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A different God : a Christian view of suffering / by Kristiaan Depoortere.

By: Depoortere, Kristiaan, 1946-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Louvain theological & pastoral monographs: 17.Publisher: Louvain [Belgium] : Peeters Press ; [Grand Rapids, Mich.] : W.B. Eerdmans, 1995Description: viii, 145 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9068316532Subject(s): Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Suffering of GodBibliography, Etc. Note: Bibliography: pages [137]-145.
Contents:
Part 1. Suffering people. An integral concept of suffering ; Human beings : authors and/or victims of suffering ; Reflecting on suffering while struggling against it ; The encompassing question of meaning ; Suffering and the question of God -- Part 2. Three acquittals of God. God as a fair judge ; God as a supreme educator ; An inscrutable God -- Part 3. A God of power and/or of love? God is all-powerful--what about his love? ; God is love--what about his power? ; The (im)potency of love -- Part 4. The powerless supremacy of love. The itinerary of the question of suffering ; The defenseless supremacy of love ; A spirituality of confidence and resistance.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BT732.7 .D46 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902112750

Bibliography: pages [137]-145.

Part 1. Suffering people. An integral concept of suffering ; Human beings : authors and/or victims of suffering ; Reflecting on suffering while struggling against it ; The encompassing question of meaning ; Suffering and the question of God -- Part 2. Three acquittals of God. God as a fair judge ; God as a supreme educator ; An inscrutable God -- Part 3. A God of power and/or of love? God is all-powerful--what about his love? ; God is love--what about his power? ; The (im)potency of love -- Part 4. The powerless supremacy of love. The itinerary of the question of suffering ; The defenseless supremacy of love ; A spirituality of confidence and resistance.

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