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Martin Buber and some Theologians of ‘Encounter’1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

Bryan J. Fair
Affiliation:
London

Extract

I would like to draw attention to certain influential misrepresentations of the views of Martin Buber and others relating to the notion of an encounter between God and man.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1968

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