Love, freedom, and evil
Subtitle: does authentic love require free will?
By: Thaddeus J. Williams
Contributors: ebrary, Inc
Series: Currents of encounter : studies on the contact between Christianity and other religions, beliefs, and cultures -- v. 41
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9789042033597; 9789401200585
Subjects: Free will and determinism; Love; Good and evil
Description: The defining premise of the Relational Free Will Defense is the claim that authentic love requires free will. Many scholars, including Gregory Boyd and Vincent Brümmer, champion this claim. Best-selling books, such as Rob Bell's Love Wins, echo that love "cannot be forced, manipulated, or coerced. It always leaves room for the other to decide." The claim that love requires free will has even found expression in mainstream Hollywood films, including Frailty, Bruce Almighty, and The Adjustment Bureau .The analysis shows convincingly that the claim that authentic love requires free will, does.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.