J.A.T. Robinson Flashcards

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what was the highly controversial book published by J.A.T Robinson called

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Honest to God

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what happened to the church

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was thrown into disarray and disagreement

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3
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the book shook traditional church at its

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roots

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4
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What did Robinson challenge

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the traditional, conservative view that God as an objectively real being ‘up there’

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What did Robinson suggest

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that God be understood as ‘the ground of our being’

- of ultimate significance

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6
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what did Robinson suggest God not be understood as

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a deus ex machina

- a supernatural being who intervenes in the world from outside it

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7
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He Robinson support the new morality put forward by Fletcher

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yes

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