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Freedom and religion
pp. 1-21
Abstract
The God who is with us is the God who forsakes us. The God who makes us live in this world without using Him as a working hypothesis is the God for whom we are ever standing.… Man's religiosity makes him look in his distress to the power of God in this world; he uses God as Deus ex machina. The bible, however, directs him to the powerlessness and suffering of God....1
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de Brabander René Firmin (1972) Religion and human autonomy: Henry Duméry's philosophy of Christianity. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 1-21
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-2830-1_1
Full citation:
de Brabander René Firmin (1972) Freedom and religion, In: Religion and human autonomy, Dordrecht, Springer, 1–21.