Does God Suffer? - Rilegato

Weinandy, Thomas

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0268210004 ISBN 13: 9780268210007

Casa editrice: University of Notre Dame Press, 2024

Riassunto

The immense suffering caused by sin and evil within the modern world, especially in the light of the Holocaust, has had a profound impact on the contemporary understanding of God and his relationship to human suffering. Since the early part of this century there has been a growing consensus among theologians that God himself, within his divine nature, suffers in solidarity and love with those who suffer. This present theological position contradicts the traditional Christian understanding of almost two thousand years that God is impassible and so does not experience negative emotional states, such as suffering.

Thomas Weinandy, O.F.M., resolutely challenges this contemporary view of God and suffering. Calling upon scripture, and the philosophical and theological tradition of the Fathers and Aquinas, Weinandy creatively and systematically addresses all of the contemporary concerns. He strongly advocates the incarnational truth that the Son of God actually does experience, as man, all that pertains to living an authentic human life, and so does indeed suffer.

This book is both a challenge to much received contemporary philosophical and theological wisdom, and a scholarly, original, and refreshing account of the Christian Gospel. It is one of the most comprehensive Christian presentations of God and human suffering available today.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: University of Notre Dame Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0268210004
• ISBN 13: 9780268210007
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320
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