{"product_id":"human-anguish-and-gods-power-hardback-9781108836975","title":"Human Anguish and God's Power (Hardback) 9781108836975","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHuman Anguish and God's Power\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe intrinsically 'glorious' God' is 'sovereign' in three different ways, each of which has a different sense of 'power.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid H. Kelsey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108836975, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 December 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e448 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.3 x 14.5 x 2.9 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Much exists within the covers of this book to digest. Though it bears significant implications for reshaped pastoral counsel in response to human suffering, it is an academically demanding monograph, as one would expect from this respected series … his proposal merits serious future engagement in the doctrinal categories of God's providence, sovereignty, and theodicy.' William M. Marsh, Southeastern Theological Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePersons anguished by another's profound suffering are often outraged by well-intentioned efforts to console them which suggest that God 'sent' that horrific suffering to their loved one for a 'purpose' according to a tailor-made 'plan' for just that person. However, the outraged reaction simply deepens the anguish. This book argues that such 'consolation' is theologically problematic because it assumes that unrestricted power is what makes God 'God.' Against that it outlines an account of 'who' and 'what' the Triune God is, framed in terms of God's intrinsic 'glory,' the attractive and perfectly self-expressive self-giving in love that is God's life, and sets limits to the range of things we can say God 'does.' Correlatively it offers an account of different senses in which God is 'sovereign' and 'powerful', one which reflects three ways God relates to all else: to create, to bless eschatologically, and to reconcile, as is scripturally narrated.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: consoling anguish and making it worse\u003cbr\u003e I. Glory: 2. The glory of the triune God\u003cbr\u003e II. Kingdom: 3. God's intrinsic “sovereignty”\u003cbr\u003e 4. Creation, providence, and theologically problematic pastoral consolation\u003cbr\u003e 5. The triune God's sovereignty in two registers\u003cbr\u003e 6. Excursus: must God have only one eternal purpose?\u003cbr\u003e III. Power: 7. Assumptions about God's power in problematic pastoral remarks\u003cbr\u003e 8. The triune God's intrinsic power\u003cbr\u003e 9. The triune God's power in two registers\u003cbr\u003e 10. The “uselessness: of the triune God\u003cbr\u003e 11. Stammering in praise of the useless triune God.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theology%20%5BHRLB%5D%22\"\u003eHRLB\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAB%5D%22\"\u003eHRAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002862194968,"sku":"9781108836975","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108836975i.jpg?v=1696727309","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/human-anguish-and-gods-power-hardback-9781108836975","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}