Theism, pantheism, and petitionary prayer
Theists typically think it appropriate to pray to God in the hope that He will thereby intervene in affairs. On the other hand, such prayer is often held to be quite inappropriate for pantheists; a view endorsed by many pantheists themselves. This paper argues for the exact opposite of these positio...
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| description | Theists typically think it appropriate to pray to God in the hope that He will thereby intervene in affairs. On the other hand, such prayer is often held to be quite inappropriate for pantheists; a view endorsed by many pantheists themselves. This paper argues for the exact opposite of these positions. It is maintained not only that pantheism can make sense of petitionary prayer but that, despite initial appearances to the contrary, classical theism can not. © 2007 Cambridge University Press. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d57990d2-6efe-4843-a1d1-27d5d9238b6e2022-03-27T08:26:11ZTheism, pantheism, and petitionary prayerJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d57990d2-6efe-4843-a1d1-27d5d9238b6eEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Mander, WTheists typically think it appropriate to pray to God in the hope that He will thereby intervene in affairs. On the other hand, such prayer is often held to be quite inappropriate for pantheists; a view endorsed by many pantheists themselves. This paper argues for the exact opposite of these positions. It is maintained not only that pantheism can make sense of petitionary prayer but that, despite initial appearances to the contrary, classical theism can not. © 2007 Cambridge University Press. |
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