The Humanity of the Theologian and the Personal Nature of God
In his autobiographical-biographical study, Father and Son, Edmund Gosse describes how one evening, during his childhood, while his father was praying at - or, rather, over - his bed, a rather large insect dark and flat, with more legs than a self-respecting insect ought to need, appeared at the bot...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[1976]
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Religious studies
Year: 1976, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-158 |
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Summary: | In his autobiographical-biographical study, Father and Son, Edmund Gosse describes how one evening, during his childhood, while his father was praying at - or, rather, over - his bed, a rather large insect dark and flat, with more legs than a self-respecting insect ought to need, appeared at the bottom of the counterpane, and slowly advanced
I bore it in silent fascination till it almost tickled my chin, and then I screamed Papa! Papa!'. My Father rose in great dudgeon, removed the insect (what were insects to him!) and then gave me a tremendous lecture.1 |
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ISSN: | 1469-901X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412500009136 |