Where is God Now?

This article raises the question whether Christianity might itself, at least in part, be responsible for the modern waning of belief in God because of its New Testament teaching, unlike that of the Old Testament, that God is ‘love.’ After examining whether the Bible does in fact present two incompat...

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Main Author: Henry, Martin 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2013
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2013, Volume: 94, Issue: 1053, Pages: 495-507
Further subjects:B Franz Overbeck
B Evil
B Love
B Humour
B modern world
B God
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Summary:This article raises the question whether Christianity might itself, at least in part, be responsible for the modern waning of belief in God because of its New Testament teaching, unlike that of the Old Testament, that God is ‘love.’ After examining whether the Bible does in fact present two incompatible views of God, the article looks at some signs of how the traditional Western view of God might be changing, in response to modern sensibilities. It concludes by considering how it might still be possible to speak about the God of Christianity despite the new cultural conditions of today.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contains:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2012.01511.x