Minority reports : voicing neglected biblical texts / Mark Klitsie ; foreword by Bill Baltz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klitsie, Mark, author.

Contributor:

Baltz, Bill, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Judaism).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Wipf and Stock, 2016.

Summary:

The stuff that comes after modernism isn't all bad. Postmodernism, not needing everything to be buttoned up, can leave things dangling; it can pay attention to the obscure, marginal, and particular. The postmodern dynamic invites one to revisit biblical texts that do not fit into tidy, cherished theological constructs: I call these texts the "minority reports." Popular theology infers that God is just pretending when he changes his mind or gets frustrated, saddened, and affected by humans--this understanding is guided by concepts of God's omni-attributes. But these wise and well-intentioned concepts fail to portray a God who will not be domesticated. Certain biblical narratives trace YHWH's hiddenness, suffering, changeability, and "hostility"--this awkward "shadow side" of YHWH is sometimes selectively overlooked. The fear of God is gone. Instead we have the ever-tolerant, universal God who is in danger of evaporating into "spirit," "light," and "love." As a theologian I use Hebrew block logic: competing truths in the Bible are kept intact; synthesis isn't necessarily sought. God chooses us and we choose God; God is self-sufficient, all-powerful, and all-knowing, needing no creature. Yet he chooses to limit his "omni-ness" in the human arena and makes himself vulnerable to humans. He hyphenates his name with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob--and the church--at a risk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 23, 2017).

ISBN:

9781498235976

1498235972

OCLC:

964410571