God's Wounds: Evil and Divine Suffering (2) - Couverture souple

Pool, Jeff B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0227173600 ISBN 13 : 9780227173602

Editeur : James Clarke & Co Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

God's Wounds: Hermeneutic of the Christian Symbol of Divine Suffering, Volume II: Evil and Divine Suffering is the second of a three-volume study of Christian testimonies to divine suffering. The larger study focuses its inquiry on the testimonies to divine suffering themselves, seeking to allow the voices that attest to divine suffering to speak freely. The goal is then to discover and elucidate the internal logic or rationality of this family of testimonies, rather than defending these attestations against the dominant claims of classical Christian theism that have historically sought to eliminate such language altogether from Christian discourse about the nature and life of God. This second volume proceeds on the basis of the presuppositions of the symbol, those implicit attestations that permit the possibility of divine suffering - that which constitutes divine vulnerability with respect to creation. The author investigates two divine wounds or modes of divine suffering to which the larger family of testimonies normally attest: (1) divine grief, or suffering due to human sin or betrayal by the beloved human; and (2) divine self-sacrifice, or suffering for the beloved human in its bondage to sin or misery, so as to establish the possibility of redemption and reconciliation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jeff B. Pool is Associate Professor of Religion, College Chaplain, and Director of the Campus Christian Center, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: James Clarke & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0227173600
• ISBN 13: 9780227173602
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 542
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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