Who on Earth Is God?: Making Sense of God in the Bible - Couverture souple

Richardson, Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0567472434 ISBN 13 : 9780567472434

Editeur : T.& T.Clark Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

wraps 246 pp

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

How should we understand the God of the Bible? How do we make sense of God's apparently changing character in the Bible theologically? God is not obvious - unlike all the animate and inanimate objects which we can see around us. God does not appear to fulfill any useful purpose; what is God for or about? Is God just a mystery? Or a problem? Or both?

In Who On Earth is God: Making Sense of God in the Bible Neil Richardson provides the answers to these fascinating questions. Richardson tackles the hard issues surrounding some of the more problematic passages head on, looking at divine anger, violence and jealousy, and suggesting how these can be interpreted. The book engages with the difficult questions posed by contemporary issues, and the 'new atheism' pioneered by popular writers such as Richard Dawkins. This takes discussion 'beyond the bible' into later developments in thought, and notions of God in a post-modern context. This is an indispensable guide for people with or without faith, wrestling with these difficult, and eternal, questions and themes.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Neil Richardson was Tutor in New Testament Studies and later Principal of Wesley College, Bristol. He served as President of the British Methodist Conference in 2003-2004.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: T.& T.Clark Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0567472434
• ISBN 13: 9780567472434
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264