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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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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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. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm196 |