Suffering: A Test of Theological Method - Softcover

McGill, Arthur C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597529451 ISBN 13: 9781597529457

Verlag: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

How can an omnipotent God allow suffering and violence to pervade the world? The author approaches this disturbing question by examining the concept of power. At opposing ends of a spectrum lie two powers--demonic power that is violent, destructive, and dominative, and the power of God that is creative, totally open, self-giving, and expansive. Through consideration of power, McGill provides reflections on the nature of God's inner life in the Trinity and concludes that "service" characterizes God's relationship to the world, not "domination." Combining the scholarship and clarity that characterizes the greatest theological writing of our time, Suffering addresses the need for renewed faith in the almighty powerfulness of God's self-communication and self-giving until the time "when the pretenses of demonic power are swept away."

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Arthur McGill was Bussey Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School at the time of his death in 1980.

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• Verlag: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1597529451
• ISBN 13: 9781597529457
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 130
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