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A compositional incarnation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2016

WILLIAM HASKER
WILLIAM HASKER*
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Huntington University, 2753 W 450 S (home address), Huntington, IN 46750, USA
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e-mail: whasker@huntington.edu
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Abstract

This article expounds and defends a compositional view of the incarnation, in which the eternal divine Son assumes a human body and soul as parts of himself. Objections to the view are answered, and it is argued that it is superior to other metaphysical accounts of the incarnation.

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Religious Studies , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 433 - 447
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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