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Panmetaphoricism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2015

DANIEL HOWARD-SNYDER
DANIEL HOWARD-SNYDER*
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Department of Philosophy, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 98229, USA
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e-mail: Daniel.Howard-Snyder@wwu.edu
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Abstract

Panmetaphoricism is the view that our speech about God can only be metaphorical. In this article, I do not assess the reasons that have been given for it; rather, I aim to understand what it says and, thereby, to gain a clearer view of the God it offers.

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Religious Studies , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , March 2017 , pp. 25 - 49
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