The nature of God

Gerald Drewett offers a personal reflection on theism

by Gerald Drewett 4th April 2014

Theism is a seventeenth-century word developed from theos – the Greek word for God. The dictionary definition says ‘the form of the belief in one God as the transcendent creator and ruler of the universe’. In other words, the Christian God, self-existent and irreducible: the prime creator of all that exists.