Religious believers are often commanded to love like God. On classical accounts, God seems a poor model for human beings: an immutable and impassable being seems incapable of the kind of episodic emotion (sympathy, empathy) that seems required for the best sorts of human love. Models more conducive to human love, on the other hand, are often rejected because they seem to limit God's power and glory. This Element looks first at God and then divine love within the Abrahamic traditions—Islam, Christianity and Judaism. It will then turn to love and the problem of hell, which is argued as primarily a problem for Christians. The author discusses the kind of love each tradition asks of humans and wonders, given recent work in the relevant cognitive and social sciences, if such love is even humanly possible. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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1. God and love; 2. God and love; 3. Love and hell; 4. Human love; References.
'God is love' upon close examination reveals thorny problems for understanding the nature of God and God's relation to love.

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ISBN
9781009269155
Publisert
2023-12-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
122 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
4 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
74

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