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Divine forgiveness I: Emotion and punishment‐forbearance theories
Author(s) -
Warmke Brandon
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/phc3.12440
Subject(s) - forbearance , forgiveness , punishment (psychology) , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , political science , law
In this, the first essay in a two‐part series, I begin by distinguishing between three kinds of inquiries about divine forgiveness. I then canvass two approaches to theorizing the nature of divine forgiveness, developing them in various ways, and noting where, in my estimation, there are problems.