Is It God's Will?: Making Sense of Tragedy, Luck, and Hope in a World Gone Wrong - Couverture rigide

Ambrosino, Brandon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1640658416 ISBN 13 : 9781640658417

Editeur : Church Publishing Inc, 2025

Synopsis

From an acclaimed journalist and a rising star in theological academia, a provocative book about human and divine agency in an era of political extremism, climate catastrophe, and rising violence.

In the wake of two foiled assassination attempts while Donald Trump was campaigning for President, many of his supporters claimed Trump's survival was an act of Divine intervention, and a sign that Trump was favored by God. In his victory speech, Trump alluded to this. But his survival prompts other questions: Why did God spare Trump, but not the retiree sitting behind him? Why couldn't God have spared everyone that day? And if God is truly omnipotent, why do so many children die in gun violence every year?

To award-winning journalist and theologian Brandon Ambrosino, these mortal questions provide us with an opportunity to explore the great questions about Divine and human agency, especially in relation to human tragedy and a world that seems to be slipping into chaos. In this powerful and searching enquiry--in the vein of N.T. Wright and C.S. Lewis-- Ambrosino argues that theologians have been poorly equipped to confront these questions, because many hang on to an omnipotent model of God. Exploring the daily tragedies that so many of us must contend--as well as a provocative and challenging reading of Christ's death and resurrection--Ambrosino provides us with the tools to understand and process grief but also presents a refreshing portrait of less a God of power, and more of one of persuasion, who can still provide a residue of hope in a world gone wrong.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Brandon Ambrosino is an award-winning journalist who has written for Politico, BBC, Boston Globe, Globe & Mail, The Atlantic, Smithsonian, Economist, Washington Post, and many other outlets.He is a Visiting Professor in the Augustine and Culture Seminar at Villanova University, where he also received his PHD in theology. His work focuses on teasing out the theological implications of camp theory and aesthetics. His article "Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth," on Jerry Falwell's tenure at Liberty University went viral in 2019. A columnist for Christian Century, he also writes a monthly "Theology for Kids" column at US Catholic Magazine called Childish. He lives in Newark, Delaware.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Church Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1640658416
• ISBN 13: 9781640658417
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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