A collaborative model of petitionary prayer
Petitionary prayer appears pointless in light of divine attributes like omniscience, omnipotence, and omnibenevolence. Several philosophers have attempted to reinstate the significance of petitionary prayer by drawing attention to its indirect benefits. The article analyses the shortcomings in this...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Religious studies |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Religious studies
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Gott
/ Allwissenheit Gottes
/ Fürbitte
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität NBC Gotteslehre |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Petitionary prayer appears pointless in light of divine attributes like omniscience, omnipotence, and omnibenevolence. Several philosophers have attempted to reinstate the significance of petitionary prayer by drawing attention to its indirect benefits. The article analyses the shortcomings in this strategy and defends a different solution to the difficulty. Conceiving of God as motivated by the desire to form a loving partnership with human beings allows one to formulate a collaborative account of petitionary prayer. On this model, God freely chooses to accede to some human requests in order to incorporate human desires and projects into His plan for the world. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412516000329 |