Is praying for the morally impermissible morally permissible?
Saul Smilansky has argued that, since acts of petitionary prayer are best understood as requests, not desires, there may be many more impermissible prayer acts than one might expect. I discuss Smilansky’s analysis and argue that his conclusion follows only for those who do not believe in an omnipote...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2014]
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 75, Issue: 3, Pages: 254-264 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Prayer of petition
/ Hope
/ Omnipotence
/ Evil
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality NBC Doctrine of God |
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Saul Smilansky
B Philosophy of religion B problem of evil B problem of petitionary prayer B Prayer |
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