Can Nature Truly Be Our Friend?

Abstract. The question of whether nature can embody love or be considered in this sense as “friend” is a thorny problem for Christian theology. The doctrines of finitude and sin argue against nature as a realm of love, whereas the doctrine of creation out of nothing, which links God and the creation...

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Main Author: Hefner, Philip 1932- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 1994
In: Zygon
Year: 1994, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 507-528
Further subjects:B Nature
B Incarnation
B Love
B R. G. Collingwood
B Creation out of nothing
B means of grace
B Chalcedon
B finite is capable of the infinite
B Timaeus
B Sacrament
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