The hiddenness of god / Michael C. Rea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rea, Michael C. (Michael Cannon), 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hidden God.

God (Christianity).

God--History of doctrines.

God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

'The Hiddenness of God' addresses the problem of divine hiddenness which concerns the ambiguity of evidence for God's existence, the elusiveness of God's comforting presence, the palpable and devastating experience of divine absence and abandonment, and more; phenomena which are hard to reconcile with the idea, central to the Jewish and Christian scriptures, that there exists a God who is deeply and lovingly concerned with the lives of humans. Michael C. Rea argues that divine hiddenness is not a problem to be explained away but rather a consequence of the nature of God himself. He shows that it rests on unwarranted assumptions and expectations about God's love for human beings. Rea explains how scripture and tradition bear testimony not only to God's love, but to God's transcendence.

Contents:

1: Hidden God

2 The Problem of Divine Hiddenness

3: God and the Attributes

4: Hiddenness and Transcendence

5: Divine Love and Personality

6: Visions and Voices

7: Divine Presence in a Material World

8: A God to Contend With

9: The Scandal of Particularity.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-256043-3

0-19-186501-X

0-19-256042-5