Developmental Theism: From Pure Will to Unbounded Love. By Peter Forrest

This is an interesting, provocative, and at times fascinating book. Professor Forrest takes a view that reminds one of Marcion, except that instead of two Gods, one merely just and the other loving, he believes, or at least speculates, that there is one God who began as simple, impersonal, and, mora...

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Main Author: Sturch, Richard 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2008
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 432-433
Review of:Developmental theism (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2007) (Sturch, Richard)
Developmental theism (Oxford : Clarendon, 2007) (Sturch, Richard)
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Summary:This is an interesting, provocative, and at times fascinating book. Professor Forrest takes a view that reminds one of Marcion, except that instead of two Gods, one merely just and the other loving, he believes, or at least speculates, that there is one God who began as simple, impersonal, and, morally, a consequentialist with no trace of love about it, but developed into the Christian God of love. This God was, like the God of classical theism, all-powerful and all-knowing.
ISSN:1477-4607
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm196