The Middle Term: Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Debate about Explanatory Theism
Contrary to what many hold, Kierkegaard does not champion the God of classical theism. On the contrary, he criticizes the ideologies, anthropomorphisms and misleading objectifications of classical theism. He understands God not as a perfect being but as the fundamental dynamic reality of love withou...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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De Gruyter
2015
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Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook
Año: 2015, Volumen: 20, Número: 1, Páginas: 79-100 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AB Filosofía de la religión NBC Dios |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Sumario: | Contrary to what many hold, Kierkegaard does not champion the God of classical theism. On the contrary, he criticizes the ideologies, anthropomorphisms and misleading objectifications of classical theism. He understands God not as a perfect being but as the fundamental dynamic reality of love without which nothing else could and would exist. In his view God is not a first cause or a necessary being but the infinite or eternal actuality of creative and transforming love: a love that is self-communicating and the source of all life and love in heaven and on earth |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9792 |
| Obras secundarias: | In: Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2015-0106 |