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: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2006
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Theology today
Year: 2006, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-175 |
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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: | 2044-2556 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360606300203 |