Why are we here?

If one believes in God, what should one say is the answer to the question of why we are here? In this article, I hope to show that when we ask why we are here we ask several different questions at once and that Theism allows (indeed dictates) that these different questions have very different answer...

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Main Author: Mawson, T. J. ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2022
In: Religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 759-771
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Meaning of life / Providence / Theism
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
CB Christian life; spirituality
Further subjects:B Theism
B Providence
B Purpose
B God
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