JAN MUIS
Biographic Data
| ID | 9313697 |
|---|---|
| NAME | JAN MUIS |
| GIVEN NAMES | JAN |
| FAMILY NAME | MUIS |
| SIGNATURE | MUIS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Protestantse Theologische Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam NETHERLANDS |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Our spatial reality and God
Modern scientific models of cosmological space and the theological concept of God’s immensity seem to exclude the possibility that God himself is personally present with us humans at particular places in space. Are God and our spatial reality incompatible? Or, is it possible to conceive the connection between God and space as ‘positive’, that is, in such a way that God himself can be fully and personally present with us at particular places in sp…
The Justice of God
This article analyzes the views on God's justice of Albrecht Ritschl, Hermann Cremer, Karl Barth, and Eberhard Jüngel, which presuppose that God's essence is love and that the justification of the sinner reveals God's justice. Four problems with this approach are discussed: its essentialist framework; its understanding of God's divinity as love; its neglect of other forms of God's justice; its one‐sided interpretation of the biblical notion of ju…
Can Christian Talk About God Be Literal
This article discusses whether Christian talk about God can be literal. First, it is argued that the meaning of a word cannot be reduced to its use, that metaphorical language is indirect in its use of words, and that the change of meaning of a word by analogical extension differs from the change of meaning by repeated metaphorical use. Next, it is shown that in Christian talk about God, God can be literally referred to by God's proper name, “YHW…
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Can Christian Talk About God Be Literal
This article discusses whether Christian talk about God can be literal. First, it is argued that the meaning of a word cannot be reduced to its use, that metaphorical language is indirect in its use of words, and that the change of meaning of a word by analogical extension differs from the change of meaning by repeated metaphorical use. Next, it is shown that in Christian talk about God, God can be literally referred to by God's proper name, “YHW…
The Justice of God
This article analyzes the views on God's justice of Albrecht Ritschl, Hermann Cremer, Karl Barth, and Eberhard Jüngel, which presuppose that God's essence is love and that the justification of the sinner reveals God's justice. Four problems with this approach are discussed: its essentialist framework; its understanding of God's divinity as love; its neglect of other forms of God's justice; its one‐sided interpretation of the biblical notion of ju…
Our spatial reality and God
Modern scientific models of cosmological space and the theological concept of God’s immensity seem to exclude the possibility that God himself is personally present with us humans at particular places in space. Are God and our spatial reality incompatible? Or, is it possible to conceive the connection between God and space as ‘positive’, that is, in such a way that God himself can be fully and personally present with us at particular places in sp…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Atheism (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work) · Christian theology (1 work)