William L Power
Biographic Data
| ID | 1401708 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William L Power |
| GIVEN NAMES | William L |
| FAMILY NAME | Power |
| SIGNATURE | POWER W L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7934-5092 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Myth and pragmatic semiotics
Divine Poiesis and Abstract Entities
According to Anselm, God is understood as a being than which nothing greater can be conceived. God is the greatest possible being. In this tradition, which has come to be spoken of as Anselmian theology or perfect being theology, God is conceived or described as that spiritual or personal being who manifests the greatest possible array of unique and compossible great making attributes and characteristics that distinguishes God from all other bein…
Ontological Arguments for Satan and Other Sorts of Evil Beings
Over the years it has been suggested that it is possible to construct deductive arguments for the existence of Satan and other sorts of evil beings, modelled on Anselm's argument in the Proslogium . From time to time such suggestions and similar proposals have also appeared in print. In my judgment, such suggestions and proposals are ill-conceived, misguided and foolish. My reasons for this judgment are all implicitly contained in Anselm's Proslo…
Myth, Truth, and Justification in Religion
When one addresses the issue of myth, truth, and justification in religion, what one says to a great extent depends upon one's understanding of religion and theology. For that reason I want to sketch out my views on such matters as a way of locating or identifying the theme of this paper in what I judge to be its proper setting. Having done that, I will then present my thoughts on myth, truth, and justification in religion in hope that some light…
Book Notices
Book Notices
Journal Article Book Notices: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Get access Faith and Reason. By Anthony Kenny. Columbia University Press, 1983. 94 pages. $17.50. William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 52, Issue 2, June 1984, Page 419, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/52.2.419 Published: 01 June 1984
Book Notices
Book Notices Get access The Pedagogy of Gods Image: Essays on Symbol and the Religious Imagination. Edited by Robert Masson. Scholars Press, 1981. 208 pages. $18.00. William L. Power William L. Power The University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 52, Issue 2, June 1984, Pages 411-b–412, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/52.2.411-b Published: 01 Ju…
Philosophy of Religion
Journal Article PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Get access Religion and the One By Frederick CoplestonCrossroad, 1982 273 pages $17.50 William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LI, Issue 2, June 1983, Pages 339–340, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LI.2.339 Published: 01 June 1983
Ethics
ETHICS Get access Technology, Environment, and Human Values By Ian G BarbourNew York Praeger, 1980 319 pages, indices $9.95 ISBN 0-03-55881-6 William L Power William L Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume L, Issue 1, March 1982, Pages 151–152, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/L.1.151 Published: 01 March 1982
Ethics
ETHICS Science and Our Troubled Conscience By J Robert NelsonPhiladelphia Fortress, 1980 xii+173 pages $6.95 ISBN 0-8006-1398-8 William L Power William L Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume L, Issue 1, March 1982, Pages 152–153, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/L.1.152 Published: 01 March 1982
Contemporary Theology
CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY Get access The Christian Story: A Narrative Interpretation of Basic Christian Doctrine. By Gabriel Fackre. Grand Rapids, MI. William B. Eerdmans, 1978. 279 pages, bibliography, index. $6.95. ISBN 0-8028-1735-1. William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIX, Issue 1, March 1981, Pages 152…
Book Notices
Journal Article Book Notices Get access Anselm and Talking About God. By G. R. Evans. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. 211 pages, index. $22.00. ISBN 0-19-826647. William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2, June 1980, Pages 298–299, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLVIII.2.298 Published: 01 June 19…
Book Notices
Book Notices Get access The Ontological Argument of Charles Hartshorne (American Academy of Religion Dissertation Series, 20). By George L. Goodwin. Missoula: Scholars Press, 1980. xx+133 pages, bibliography. $5.00. ISBN 0-89130-228-X. William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2, June 1980, Pages…
Informative Discourse and Theology
It is a fact that human beings attempt to discourse about God. The question is: can they? In this paper I want to discuss the problem of man's endeavour to speak and write meaningfully about God. In the first part of the paper, I will discuss the informative function of language and the conditions under which one can use language intelligibly to communicate information about a particular concrete individual or object. In the second part of the pa…
The Notion of Transcendence and the Problem of Discourse about God
The Notion of Transcendence and the Problem of Discourse about God Get access WILLIAM L. POWER WILLIAM L. POWER WILLIAM L. POWER (Ph D, Emory University) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Georgia His articles have appeared in Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Iliff Review, Religious Education, Internationāl Journal for Philosophy of Religion, and Encounter This article is a revision of a symposium paper discuss…
Theological and Ethical Studies
THEOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL STUDIES Get access A Theology of Things. By CONRAD BONIFAZI. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1967. 237 pages. $5.95. WILLIAM L. POWER WILLIAM L. POWER The University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3, September 1968, Pages 279–280, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXXVI.3.279 Published: 01 September 19…
Theological and Philosophical Studies
THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES Get access Language and Natural Theology. By BOWMAN L. CLARKE. The Hague: Mouton & Company, 1966. 181 pages. $6.75. WILLIAM L. POWER WILLIAM L. POWER The University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, June 1968, Pages 167–169, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXXVI.2.167 Published: 01 June 1968
