Suffering: A Test of Theological Method
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0664244483 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 130 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. From the Back Cover 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. 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 times, "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 o
Arthur C. McGill was the Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School. . A distinguished philosopher and theologian, he also taught at Amherst College, Wesleyan University, and Princeton Univeristy
How can an omnipotent God allow suffering and violence to pervade the world? Arthur McGill approaches this disturbing question by examining the concept of 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."
"Not Your Average Book On Christianity" according to jwinterscom. After having read and loved Arthur C. McGill's other book, "Death and Life: An American Theology," it is tempting for me to simply compare these two books. I enjoyed "Death and Life" better and yet often felt I would have enjoyed it more had I understood the basic building blocks that McGill puts forth in this book."Suffering" lays out the basic framework of McGill's take on theology and the nature of God and His followers - a nature that is foreign to much of American theology because rather than focusing on the "otherworldliness", "absoluteness", and "magnificence" of God's nature, Mc. One of the profoundest books I've ever read I think, read, and write about theodicy a lot and I was looking to this book for an orthodox Christian answer. I don't think it contains any kind of a panoramic explanation for the existence of evil - an answer to the question of how evil can exist if God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good - but what it does contain is surprising and profound: a solid and inspiring description of God's power, the power of total self-giving. McGill employs what he calls a "method" to plumb the Bible's depths, illuminating several parables in a way that seems so obvious after your read him but whi. "Divine Power Made Perfect in Weakness!" according to A Customer. As someone working on a theology of the cross where the "power of God is perfected in weakness," I look for others writing on the same topic. This small, extremely readable book put so much together in such a small package that it is hard to rate the book highly enough. There really is nothing absolutely new here, but McGill has prayed through things to the center, and as a result, his writing reflects a really new coherence, brilliance, and perspective. You've heard it all before, but then again, it is all new --- and it is all incredibly compelling! One thing which is particularly hel