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Jc Beall, Divine Contradiction, Oxford University Press, 2023, 176pp., $80.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780192845436.
Reviewed by Daniel Molto, University of Sussex
Theories that posit truth-value gluts are now a well-established part of the philosophical landscape. The issue of whether any contradiction can be true has hardly been settled to everyone’s satisfaction, but the debate has now moved on to applications. Where, if anywhere, in the universe are contradictions to be met with? One obvious place to look for so extraordinary a phenomenon as a true contradiction is in theology. In his latest offering, Divine Contradiction, Jc Beall does just that.
This book follows on from his 2021 book, The Contradictory Christ, which focused on the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation. In Divine Contradiction, Beall applies the glutty treatment to the doctrine of the Trinity (the doctrine according to which there are three distinct persons who are…
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