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The Concept of Divine Transcendence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

W. Donald Hudson
Affiliation:
Reader in Moral Philosophy, University of Exeter

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The thought of God as transcendent is central to theism. Although the expression ‘divine transcendence’ does not appear to have been used by theologians (as distinct from philosophers) before the nineteenth century,1 the idea itself is very deep-rooted. If we ask where it is ultimately grounded, I think the answer may well be: in the idea of the holy.

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