The Imperfect God

This paper focuses on the Hasidic view, namely, that human flaws do not function as a barrier between a fallen humanity and a perfect deity, since the whole of creation stems from a divine act of self-contraction. Thus, we need not be discouraged by our own shortcomings, nor by those of our loved on...

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Main Author: Margolin, Ron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2020]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 65-87
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hassidism / God / Fallibility / Human being
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BH Judaism
NBC Doctrine of God
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