Webster's Response to Alyssa Lyra Pitstick, Light in Darkness

Though rarely addressed in a direct way, the theology of God's perfection is a central point at issue in contemporary Christian dogmatics. A good many debates of the moment turn on how the perfection of God's life is to be conceived: debates about the relation of the so-called immanent and...

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Main Author: Webster, John B. 1955-2016 (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2009
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2009, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 202-210
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