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The Necessity of God

In the Flesh, Present Tense, Imperative Mood

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The Necessity of God

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What does it mean to have God "in" me?

In The Necessity of God, Miller offers a sustained reflection on the nature of "divine indwelling," exploring Jesus' promise that his disciples would come to "know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you" (John 14:20).

Drawing on Latter-day Saint teachings about vicarious forms of redemption, Friedrich Schleiermacher's work on "God-consciousness," and Spinoza's account of divine necessity, with examples drawn from Joshua Ferris' unforgettable novel The Unnamed, Miller sketches a novel and genuinely material account of divine indwelling.

An abridged version of this text was originally delivered as the 2022 Maxwell Lecture at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

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