God and the Problems of Love

by Kelly Clark

Religious believers are often commanded to love like God. On classical accounts, God seems a poor model for human beings: an immutable and impassable being seems incapable of the kind of episodic emotion (sympathy, empathy) that seems required for the best sorts of human love. Models more conducive to human love, on the other hand, are often rejected because they seem to limit God's power and glory. This Element looks first at God and then divine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009462334
• ISBN13: 9781009462334
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"