Emmanuel Swedenborg Michael D. Bordo Roberto Cortes-Conde
Divine Providence by Emmanuel Swedenborg is nothing short of brilliant. Swedenborg contends that God governs the human race by allowing people to do as they wish. Recognizing that 'He governs best who governs least, ' God governs in a way that is basically invisible, and yet He still governs. According to Swedenborg, God maintains 'control' in myriads of subtle ways, and yet the system is set up in such a way that people really are free. That is, people can acknowledge or not acknowledge God, they can obey or disobey Him, they can think and do as they wish. This provides a pretty good...
Divine Providence by Emmanuel Swedenborg is nothing short of brilliant. Swedenborg contends that God governs the human race by allowing people to do a...