Beyond the Control of God?

Paul M. Gould is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Christian Apologetics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the Problem of God and Abstract Objects Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA1. God and Propositions Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USAResponse to Yandell Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USAWilliam Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USAScott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United KingdomGraham Oppy, Monash University, AustraliaResponse to Critics Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USA2. Modified Theistic Activism Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada Response to Gould/Davis Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USAGreg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USAWilliam Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USAScott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United KingdomGraham Oppy, Monash University, AustraliaResponse to Critics Paul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada 3. Theistic Conceptual Realism Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USAResponse to Welty Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USAPaul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USAScott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United KingdomGraham Oppy, Monash University, AustraliaResponse to Critics Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA4. Anti-Platonism William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USAResponse to Craig Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USAPaul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USAScott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United KingdomGraham Oppy, Monash University, AustraliaResponse to Critics William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USA5. God with or without Abstract Objects Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United KingdomResponse to Shalkowski Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USAPaul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USAWilliam Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USAGraham Oppy, Monash University, AustraliaResponse to Critics Scott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United Kingdom6. Abstract Objects? Who Cares! Graham Oppy, Monash University, AustraliaResponse to Oppy Keith Yandell, University of Wisconsin, USAPaul M. Gould, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, USA & Richard Brian Davis, Tyndale University, Canada Greg Welty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USAWilliam Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USAScott A. Shalkowski, University of Leeds, United KingdomResponse to Critics Graham Oppy, Monash University, AustraliaBibliographyContributorsIndex

The Nicene Creed begins with the claim that God is “the maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.” Does this claim necessitate the claim that God is also the creator of abstract objects—propositions, sets, concepts, etc.—if such there be? In this volume, Paul Gould brings together a first rate collection of scholars articulating and defending a wide range of positions regarding the relationship between abstracta and God. The introduction and the responses to each chapter by the other contributors make this a very approachable and teachable volume.