Why there is no obligation to love God

The first and greatest commandment according to Jesus, and so the one most central to Christian practice, is the command to love God. We argue that this commandment is best interpreted in aretaic rather than deontic terms. In brief, we argue that there is no obligation to love God. While bad, failur...

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Authors: Bell, William L. (Author) ; Renz, Graham (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2024
In: Religious studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-88
Further subjects:B obligations and rights
B enforceable claims
B Relations of intimacy
B LOVE of God
B the suberogatory
B Autonomy
B Hell
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