"Goddes Visitacion": Human Suffering and Divine Agency in Calvin and Herbert

In this article, I put John Calvin and George Herbert in conversation on the theological question of God's role in human suffering. For Calvin, God's providence implies that God actively wills all things that occur, including suffering, and that consolation comes from this acknowledgement....

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Main Author: Ridderman, Erica (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2022
In: Christianity & literature
Year: 2022, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 306-321
IxTheo Classification:KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDD Protestant Church
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Agency
B John Calvin
B Love
B George Herbert
B Suffering
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