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Divine impassibility and the mystery of human suffering / edited by James F. Keating and Thomas Joseph White.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2009.Description: x, 357 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802863478 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0802863477 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 231/.4 22
LOC classification:
  • BT153.S8 D58 2009
Review: "The question of whether or not God suffers - whether his very deity places him beyond the reach of suffering and evil - has serious implications for how we can correctly perceive human suffering. Though classical doctrine long held that God is impassible - that is, he does not suffer - most twentieth-century theologians have asserted just the opposite, declaring that God does indeed suffer and in so doing shows true solidarity with the suffering of human beings. Some contemporary theologians, however, have begun to argue forcefully once again in favor of divine impassibility." "James F. Keating and Thomas Joseph White have gathered here a selection of essays that consider how God's suffering or lack thereof can relate to our redemption from and through human suffering. The contributors - Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox - tread carefully but surely over this thorny ground, defending diverse and often opposing perspectives. Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering is an excellent contribution to the latest stage in this difficult and important theological controversy."--BOOK JACKET.
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General Collection Main Campus Library General Stacks BT 153 .S8D58 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 20093653
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BT 102 .C32 1991 Why I believe in a personal God : BT 105 .H43 2005 In defence of Christianity BT 130 .R68 2004 Can God be free? / BT 153 .S8D58 2009 Divine impassibility and the mystery of human suffering / BT 198 .J47 1995 Jesus under fire / BT 202 .S82 1998 The case for Christ : BT 203 .O26 2007 Jesus our redeemer :

Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-349) and indexes.

"The question of whether or not God suffers - whether his very deity places him beyond the reach of suffering and evil - has serious implications for how we can correctly perceive human suffering. Though classical doctrine long held that God is impassible - that is, he does not suffer - most twentieth-century theologians have asserted just the opposite, declaring that God does indeed suffer and in so doing shows true solidarity with the suffering of human beings. Some contemporary theologians, however, have begun to argue forcefully once again in favor of divine impassibility." "James F. Keating and Thomas Joseph White have gathered here a selection of essays that consider how God's suffering or lack thereof can relate to our redemption from and through human suffering. The contributors - Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox - tread carefully but surely over this thorny ground, defending diverse and often opposing perspectives. Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering is an excellent contribution to the latest stage in this difficult and important theological controversy."--BOOK JACKET.

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