The Severity of God - 9781107023574

The Severity of GodReligion and Philosophy Reconceived\nAuthor(s): Paul K. Moser\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107023574, 978-1107023574\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the role of divine severity in the character and wisdom of God, and the flux and difficulties of human life in relation to divine salvation. Much has been written on problems of evil, but the matter of divine severity has received relatively little attention. Paul K. Moser discusses the function of philosophy, evidence and miracles in approaching God. He argues that if God's aim is to extend without coercion His lasting life to humans, then commitment to that goal could manifest itself in making human life severe, for the sake of encouraging humans to enter into that cooperative good life. In this scenario, divine agap? is conferred as free gift, but the human reception of it includes stress and struggle in the face of conflict.