"[The] book is successful in taking a fascinating and controversial thesis and applying it to a wide range of puzzles in analytic theology. The book is also clear, non-technical, and remarkably accessible given the subject matter, and I can imagine it easily at home in a seminar for advanced undergraduates." - Faith and Philosophy "It will interest metaphysicians, philosophers of religion, and especially those working on metaphysical questions in philosophy of religion. I also think that it would be useful as a student text for advanced courses--a fun way to bring together and to bring to life a host of tricky puzzles in philosophy of religion." - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion "What if the modern dogma that "existence is not a [first-order] predicate" has obscured fundamental theological insights about God and creation? With ambition and force, Miravalle defends the view that existence characterizes some things and not others, and shows that rightly conceptualizing non-existence and non-existent things is crucial for appreciating central claims and arguments of classical theism." -- Joshua Hochschild, Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy, Mount St. Mary's University, USA "The book is an admirable example of serious work in analytic theology by providing a fascinating twist on the perennial question, "How does nothing play a role in the coming to be of something?" By ably defending a meinongian approach to non-existent things, Miravalle signals a way past the seeming difficulties spawned by Russell's analysis of non-existence and his legacy for classical theism.

Filled with easy intuitions and cogent argumentation across a variety of thorny philosophical and theological contexts, the book insightfully defends and applies the meinongian point of view. The reader will be surprised by the way in which the meinongian position is a natural fit with seemingly disconnected philosophical and theological perspectives. Whereas future scholars will be sure to test the metaphysical claims made, it is certain that they will face a formidable defender of the positions to be found in this book." -- Paul Symington Professor of Philosophy, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA "Can we afford not to abide by Frege's third principle? Does it make sense to extract just one proposition from the coherent whole of Meinong's philosophy? Miravalle's answer to both questions is in the affirmative. It is interesting to see the author follow this path with abundant argument and engagement with a wide variety of thinkers." -- Philippe-André Holzer, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Freiburg, Switzerland.