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Maximal God: A New Defence of Perfect Being Theism

Professor Yujin Nagasawa's new book to be published soon.

Nagasawa Maximal God

Cover of Professor Nagasawa's 'Maximal God'

Professor Yujin Nagasawa's new book, entitled Maximal God: A New Defence of Perfect Being Theism, is to be published in October by Oxford University Press.

The book presents a new, stronger version of perfect being theism, the conception of God as the greatest possible being. Although perfect being theism is the most common form of monotheism in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition, its truth has been disputed by philosophers and theologians for centuries. Professor Nagasawa proposes a new, game-changing defence of perfect being theism by developing what he calls the 'maximal concept of God'.

Pre-orders of Maximal God are currently available on the Oxford University Press website.