Divine Forgiveness and Mercy in Evolutionary Perspective
In Abrahamic scriptures, God is often portrayed as both wrathful and just—a God who punishes the unrighteous and impure out of wrath and to satisfy the demands of justice. According to many in these traditions, the bad news is that all are unrighteous and all are impure, thus all deserve God’s wrath...
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| Published in | Connecting Faith and Science p. 183 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Claremont Press
03.01.2018
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | In Abrahamic scriptures, God is often portrayed as both wrathful and just—a God who punishes the unrighteous and impure out of wrath and to satisfy the demands of justice. According to many in these traditions, the bad news is that all are unrighteous and all are impure, thus all deserve God’s wrath and punishment. In many strands of the Christian faith in particular, this is the context in which the good news arrives: that someone else, a perfect substitute, has absorbed God’s wrath or the punishment that humankind rightfully deserves or the death that is the proper repayment for |
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| ISBN: | 9781946230140 1946230146 |