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Identifying God with Kathryn Tanner

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       This is a brief portion of a chapter on which I am working on identifying God. I am doing so primarily with Wolfhart Pannenberg in this Systematic Theology. However, I have recently been reflecting with Kathryn Tanner. I hope the following is at least a start on the topic of the divine and human relation.        Sixth, another part of this conversation in identifying God is the notion of the spiritualty, knowledge, and will of God. Most of us would assume such things of God. Such language is personalist. It suggests we have a psychological disposition to appeal in worship to what is like oneself. Yet, such language is a useful way for us to talk about God as a creative agent. [1] Yet, such anthropomorphic notions came under suspicion through Spinoza, Hume, Fichte, and Feuerbach. To take one example, to refer to divine intelligence is a metaphor similar to saying God is a rock or light. Interestingly, Hegel viewed the Absolute or the Concept as creative power that is co