Rain on the Just and the Unjust: the Challenge of Indiscriminate Divine Love

Hearers of the Sermon on the Mount are called to become children of their heavenly father by loving as God loves. Surprisingly, though, God's love is depicted here as impersonal and indiscriminate, as similar to or even simply as a force of nature, even if a life-giving force: God `makes his su...

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Main Author: Herdt, Jennifer A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2009
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-47
Further subjects:B Justice
B enemy-love
B Outka
B Agape
B Sermon on the Mount
B Nygren
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