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The Logic of Religious Language1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Cynthia B. Cohen
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver

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Expressions used in religious contexts have often seemed odd and paradoxical to philosophers. Statements have appeared in Christian discourse to the effect that God is not a person and yet is a person, that he is a servant and a king, that he is nothingness and being itself. These statements appear unintelligible either because their terms are self-contradictory or because they are mutually exclusive.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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