Human anguish and God's power / David H. Kelsey, Yale University.
"Persons anguished by another's profound suffering are often outraged by well-intentioned efforts to console them which suggest that God 'sent' that horrific suffering to their loved one for a 'purpose' according to a tailor-made 'plan' for just that person. H...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Current issues in theology.
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| Summary: | "Persons anguished by another's profound suffering are often outraged by well-intentioned efforts to console them which suggest that God 'sent' that horrific suffering to their loved one for a 'purpose' according to a tailor-made 'plan' for just that person. However, the outraged reaction simply deepens the anguish. This book argues that such 'consolation' is theologically problematic because it assumes that unrestricted power is what makes God 'God.' Against that it outlines an account of'who' and 'what' the Triune God is, framed in terms of God's intrinsic 'glory,' the attractive and perfectly self-expressive self-giving in love that is God's life, and sets limits to the range of things we can say God 'does.' Correlatively it offers an account of different senses in which God is 'sovereign' and 'powerful', one which reflects three ways God relates to all else: to create, to bless eschatologically, and to reconcile, as is scripturally narrated"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 435 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108873246 1108873243 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108873246 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 01, 2021). |