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Volume 3, Number 1 (Fall 2005)
Participation and Theology: A Response to Schindler's "What's The Difference?"
Christopher J. Malloy
University of Dallas
ABSTRACT
Schindler raises a compelling question: How can we uphold the goodness of creatures as
creatures, the goodness of difference as difference, in a monotheistic context? Specifically,
Christian philosophy asks whether in God there may be difference such that the difference of
creatures from God might receive ultimate justification. In this paper, I note the strengths of
Schindler's proposal, attempt to further his core concern by reference to Christ's theandric
action, and present four criticisms. Chiefly, I ask whether Schindler observes with sufficient
care the distinction between analogy and metaphor and whether, in the end, his solution begs the
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