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English
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Atoning Grace on Progression's Highway: Explorations into Latter-day Saint Theological Anthropology
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Let Us Reason Together: Essays in Honor of the Life's Work of Robert L. Millet
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Provo, UT; Salt Lake City, UT
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BYU Religious Studies Center; Deseret Book Company
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269-290
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"What follows is an exploration of Millet’s reflections on the Latter-day Saint view of humankind in conversation with Jewish and Protestant traditions. It begins by examining how the Mormon cosmic drama cultivates a distinct theological imagination of what it means to be created in God’s image and then proceeds to explore the means by which the distance between God and humanity is bridged. Given the vastness of scholarly writings on this subject, I will limit my analysis to one prominent writer within each faith community: Robert Millet, Rabbi Abraham Cohen, and Reformed theologian G. C. Berkouwer. Given the breadth of thought in each religious community, I will not attempt to give a comprehensive account of each tradition’s theology. Instead I will allow each of these writers to give an insider’s account of the theological anthropology of their tradition and how it relates to the religious experience of the community. For it is when we study the Latter-day Saint tradition in light of other religions—not only in terms of theological differences and similarities but also in terms of the lived experience—that we can appreciate that Mormonism is about more (though not less) than intellectual questions. It is also about a way of life pursued by a community as it attempts to fulfill humanity’s deepest desires." [From the text]
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