Don’t Write Off the Absentee Author: Why the Problems of Divine Hiddenness and Neglect Don’t Destroy Vanhoozer’s Authorial Analogy

Kevin Vanhoozer’s authorial analogy for the God-World relation is a strong explanatory analogy which can aid Christians in thinking deeply, fruitfully, and systematically about the God they worship and His relationship to His creation. According to this analogy, God relates to His world in an analog...

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Main Author: Settecase, Parker (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sciendo, De Gruyter 2023
In: Perichoresis
Year: 2023, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 34-51
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
NBD Doctrine of Creation
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