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The activity of the quadriplegic God

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1999

DAVID A. PAILIN
Affiliation:
Department of Religions and Theology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
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Abstract

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Since theistic faith involves the notion of God as personally agential and since it faces difficulties in establishing its credibility in view both of problems in warrantably ascribing natural, historical and personal states to divine activity and of the counterevidence of evil, this paper takes up the story of a quadriplegic patient and certain remarks by Whitehead and Hartshorne to explore the viability of a concept of divine activity that is non-coercive but significant. In order to develop this concept of God's agency and to warrant its credibility, the essential kenoticism of the divine is also discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press