Covenant, Promise, and the Gift of Time
If we categorize religions according to whether they give greater prominence to time or to space, the role of “promise” marks a religion of covenant as clearly a religion of time. Yet the future is unknowable and can only be present to us as a field of possibilities. How far do these possibilities e...
Main Author: | George Pattison |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Religions and Denominations Press
2018-06-01
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Series: | Religious Inquiries |
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Online Access: | https://ri.urd.ac.ir/article_63731_bb8d53ca999971c48b6c893c4f288ab2.pdf |
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