The creative suffering of God /

The theme that God suffers with his world has become a familiar one in recent years, overturning centuries of belief in an impassible deity. This book both surveys recent thought about the suffering of God and proposes future directions for this important area of Christian theology. Fiddes discusses...

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Main Author:	Fiddes, Paul S. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford [Oxfordshire] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1988.
Subjects:	Suffering of God > History of doctrines. Suffering of God. Suffering of God > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600. Souffrance de Dieu. Souffrance de Dieu > Enseignement patristique. Souffrance de Dieu > Histoire des doctrines. Suffering of God Suffering of God > History of doctrines Godsbegrip. Lijden. 30-600 Christian doctrine > God Electronic books.
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Summary:	The theme that God suffers with his world has become a familiar one in recent years, overturning centuries of belief in an impassible deity. This book both surveys recent thought about the suffering of God and proposes future directions for this important area of Christian theology. Fiddes discusses four trends of current thought--the "theology of the cross" in modern German theology as represented in the works of Barth, Moltmann, and J"ungel; American process theology; "the death of God" theology; and the rejection of the idea of divine passibility by modern followers of classical theism--while reflecting on the main theme of his study. The book affirms that God freely chooses to limit himself, to suffer change, to journey through time, and even to experience death while remaining the living God This book offers a consistent way of thinking about a God who suffers supremely and yet is still the kind of God to whom the Christian tradition has witnessed, and also about a God who suffers universally and yet is still present uniquely in the cross of Christ.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 281 pages)
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-271).
ISBN:	9780191682568 019168256X