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Theological and Ethical Studies
THEOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL STUDIES Get access A Theology of Things. By CONRAD BONIFAZI. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1967. 237 pages. $5.95. WILLIAM L. POWER WILLIAM L. POWER The University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3, September 1968, Pages 279–280, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXXVI.3.279 Published: 01 September 19…
Theological and Philosophical Studies
THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES Get access Language and Natural Theology. By BOWMAN L. CLARKE. The Hague: Mouton & Company, 1966. 181 pages. $6.75. WILLIAM L. POWER WILLIAM L. POWER The University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, June 1968, Pages 167–169, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXXVI.2.167 Published: 01 June 1968
The Notion of Transcendence and the Problem of Discourse about God
The Notion of Transcendence and the Problem of Discourse about God Get access WILLIAM L. POWER WILLIAM L. POWER WILLIAM L. POWER (Ph D, Emory University) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Georgia His articles have appeared in Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Iliff Review, Religious Education, Internationāl Journal for Philosophy of Religion, and Encounter This article is a revision of a symposium paper discuss…
Informative Discourse and Theology
It is a fact that human beings attempt to discourse about God. The question is: can they? In this paper I want to discuss the problem of man's endeavour to speak and write meaningfully about God. In the first part of the paper, I will discuss the informative function of language and the conditions under which one can use language intelligibly to communicate information about a particular concrete individual or object. In the second part of the pa…
Book Notices
Journal Article Book Notices Get access Anselm and Talking About God. By G. R. Evans. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. 211 pages, index. $22.00. ISBN 0-19-826647. William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2, June 1980, Pages 298–299, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLVIII.2.298 Published: 01 June 19…
Book Notices
Book Notices Get access The Ontological Argument of Charles Hartshorne (American Academy of Religion Dissertation Series, 20). By George L. Goodwin. Missoula: Scholars Press, 1980. xx+133 pages, bibliography. $5.00. ISBN 0-89130-228-X. William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2, June 1980, Pages…
Contemporary Theology
CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY Get access The Christian Story: A Narrative Interpretation of Basic Christian Doctrine. By Gabriel Fackre. Grand Rapids, MI. William B. Eerdmans, 1978. 279 pages, bibliography, index. $6.95. ISBN 0-8028-1735-1. William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIX, Issue 1, March 1981, Pages 152…
Ethics
ETHICS Get access Technology, Environment, and Human Values By Ian G BarbourNew York Praeger, 1980 319 pages, indices $9.95 ISBN 0-03-55881-6 William L Power William L Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume L, Issue 1, March 1982, Pages 151–152, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/L.1.151 Published: 01 March 1982
Ethics
ETHICS Science and Our Troubled Conscience By J Robert NelsonPhiladelphia Fortress, 1980 xii+173 pages $6.95 ISBN 0-8006-1398-8 William L Power William L Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume L, Issue 1, March 1982, Pages 152–153, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/L.1.152 Published: 01 March 1982
Philosophy of Religion
Journal Article PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Get access Religion and the One By Frederick CoplestonCrossroad, 1982 273 pages $17.50 William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LI, Issue 2, June 1983, Pages 339–340, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LI.2.339 Published: 01 June 1983
Book Notices
Journal Article Book Notices: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Get access Faith and Reason. By Anthony Kenny. Columbia University Press, 1983. 94 pages. $17.50. William L. Power William L. Power University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 52, Issue 2, June 1984, Page 419, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/52.2.419 Published: 01 June 1984
Book Notices
Book Notices Get access The Pedagogy of Gods Image: Essays on Symbol and the Religious Imagination. Edited by Robert Masson. Scholars Press, 1981. 208 pages. $18.00. William L. Power William L. Power The University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 52, Issue 2, June 1984, Pages 411-b–412, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/52.2.411-b Published: 01 Ju…
Book Notices
Myth, Truth, and Justification in Religion
When one addresses the issue of myth, truth, and justification in religion, what one says to a great extent depends upon one's understanding of religion and theology. For that reason I want to sketch out my views on such matters as a way of locating or identifying the theme of this paper in what I judge to be its proper setting. Having done that, I will then present my thoughts on myth, truth, and justification in religion in hope that some light…
Ontological Arguments for Satan and Other Sorts of Evil Beings
Over the years it has been suggested that it is possible to construct deductive arguments for the existence of Satan and other sorts of evil beings, modelled on Anselm's argument in the Proslogium . From time to time such suggestions and similar proposals have also appeared in print. In my judgment, such suggestions and proposals are ill-conceived, misguided and foolish. My reasons for this judgment are all implicitly contained in Anselm's Proslo…
Divine Poiesis and Abstract Entities
According to Anselm, God is understood as a being than which nothing greater can be conceived. God is the greatest possible being. In this tradition, which has come to be spoken of as Anselmian theology or perfect being theology, God is conceived or described as that spiritual or personal being who manifests the greatest possible array of unique and compossible great making attributes and characteristics that distinguishes God from all other bein…
Myth and pragmatic semiotics
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