Freewill theism: doing business in a free-market society
The openness model of divine attributes is largely a preconscious response to the idyllic principles of the free market. The present popularity and acceptance of open theism can be accounted for primarily in terms of its shared ambitions and regulating structure with the free market. It is one the m...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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Theology today
Year: 2006, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-175 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Omniscience
/ Free will
/ Market economy
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBC Doctrine of God NCE Business ethics |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The openness model of divine attributes is largely a preconscious response to the idyllic principles of the free market. The present popularity and acceptance of open theism can be accounted for primarily in terms of its shared ambitions and regulating structure with the free market. It is one the most pronounced and distinct articulations of a Christian business ethos struggling with the cardinal dilemma of how one can profit from a relationship with God and avoid the threat he poses to personal freedom - similar to the dilemma between all free-market participants and government. |
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| ISSN: | 0040-5736 |
| Contains: | In: Theology today
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