Understanding Reality Religion: A Mind-Opening Look at God, the Bible, the Church, and Faith - Couverture souple

Ward, Hiley

 
9780595453986: Understanding Reality Religion: A Mind-Opening Look at God, the Bible, the Church, and Faith
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595453988 ISBN 13 : 9780595453986
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

You know the Big questions. When did it all begin? Before creation, what?Before that? Where was I 10,000 years ago? When will it all end? But I suppose that the question that bothers people most is: How can God, the omnipotent, the Creator, be good when there is so much evil in the world? Here is an attempt to face up to the eternal, unsolvable contradictory questions about God, Jesus, the church and the practice of faith in the Christian life. Without negating traditional religion concepts, God is embraced in all of his attributes. He has a dark side. He is jealous, egotistical, cruel, tyrannical, killer of innocent hordes. He is also recognized as a great deliverer, lover of good, supporter of mankind, and a generally good companion. The Christian opts to address this second image of God, the beneficent. The author has struggled with the definition and nature of God all his life. He has found that he can question God and acknowledge his/her dark side while at the same time love God and bask in his presence and love. Here is a new kind of spiritual journey-intellectually honest and committed in faith.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

You know the Big questions. When did it all begin? Before creation, what?Before that? Where was I 10,000 years ago? When will it all end? But I suppose that the question that bothers people most is: How can God, the omnipotent, the Creator, be good when there is so much evil in the world? Here is an attempt to face up to the eternal, unsolvable contradictory questions about God, Jesus, the church and the practice of faith in the Christian life. Without negating traditional religion concepts, God is embraced in all of his attributes. He has a dark side. He is jealous, egotistical, cruel, tyrannical, killer of innocent hordes. He is also recognized as a great deliverer, lover of good, supporter of mankind, and a generally good companion. The Christian opts to address this second image of God, the beneficent. The author has struggled with the definition and nature of God all his life. He has found that he can question God and acknowledge his/her dark side while at the same time love God and bask in his presence and love. Here is a new kind of spiritual journey-intellectually honest and committed in faith.

Biographie de l'auteur

Hiley H. Ward is professor emeritus and former chair of the Journalism Department at Temple University, Philadelphia. He lives in Warrington, Pa. A former president of the Religion Newswriters Association, he was religion writer/editor for the Detroit Free Press for 14 years. He has two master?s degrees from two seminaries and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Minnesota.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595453988
ISBN 13 
9780595453986
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
138
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