Does living Christianity support personhood theism?. Issue 5 (20th October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hewitt, Simon
• Is Part Of: International journal of philosophy and theology. Volume 83:Issue 5(2022)
• Page Start: 351
• Page End: 361
• Publication Date: 2022-10-20
• Subjects: Divine personhood -- liturgy -- classical theism -- theistic personalism -- apophaticism; Philosophy and religion -- Periodicals; 230
• DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2022.2163279
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2169-2327

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Personhood theism is the view that God exists and is a person. It is often claimed that, whatever conclusions might be reached abstractly by philosophers and theologians, Christianity as lived out practically embodies belief in personhood theism. In this article, I critically examine this claim and argue that Christian prayer and liturgical practice does not in fact embody this belief and that the claim that it does begs the questions against the non-personhood theist.