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Salvation from God and human experiences of disaster: Theology as intellectus amoris between compassio and justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

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Translated by Bonifatius Hicks OP, Oxford and Mainz.

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3 cf. E. Schillebeeckx, Theologische bezinning op het scheppingsgeloof, Vol. 2., ms. Manuscript 1956/57.

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10 ibid., 28.

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