Doing all things for God's glory, acting so that it is God who acts: Kierkegaard, Edwards, and the problem of total devotion

This article accomplishes two things. First, it explores and defends Kierkegaard's distinctive solution to the Problem of Total Devotion, a problem which has been helpfully identified by Robert Adams. Second, it extends that solution by advancing an interpretation of the command to do all thing...

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Main Author: Johnson, Daniel M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2020
In: Religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 197-216
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855 / Bible. Corinthians 1. 10,31 / Devotion / God / Plot / Christian ethics
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
NBC Doctrine of God
NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
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Summary:This article accomplishes two things. First, it explores and defends Kierkegaard's distinctive solution to the Problem of Total Devotion, a problem which has been helpfully identified by Robert Adams. Second, it extends that solution by advancing an interpretation of the command to do all things to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31) according to which we are being commanded to intentionally make every one of our actions such that it simultaneously counts as a divine action: in other words, to act intentionally in all things such that it is God who acts through us.
ISSN:1469-901X
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412520000268