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God at War: The Bible and Spiritual Conflict

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gregory A. BoydPublish date:1997-09-12Pages:414
Language:EnglishPublisher:IVP AcademicISBN-13:9780830818853ISBN-10:830818855UPC:9780830818853Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Angelology & DemonologySize:9.16 x 6.02 x 1.02 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC2HH5X115

In this bold and compelling work, Gregory Boyd undertakes to reframe the central issues of Christian theodicy. By Boyd's estimate, theologians still draw too heavily on Augustine's response to the problem of evil, attributing pain and suffering to the mysterious "good" purposes of God.Accordingly, modern Christians are inclined not to expect evil and so are baffled but resigned when it occurs. New Testament writers, on the other hand, were inclined to expect evil and fight against it. Modern Christians attempt to intellectually understand evil, whereas New Testament writers grappled with overcoming evil.Through a close and sophisticated reading of both Old and New Testaments, Boyd argues that Satan has been in an age-long (but not eternal) battle against God, and that this conflict "is a major dimension of the ultimate canvas against which everything within the biblical narrative, from creation to the eschaton, is to be painted and therefore understood."No less edifying than it is provocative, God at War will reward the careful attention of scholars, pastors, students and educated laypersons alike.

Language:EnglishPublisher:IVP AcademicISBN-13:9780830818853ISBN-10:830818855UPC:9780830818853Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Angelology & DemonologySize:9.16 x 6.02 x 1.02 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC2HH5X115
Gregory A. Boyd (Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary) is a pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Previously, he was a professor of theology at Bethel University, also in St. Paul. His books include Recovering the Real Jesus in an Age of Revisionist Replies, Letters from a Skeptic, God of the Possible, Repenting of Religion, Seeing is Believing, Escaping the Matrix, The Jesus Legend, Myth of a Christian Nation, Is God to Blame, God at War and Satan and the Problem of Evil.
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Gregory A. Boyd

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