian tradition has arisen recently among contemporary philosophers. This new interest in theism can be traced to the demise of logical positivism, a lack of intellectual rigor in theological liberalism, and the increased sophistication of theistic arguments. Two arguments illustrate the many contemporary proofs for theism that have attracted...

1 The Dilemma of the Theistic Platonist Theists generally hold that God is the creator of all there is distinct from himself. Traditionally, the scope of God's creative activity has extended across two disjoint realms: the physical, whose chief exemplars are ordinary middle-size objects, and the mental or spiritual, encompassing such things as angels and souls. Now, many theists are also platon...

Abstract My claim in this article is that the thesis Buddhism has no God, insofar as it taken to apply universally, false. I defend by interpreting a central text East-Asian – The Awakening of Faith Mahāyāna through lenses perfect being theology (PBT), research programme philosophy religion attempts provide description God two-step process: (1) defining terms maximal greatness; (2) inferring pr...