God and Emotion

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An introductory exploration on the nature of emotions, and examination of some of the critical issues surrounding the emotional life of God as they relate to happiness, empathy, love, and moral judgments. Covering the different criteria used in the debate between impassibility and passibility, readers can begin to think about which emotions can be predicated of God and which cannot. Cover Title page Copyright page God and emotion Contents Introduction 1 Emotions §1.1 More Than a Feeling §1.2 The Cognitive Nature of Emotions §1.3 Emotions and Truth §1.4 Emotions and Morality Conclusion 2 the impassible god §2.1 Locating Impassibility Within Classical Theism §2.2 The Emotions of the Impassible God §2.3 The Happiness of the Impassible God Conclusion 3 the passible god §3.1 Locating Passibility within Neoclassical Theism §3.2 Omniscience and Experiential Knowledge §3.3 Divine Empathy 4 the love of god §4.1 The Uninfluenced Love of God §4.2 What Is Love? The Search for Common Ground §4.2.1 The Desires of Love §4.3 The Unity Problem §4.3.1 The Impassible God Cannot Comprehend Suffering §4.3.2 The Impassible God Cannot Be Moved §4.3.3 Responding to Possible Rejoinders §4.4 Love Rhymes with Sympathy 5 the wrath of god and other moral judgments §5.1 Divine Wrath, Patience, and Compassion §5.2 The Problem of Divine Wrath §5.2.1 Deny that God Has Wrath §5.2.2 Deny that God’s Wrath Is Caused by Creatures §5.2.3 The Passibilist Solution §5.3 Can the Passible God Be Trustworthy in His Moral Judgments? §5.3.1 Untrustworthy Promises §5.3.2 The Incompetent Judge Problem 6 divine empathy and the problem of creepy emotions §6.1 What Is the Problem for Divine Empathy? §6.2 The Zagzebski Option §6.3 The Maximal God Option §6.3.1 An Objection to the Maximally Empathetic God Conclusion Bibliography