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God in Moral Experience: Values and Duties Personified
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The Apostle Paul defined the moral values of love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness as 'the fruit of God's Spirit.' Paul Moser here argues that such values are character traits of an intentional God. When directly experienced, they can serve as evidence for the reality and goodness of such a God. Moser shows how moral conscience plays a key role in presenting intentional divine action in human moral experience. He explores this insight in chapters focusing on various facets of moral experience – regarding human persons, God, and theological inquiry, among other topics. His volume enables a responsible assessment of divine reality and goodness, without reliance on controversial arguments of natural theology. Clarifying how attention to moral experience can contribute to a limited theodicy for God and evil, Moser's study also acknowledges that the reality of severe evil does not settle the issue of God's existence and goodness.
ISBN
9781009423199
Publication Date
11-2023
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Keywords
Christianity, Christian ethics, morality, Bible
Disciplines
Philosophy | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Moser, Paul K., "God in Moral Experience: Values and Duties Personified" (2023). Faculty Books. 279.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/facultybooks/279
