On the Meaning of “God”: Transcendence without Mythology

Many have observed that modern man, more than the man of any other age, lives in a world from which God is absent, a genuinely secular world. Our forefathers had a sense of God's continuous providential guidance of history as a whole and of their individual destinies in particular; they found t...

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Main Author: Kaufman, Gordon D. 1925-2011 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1966
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1966, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 105-132
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