TY  - CHAP
ID  - 7195
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/momen_potent_god_metaphysics
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Potent God and the Attracting God, The: Metaphysics and its Social Consequences
T2  - Lights of Irfán
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A1  - Momen,Moojan
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Y1  - 2025
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VL  - vol. 21
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SP  - 192
EP  - 214
M2  - 
PB  - Haj Mehdi Arjmand Colloquium
CY  - Wilmette
M1  - 
M3  - Articles
SN  - 
LA  - English
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AB  - Two conceptual notions of God: the view of Islam, Christianity and Judaism is based on concepts of God via St Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and chains of cause and effect. Alternately, God can be seen as the ultimate goal, attracting all of Creation to Him.
N1  - Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/lights21. See also complete volume [PDF, 2 MB].
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KW  - Aristotle
KW  - Attraction, Power of
KW  - Beauty
KW  - Cause and effect
KW  - God
KW  - God, Love for
KW  - Irfán Colloquia
KW  - Love
KW  - Metaphysics
KW  - Philosophy, Western
KW  - Power
KW  - Theology
KW  - Time
ER  -