The Tragedy of Almightiness

The Tragedy of Almightiness
Title The Tragedy of Almightiness PDF eBook
Author Sybe Schaap
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 340
Release 2016-01-06
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1498233058

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The Tragedy of Almightiness encircles the theme of human yearning for omnipotence, as expressed in religion and various ideologies. The central question revolves around the matter of what--in pursuing such an extreme power of the will--man seeks to achieve. While exploring the question, a thought-provoking link is made between religion and atheism; between the Biblical longing for God's promise and the Marxist appeal for man to realize that same promise. Omnipotence must vouch for the fulfilling of the promise, for justice and for man's dream of redemption. However that is not where it ends. The longing for salvation turns out to have a dangerous reverse side to it because it encourages a turning away from the actual world and the all-pervading evil. Omnipotence also facilitates the avenging of such evil. History has shown what this kind of yearning can lead to. The book demonstrates how modernity translates Biblical longings into ideologically justified revengefulness. The description of this process leads to a plea for renewed ethical purpose in life. It is a challenge that also extends to religion. Hence the reason that it is necessary to depart from the idea of omnipotence.

Tragedy and Biblical Narrative

Tragedy and Biblical Narrative
Title Tragedy and Biblical Narrative PDF eBook
Author J. Cheryl Exum
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 228
Release 1996-05-16
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780521565066

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Using insights about ancient and modern tragedy, this study offers challenging and provocative new readings of selected Biblical narratives: the story of Israel's first king, Saul, rejected for his disobedience to God and driven to madness; the story of Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter in fulfillment of his vow to offer God a sacrifice in return for military victory; and the story of Israel's most famous king, David, whose tragedy lies in the burden of divine judgement that falls on his house as a consequence of his sins. The book discusses how these narratives handle such perennial tragic issues as guilt, suffering and evil.

Shadow of the Almighty

Shadow of the Almighty
Title Shadow of the Almighty PDF eBook
Author Elisabeth Elliot
Publisher Hendrickson Publishers
Pages 362
Release 2008
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1598562495

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"Shadow of the Almighty" is the bestselling account of the martyrdom of Jim Elliot and four other missionaries at the hands of the Huaorani Indians in Ecuador. "Elizabeth Elliot's account is more than inspirational reading, it belongs to the very heartbeat of evangelic witness"--"Christianity Today."

When God Weeps

When God Weeps
Title When God Weeps PDF eBook
Author Joni Eareckson Tada
Publisher Zondervan
Pages 260
Release 2000-09
Genre Religion
ISBN 0310238358

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A practical and deeply biblical investigation of the problem of pain and a hopeful portrait of a God who weeps with us.

God Culture

God Culture
Title God Culture PDF eBook
Author John A. Naphor
Publisher Morgan James Publishing
Pages 209
Release 2014-05
Genre Religion
ISBN 1614489904

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Have you ever heard yourself cry out through the chaos, “God where are you? Why is this happening?” or perhaps even, “God, are you real?” In a tattooed pop culture world that is perpetually trying to keep up with the Kardashians, God Culture introduces a greater knowledge of God and an invitation to engage in a deeper and more intimate relationship that will transform your life. With worldwide plagues such as rampant terrorism and children shooting children, God Culture explores Jesus’ true intention of reconnecting mankind with Yahweh, while revealing why God behaves as He does, how we can learn to comprehend and relate to Him, and ultimately how we can apply His wisdom to our individual present day life experience leading to our ultimate destinies. God Culture dispels the age-old myth that “God works in mysterious ways.” The misunderstanding of God’s true motives, methods and divine nature has left millions of people yearning for answers to such timeless questions as “Why did God allow that? Has God left me? Or does He even exist?” When “Life can only be truly understood when looking backward” those who feel lost, confused and perhaps even abandoned will discover that He actually uses the every-day challenges and chaos of life to cultivate His will while simultaneously connecting with us on a personal level. This thought-provoking discussion has been composed to help you gain a new understanding of God and to develop the knowledge of and insights into God’s behavior, plan and purpose. If you have been perplexed by the daily chaos of life don’t miss God Culture. As you peer into the supernatural realm of heaven the God you discover may be quite different than you could have ever imagined.

God the Problem

God the Problem
Title God the Problem PDF eBook
Author Gordon D. Kaufman
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 304
Release 1972
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780674355262

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The most discussed and most significant issue on the religious scene today is whether it is possible, or even desirable, to believe in God. Mr. Kaufman's valuable study does not offer a doctrine of God, but instead explores why God is a problem for many moderns, the dimensions of that problem, and the inner logic of the notion of God as it has developed in Western culture. His object is to determine the function or significance of talk about God: how the concept of God is generated in human experience; the special problems in turn generated by this concept (for example, the intelligibility of the idea of transcendence, the problem of theodicy) and how they are met; and under what circumstances the idea of God is credible or important or even indispensable. He does not try to prove God's existence or nonexistence, but elucidates what the concept of God means and the important human needs it fulfills. Four of the eleven essays have been previously published, at least in part; seven are completely new.

Almighty Voice and His Wife

Almighty Voice and His Wife
Title Almighty Voice and His Wife PDF eBook
Author Daniel David Moses
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'Almighty Voice and His Wife' shakes up a familiar story from the Saskatchewan frontier, reimagining it from the postmodern late twentieth century. The 'renegade Indian story' transforms into both an eloquent tale of tragic love and an often hilarious, fully theatrical exorcism of the hurts of history.