Love, freedom and evil : does authentic love require free will? /

Love, freedom and evil : does authentic love require free will? /

The defining premise of the Relational Free Will Defense is the claim that authentic love requires free will. Many scholars, including Gregory Boyd and Vincent Brümmer, champion this claim. Best-selling books, such as Rob Bell's Love Wins , echo that love "cannot be forced, manipulated, or...

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Main Author: Thaddeus, J. Williams.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2011.

Series: Currents of Encounter 41.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Love > Religious aspects.
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects.
Good and evil > Religious aspects.

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Call Number: BD436 .T43 2011eb

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Summary:The defining premise of the Relational Free Will Defense is the claim that authentic love requires free will. Many scholars, including Gregory Boyd and Vincent Brümmer, champion this claim. Best-selling books, such as Rob Bell's Love Wins , echo that love "cannot be forced, manipulated, or coerced. It always leaves room for the other to decide." The claim that love requires free will has even found expression in mainstream Hollywood films, including Frailty , Bruce Almighty , and The Adjustment Bureau . The analysis shows convincingly that the claim that authentic love requires free will, does not meet the criteria of consistency, compatibility with Scriptural sources, and the demands of concrete encounter with problems of moral evil.
Physical Description:1 online resource (203 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-198) and index.
ISBN:9789401200585
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