How should we understand the God of the Bible? How do we make sense of God's apparently changing character in the Bible theologically? God is not obvious - unlike all the animate and inanimate objects which we can see around us. God does not appear to fulfill any useful purpose; what is God for or about? Is God just a mystery? Or a problem? Or both? In Who On Earth is God?: Making Sense of God in the Bible Neil Richardson provides the answers to these fascinating questions. Richardson tackles the hard issues surrounding some of the more problematic passages head on, looking at divine anger, violence and jealousy, and suggesting how these can be interpreted. The book engages with the difficult questions posed by contemporary issues, and the 'new atheism' pioneered by popular writers such as Richard Dawkins. This takes discussion 'beyond the bible' into later developments in thought, and notions of God in a post-modern context. This is an indispensable guide for people with or without faith, wrestling with these difficult, and eternal, questions and themes.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9780567472434
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208813497
Product Key Features
Book Title
Who on Earth Is God?: Making Sense of God in the Bibles
Author
Neil Richardson
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Nature, Theology, Religious History, Christianity
Publication Year
2014
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
344g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Neil Richardson
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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