The severity of God
Subtitle: religion and philosophy reconceived
By: Paul K. Moser
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781107023574; 9781107615328
Subjects: God (Christianity); Gud; Philosophy; Worship; Religion; Gottesvorstellung; RELIGION; Teodicéproblemet; Philosophical theology; Philosophy and religion; Philosophie
Description: "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 agapé 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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Severity and God; title: Severity and flux; title: Severity and evidence; title: Severity and salvation; title: Severity and philosophy.