The meanings of God: reply to four critics

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International Journal of Philosophy and Theology Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI:10.1080/21692327.2021.2020151

Thaddeus Metz

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In this article, I briefly reply to four critics who have critically engaged with my book God, Soul and the Meaning of Life in a special issue of the International Journal of Philosophy and Theology. I view them mainly as addressing the ‘meaning’ of God in three distinct senses, namely, in terms of how best to understand the word ‘God’ and related terms such as ‘the spiritual’, whether God is central to what gives our lives a particular sort of final value, and how beliefs about God might be central to interpreting what on the face of it are non-religious beliefs and practices in contemporary Western society. My remarks are intended to continue the dialogue about these definitional, axiological, and hermeneutic meanings of God.

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上帝的意义:回答四个批评

在这篇文章中，我简要地回复了在《国际哲学与神学杂志》特刊上对我的书《上帝、灵魂和生命的意义》进行批判性评论的四位评论家。我认为它们主要是在三个不同的意义上解决上帝的“意义”，即，就如何最好地理解“上帝”这个词和相关术语，如“精神”而言，上帝是否对赋予我们的生活某种特定的最终价值至关重要，以及关于上帝的信仰如何可能成为解释当代西方社会表面上是非宗教信仰和实践的核心。我的评论意在继续关于上帝的定义、价值论和解释学意义的对话。

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期刊介绍： International Journal of Philosophy and Theology publishes scholarly articles and reviews that concern the intersection between philosophy and theology. It aims to stimulate the creative discussion between various traditions, for example the analytical and the continental traditions. Articles should exhibit high-level scholarship but should be readable for those coming from other philosophical traditions. Fields of interest are: philosophy, especially philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophical ethics, and systematic theology, for example fundamental theology, dogmatic and moral theology. Contributions focusing on the history of these disciplines are also welcome, especially when they are relevant to contemporary discussions.