The nature of God

In The Nature of God, Gerard Hughes takes five central attributes - Existence, Simplicity, Omniscience, Omnipotence and Goodness - which are central to the classical concept of God.

Incorporating texts by Aquinas, Ockham, Molina, Descartes, Hume and Kant, he aims to give the reader first-hand acquaintance with these classical writers, and then to discuss their arguments in the light of contemporary debate. While the focus of The Nature of God is on the philosophy of religion, Hughes widens his scope to consider its implications in epistemology, metaphysics and moral philosophy.

The issues he considers include necessity and possibility, the relation of logic to epistemology and the connections between causation and moral philosophy. This book will interest senior undergraduates with some grounding in philosophy as well as those working in the philosophy of religion. Hughes' non-technical approach will encourage and enable the reader to understand the arguments about the nature of God from both a classical and a contemporary perspective.