Patience: A theological experiment
This brief article considers the implications of thinking of God as patient. It suggests that God exercises patience by giving human beings the time and space to try on diverse identities, and thereby supplies theological warrant for thinking beyond restrictive and essentialistic construals of human...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2015
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Theology today
Year: 2015, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-20 |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian Life
B Ethics B Patience B creation and providence B God |
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| Summary: | This brief article considers the implications of thinking of God as patient. It suggests that God exercises patience by giving human beings the time and space to try on diverse identities, and thereby supplies theological warrant for thinking beyond restrictive and essentialistic construals of human life. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040573614563527 |