Divine Motivation and Humanity

This Element addresses the problem of divine motivation from a Christian perspective. It assesses leading divine motivational frameworks concerning God's engagement with humanity, and it defends the Agapist Framework. According to this framework, God's actions toward humans are fundamentally motivated by God's perfect love.

List of contents

1. The problem of divine motivation; 2. The glorificationist framework; 3. The holiness framework; 4. The morality framework; 5. The agapist framework; 6. The plausibility of the agapist framework; 7. Conclusion; References.

Product details

• Authors: Ross Parker, Jordan Wessling, Jordan (Lindsey Wilson College) Parker Wessling
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781009669382
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0966938-2
• No. of pages: 84
• Series: Elements in the Problems of God
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / Philosophy, Nature & existence of God, Philosophy of religion, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine, Religion: Sin / salvation