The Dark Knight of the Soul: weaning and the problem of divine withdrawal

If God loves us and so desires union with us, why is it that so many, who once felt close to God and who have subsequently done nothing to precipitate separation from him, now experience only his absence? A metaphor which has been used repeatedly to answer this question is that separation from God i...

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Main Author: Cockayne, Joshua 1990- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2018]
In: Religious studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-90
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Juan, de la Cruz 1542-1591, Noche escura del alma / Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855, Frygt og bæven / God
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
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