The Analogy between Divine Forgiveness and Legal Pardon: A Response to William Lane Craig
In "Divine Forgiveness and Legal Pardon," William Lane Craig compares divine forgiveness to legal pardon, claiming that this is a "more accurate" way of thinking about God's forgiveness because of God's status as Ruler and Judge. Craig's analogy is an admirable att...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Philosophia Christi
Year: 2024, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 157-170 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBC Doctrine of God XA Law |
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| Summary: | In "Divine Forgiveness and Legal Pardon," William Lane Craig compares divine forgiveness to legal pardon, claiming that this is a "more accurate" way of thinking about God's forgiveness because of God's status as Ruler and Judge. Craig's analogy is an admirable attempt to provide a biblical account of divine forgiveness, but the analogy is at best incomplete because God is not simply Ruler and Judge but also loving Creator and Father. A father does not pardon his children; he loves and forgives them. In this paper, I evaluate Craig's analogy and relate it to the atonement. |
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| Item Description: | Kritik auch von: "Craig, William Lane: Divine forgiveness and legal pardon (Chapter 1), in 'The philosophy of forgiveness: Christian perspectives on forgiveness' ed. Gregory L. Bock (Wilmington, DE: Vernon, 2019" |
| ISSN: | 2640-2580 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Atonement and the death of Christ (Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2020)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophia Christi
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/pc20242619 |
