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The Goldilocks God : searching for the via media / Guy Collins.

Van Pelt - Yarnall Collection BV4501.3 .C6465 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Collins, Guy, 1974- author.
Contributor:
Charlton Yarnall Fund.
Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Anglican studies series
Anglican studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Christianity--Essence, genius, nature--Anglican authors.
Christianity.
Anglican Communion--Essence, genius, nature.
Anglican Communion.
Christian life--Anglican authors.
Christian life.
Physical Description:
viii, 257 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, [2022]
Summary:
The Goldilocks God: Searching for the via media explores the fertile middle ground between toxic Christianity and militant atheism. Can Christianity be intellectually credible? Why do our past failures and breakages offer comfort and hope? How does the via media of Anglicanism offer tactics for dealing with contemporary challenges and uncertainties? Whether exploring mystic Hildegard von Bingen, strategic thinker Queen Elizabeth, or theologians Jean-Luc Marion and Sarah Coakley, readers venture into a Trinitarian Goldilocks zone of faith, hope, and love. Guy Collins makes a creative and heartfelt case for a "spiritual thermodynamics" of trial and error, promise and glory. Illuminating ancient Christian practice with cutting-edge philosophy and theology, he reveals the lifelong habits that are "just right" for encountering the mystery of God.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. One The Enigma of Elizabeth
ch. Two Kierkegaard's Courage
ch. Three The Science of the Soul
ch. Four "It can be no disgrace to confesse wee are ignorant"
ch. Five The Antiquity of Diversity
ch. Six The Promise of the God Who May Be
ch. Seven Forgers of Holiness
ch. Eight The Gift of Desire
ch. Nine Transfiguring Touch
ch. Ten Why Do We Fall?
ch. Eleven Treasure Hidden in the Field
ch. Twelve Love in the Goldilocks Zone.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Collins, Guy, 1974- Goldilocks God
ISBN:
9781978713475
1978713479
OCLC:
1331706307
Publisher Number:
99991661478

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