Love, freedom, and evil

The defining premise of the Relational Free Will Defense is the claim that authentic love requires free will. Many scholars, including Gregory Boyd and Vincent Brümmer, champion this claim. Best-selling books, such as Rob Bell's Love Wins, echo that love "cannot be forced, manipulated, or coerced. It always leaves room for the other to decide." The claim that love requires free will has even found expression in mainstream Hollywood films, including Frailty, Bruce Almighty, and The Adjustment Bureau .The analysis shows convincingly that the claim that authentic love requires free will, does.

Year

2011

Language

English

Series

Currents of encounter : studies on the contact between Christianity and other religions, beliefs, and cultures -- v. 41

Publisher

Rodopi

Editions

1

Pages

203

ISBN

9789042033597

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