God and the problems of love
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge elements elements in the problems of God
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Judaism
/ Christianity
/ Attributes of God
/ Love
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism BJ Islam NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Cognitive Science
B Theology B Christian Theology B Neurosciences B God (Judaism) Love B Christianity B Judaism: theology B Islamic Theology B Kognitive Neurowissenschaft / Biopsychologie B Islam B God (Christianity) Love B God (Islam) Love B Judaism B RELIGION / Philosophy B Natur und Existenz Gottes B Nature & existence of God |
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Print on demand edition |
| ISBN: | 1009462334 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.107/9781009269131 |