Divine and mortal loves
‘If the concept of God has any validity or any use’, James Baldwin writes in The Fire Next Time, ‘it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.’ This article is a meditation on Baldwin's claim. I begin by presenting Baldwin...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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Religious studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 533-548 |
Further subjects: | B
faith in God
B James Baldwin B Love B Shame B Howard Thurman |
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