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Cover -- Depicting Deity: A Metatheological Approach -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction -- 1: The Major Positions -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Perfect Being Theology (pbt) -- 1.3 Creator Theology (ct) -- 1.4 Worship-worthiness Theology (wwt) -- 1.4.1 Leftow's Derivation Of Personhood -- 1.4.2 Leftow's Characterization Of Worship -- 1.4.3 Worthiness And The Uniqueness Challenge -- 1.4.4 Fundamentality And Worship-worthiness -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 2: Categorizing Metatheologies -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Wider Logical Space -- 2.3 Theologies And Metatheologies 2.4 Alternative Category Systems -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3: Initial Desiderata On Metatheology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Semantics And Metaphysics -- 3.3 Monotheism And Personhood -- 3.4 The Question Of Embodiment -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Part Ii: The Shared Ground -- 4: Creator Theology And The Shared Ground -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Monotheism -- 4.3 Personhood -- 4.4 Embodiment -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5: Shaky Ground For Anselmianism -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Creator Theology And Contingency -- 5.3 The Metatheology Of Perfection In Being 5.4 Creator Theology And The Problems Of Contingency And Profligacy -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6: The Shared Ground Prospects For Worship-worthiness Theology -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Monotheism -- 6.3 Personhood -- 6.4 Embodiment -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Part Iii: Toward Competing Starting Points -- 7: Creator Theology's Disadvantages -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 From Creator Theology Toward Worship-worthiness -- 7.3 From Creator Theology Toward Perfection -- 7.4 Conclusion -- 8: Perfect Being Theology's Difficulties -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 From Perfection In Being To Sourcehood 8.3 From Perfection In Being To Worship-worthiness -- 8.4 Conclusion -- 9: Worship-worthiness And Its Drawbacks -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 From A Worship-worthy Being To A Perfect Being -- 9.3 From Worship-worthiness To Sourcehood -- 9.4 Conclusion -- Part Iv: Concluding Parameters -- 10: T