Every topic in philosophy is called a “problem.” There are, for example: the problem of the soul, the problem of man, the problem of nature, the problem of knowledge... and also the problem of God. The first impetus for James Daniel Collins, the late, famous professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, undertook this study from the observation of the close union between the recent history of the "God" problem and
and his contemporary meditation. The point is not that the attentive philosopher of our day will make greater strides in his study of God by referring to the thinking of his predecessors on this subject, but rather that he will not move a step without that reference.
The first purpose of this book is to identify the main patterns of philosophical approaches to the problem of God in the modern period, with an emphasis on those historical trends that are still working in formulating our contemporary perceptions of God.
