God's Hiddenness in Combat: Toward Christian Reflection on Battle - Softcover

Jones, Preston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761845348 ISBN 13: 9780761845348

Verlag: University Press Of America, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

The primary question at the heart of this book is: 'Where is God for the person in combat? ' According to one well-known saying, there are no atheists in foxholes. Yet it is difficult for believers in a personal and caring God to locate God's place in the world of war. Another common saying --that 'war is hell'--seems more accurate if one accepts the basic definition of hell as God's absence. The complication here is that some combatants do sense God's presence. This study draws from numerous interviews, memoirs, letters, and archival materials, and reflecting on the crucifixion of Christ to consider how God can be both present in, and absent from, the world of war.

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Preston Jones has been a U.S.-Canada Fulbright Scholar and a fellow of the Pew Program in Religion and American History. He has contributed over 220 articles to numerous publications for general and academic audiences, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, the National Post (Toronto), the Journal of Church and State, and the American Review of Canadian Studies. Professor Jones has taught Advanced Placement courses at the secondary level and history at Sonoma State University (California), the University of Dallas, and the University of Ottawa (Canada), where he completed his Ph.D. in 1999. Currently he teaches at John Brown University in Arkansas.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University Press Of America
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761845348
• ISBN 13: 9780761845348
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 82
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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