Keith Ward - Does God Have Traits?
Keith Ward
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23 January 2026
4 April 2026
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To try to know God is to try to discern what God may be like. Though we risk creating God in the image of humans, we consider various Divine traits—expressing capability and character—that a Supreme Being might have. Is it the case that God, if there is a God, is so far above human conception as to make the task a fool’s errand? We take the challenge.
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Keith Ward is a British philosopher, theologian, pastor and scholar. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and (since 1972) an ordained priest of the Church of England. He was a canon of Christ Church, Oxford until 2003. Comparative theology and the relationship between science and religion are two of his main topics of interest.
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