Book contents
- God in Moral Experience
- God in Moral Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Moral Experience and Persons
- 2 Moral Experience and God
- 3 Moral Experience and Moral Rapport
- 4 Moral Experience and Moral Inspiration
- 5 Moral Experience without Philosophical Overlays
- 6 Moral Experience and Co-valuing in Conflict
- 7 Moral Experience Justified by God
- 8 Moral Experience and Theological Inquiry
- Select Bibliography
- Index
4 - Moral Experience and Moral Inspiration
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2023
Book contents
- God in Moral Experience
- God in Moral Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Moral Experience and Persons
- 2 Moral Experience and God
- 3 Moral Experience and Moral Rapport
- 4 Moral Experience and Moral Inspiration
- 5 Moral Experience without Philosophical Overlays
- 6 Moral Experience and Co-valuing in Conflict
- 7 Moral Experience Justified by God
- 8 Moral Experience and Theological Inquiry
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Scholars and students of the Bible have explored the nature and limits of biblical inspiration in detail, but the moral inspiration of humans by God has received relatively little attention. The latter neglect is striking, because such divine inspiration of humans is arguably a source of robust unity for biblical theology. This chapter contends that the moral inspiration of humans by God seeks to build a divine commonwealth of righteous relationships. It accommodates the following definition of “inspiration” from the OED: “A special immediate action or influence of the Spirit of God (or of some divinity or supernatural being) upon the human mind or soul.”
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- God in Moral ExperienceValues and Duties Personified, pp. 95 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023