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The Mystery of God and Suffering : Lament, Trust, and Awe by Kenneth R. Overberg SJ is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Mystery of God and Suffering : Lament, Trust, and Awe about?
Humans have long searched for an adequate answer to an age-old question: If God is good, why do we suffer? An entire book of the Bible, Job, is dedicated to the problem of God and human suffering. Theologians across continents and centuries have debated the intricacies, inconsistencies, and assumptions the question elicits. And of course, many have turned to Jesus's own suffering, and his horrible death at the cross, in search of understanding. All too often, the resulting approaches to the mystery of suffering, though linked to the Jewish and Christian Scriptures and traditions, fail to satisfy contemporary hearts and minds. The Mystery of God and Suffering draws guidance from the Gospel of John and the letters to the Colossians and the Ephesians, and focuses on God's overflowing love in creation as a foundation for understanding Jesus's death and its implications for those who follow him. This work offers an alternative vision, one emphasizing incarnation over atonement, for all those who find themselves uneasy or even oppressed by the notion of a vindictive God who demands the suffering and death of his son. The Mystery of God and Suffering also speaks to a larger audience, comp
Who reads The Mystery of God and Suffering : Lament, Trust, and Awe?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kenneth R. Overberg SJ
- Publisher
- FORTRESS Press, U S
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781506440057
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian, Christianity