Reasons for worship
A response to Bayne and Nagasawa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20313151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin D Crowe (University of Utah, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 465-474 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034412507009183 |
| OpenAlex | W2126409262 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 1 |
Worship is a topic that is rarely considered by philosophers of religion. In a recent paper, Tim Bayne and Yujin Nagasawa challenge this trend by offering an analysis of worship and by considering some difficulties attendant on the claim that worship is obligatory. I argue that their case for there being these difficulties is insufficiently supported. I offer two reasons that a theist might provide for the claim that worship is obligatory: (1) a divine command, and (2) the demands of justice with respect to God's redemption of humanity. I also challenge the soundness of some of the analogies they employ in their argument
Argument (complex analysis) · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Humanity · Linguistics · Philosophy of religion · Political science · Soundness · Theism · Theology · Worship · Karl Barth and Christian Theology · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · War, Ethics, and Justification
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Christian worship
Stumbling on the threshold
Worship and threshold obligations
Worship
Do we owe God worship
Can a worship-worthy agent command others to worship it
The idolatry argument against natural theology
The grounds of worship again
The Relevance of God to Metaethics
The Obligation to Worship God and Theistic Vedānta Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.58 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |