Is Perfect Being Theology an Imperfect Theology?

Examines the concept of God by exploring “Perfect Being Theology” (PBT), the view that God should be conceived as a perfect being. The chapter engages with several contrasting challenges to “doing” PBT: that disputes over what attributes are perfections should reduce a believer’s confidence that God has the characteristics they ascribe; that nothing can be said about God except what actions He performs (negative theology); that in the Bible, Talmud and Midrash, He is not portrayed as a perfect being; and that statements about God should be interpreted in a “non-realist” fashion, i. e. not referring to an actual being.