God’s Role in a Meaningful Life: New Reflections from Tim Mawson

Authors

  • Thaddeus Metz University of Johannesburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v10i3.2538

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Published

2018-09-17

How to Cite

Metz, Thaddeus. 2018. “God’s Role in a Meaningful Life: New Reflections from Tim Mawson”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 10 (3):171-91. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v10i3.2538.