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The Presence of God and the Presence of PersonsA Relationship to God

The Presence of God and the Presence of Persons: A Relationship to God [The subject of this chapter is the second element of coming into the presence of God. When individuals come into the presence of God they enter a positive relationship to God or renew an existing positive relationship to God. As there can be negative primary relationships to persons, defined by for instance hate or disdain, so there can be negative relationships to God, defined by for instance rejection or defiance. Several of these negative relationships to God are discussed. Various positive religious relationships to God are possible in theistic traditions. In a theistic tradition such as Christianity, it is observed, a positive relationship to God may be defined by faith (trust), obedience, fear (awe and reverence), or by more than one of these religious responses to God. In this chapter a question is asked, analogous to the one asked in Chapter 4: If believers appreciate the religious necessity of not treating God as a means, will they then be aware of their positive primary relationship to God? The answer here too, it is argued, is: no, not necessarily.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Presence of God and the Presence of PersonsA Relationship to God

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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. All quotations from the Bible and the Apocrypha are from the RSV. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Apocrypha, copyright 1957; The Third and Fourth Books of the Maccabees and Psalm 151, copyright 1977 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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978-3-030-25044-7
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51 –55
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10.1007/978-3-030-25045-4_9
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[The subject of this chapter is the second element of coming into the presence of God. When individuals come into the presence of God they enter a positive relationship to God or renew an existing positive relationship to God. As there can be negative primary relationships to persons, defined by for instance hate or disdain, so there can be negative relationships to God, defined by for instance rejection or defiance. Several of these negative relationships to God are discussed. Various positive religious relationships to God are possible in theistic traditions. In a theistic tradition such as Christianity, it is observed, a positive relationship to God may be defined by faith (trust), obedience, fear (awe and reverence), or by more than one of these religious responses to God. In this chapter a question is asked, analogous to the one asked in Chapter 4: If believers appreciate the religious necessity of not treating God as a means, will they then be aware of their positive primary relationship to God? The answer here too, it is argued, is: no, not necessarily.]

Published: Jul 31, 2019

Keywords: A positive relationship to God; The second element; Positive and negative relationships to God

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