The God Relationship
The Ethics for Inquiry about the Divine

Paul K. Moser proposes a new approach to inquiry about God, including a new discipline of the ethics for such inquiry.

Paul K. Moser (Author)

9781107195349, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 April 2017

358 pages
23.5 x 16 x 2.6 cm, 0.63 kg

'Moser's development of the ethics for the inquiry necessary to have individual communion with God is unique, and worthy of exploration by philosophers of religion. … There is, indeed, content that any scholar who has considered theodicy, the nature of God, and the response to evil will find insightful and a platform for further dialogue.' Jill Hernandez, Faith and Philosophy

In this book, Paul K. Moser proposes a new approach to inquiry about God, including a new discipline of the ethics for inquiry about God. It is an ethics for human attitudes and relationships as well as actions in inquiry, and it includes human responsibility for seeking evidence that involves a moral priority for humans. Such ethics includes an ongoing test, a trial, for human receptivity to goodness, including morally good relationships, as a priority in human inquiry and life. Moser also defends an approach to the evidence for God that makes sense of the elusiveness and occasional absence of God in human experience. His book will be of interest to those interested in inquiry about God, with special relevance to scholars and advanced students in religious studies, philosophy, theology, and biblical studies.

1. The God relationship: basics and plans
2. The God relationship and faith
3. The God relationship and evidence
4. The God relationship, wisdom, and meaning
5. The God relationship, koinonia, and defense.

Subject Areas: Christian life & practice [HRCV], Christian spirituality & religious experience [HRCS], Christianity [HRC], Religion & beliefs [HR], Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ], Philosophy [HP], Humanities [H]