The severity of God: religion and philosophy reconceived
This book explores the role of divine severity in the character and wisdom of God, and the flux and difficulties of human life in relation to divine salvation. Much has been written on problems of evil, but the matter of divine severity has received relatively little attention. Paul K. Moser discuss...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2013.
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | The Severity of God: Religion and Philosophy Reconceived by Paul K. Moser, Cambridge University Press, 2013 (ISBN 978-1-107-61532-8), xii + 218 pp., pb £18.99 (2014) (Vidu, Adonis)
The Severity of God. Religion and Philosophy Reconceived (2015) (Rodgers, Michael) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
God
/ Theological anthropology
/ Philosophical anthropology
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| Further subjects: | B
Worship
B God (Christianity) B Theodicy B Philosophy and religion B Philosophical Theology B God (Christianity) Wrath |
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| Summary: | This book explores the role of divine severity in the character and wisdom of God, and the flux and difficulties of human life in relation to divine salvation. Much has been written on problems of evil, but the matter of divine severity has received relatively little attention. Paul K. Moser discusses the function of philosophy, evidence and miracles in approaching God. He argues that if God's aim is to extend without coercion His lasting life to humans, then commitment to that goal could manifest itself in making human life severe, for the sake of encouraging humans to enter into that cooperative good life. In this scenario, divine agapē is conferred as free gift, but the human reception of it includes stress and struggle in the face of conflicting powers and priorities. Moser's work will be of great interest to students of the philosophy of religion, and theology. Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction; 1. Severity and God; 2. Severity and flux; 3. Severity and evidence; 4. Severity and salvation; 5. Severity and philosophy; References; Index |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1139151762 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139151764 |