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Author Schaap, Sybe

Title The Tragedy of Almightiness : Revaluing Ethical Life
Published Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (268 pages)
Contents Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 268
Summary The Tragedy of Almightiness encircles the theme of human yearning for omnipotence, as expressed in religion and various ideologies. The central question revolves around the matter of what--in pursuing such an extreme power of the will--man seeks to achieve. While exploring the question, a thought-provoking link is made between religion and atheism; between the Biblical longing for God's promise and the Marxist appeal for man to realize that same promise. Omnipotence must vouch for the fulfilling of the promise, for justice and for man's dream of redemption. However that is not where it ends. Th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Power (Christian theology)
Salvation.
Power (Christian theology)
Salvation
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781498233040
149823304X
9781498233057
1498233058