God, the Christ and the Spirit in William P. Young"s bestseller The shack seen from a Pauline and Johannine perspective

Among its more than a million readers, The shack has empowered traditionalists and seekers among Christian spirituals but has also been condemned for patripassionism and modalism. This article consists mainly of two sections. The first section considers the issue of reviewers of The shack often asse...

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Main Author: Aarde, Andries van 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2009
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 65, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B Postliberal Exegesis
B Mysticism
B Trinity
B The Shack
B Public Theology
B William P Young
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