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Zusatztext The book is a unique work [which]...presents a helpful framework to beginning thinking about God’s "letting be" and "letting happen" Informationen zum Autor Paul Dafydd Jones is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia! USA. Vorwort Suggests that the motif of patience ought to play a leading role in Christian theological reflection on God's ways and works, illuminating the doctrines of creation, providence and the incarnation. Zusammenfassung What does it mean to exercise patience? What does it mean to endure, to wait, and to persevere—and, on other occasions, to reject patience in favor of resistance, haste, and disruptive action? And what might it mean to describe God as patient? Might patience play a leading role in a Christian account of God’s creative work, God’s relationship to ancient Israel, God’s governance of history, and God’s saving activity?The first instalment of Patience—A Theological Exploration engages these questions in searching, imaginative, and sometimes surprising ways. Following reflections on the biblical witness and the nature of constructive theological inquiry, its interpretative chapters engage landmark works by a number of ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary authors, disclosing both the promise and peril of talk about patience. Patience stands at the center of this innovative account of God’s creative work, God’s relationship with ancient Israel, creaturely sin, scripture, and God’s broader providential and salvific purposes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Interpretation Chapter 1: Patience in Patristic and Medieval Theology: from Tertullian to Julian of Norwich Chapter 2: Patience in the context of the European Reformation: forbearance, haste, and transformation Chapter 3: From Barth to “burdened virtue”: the promise and perils of patience Part 2: Construction Chapter 4: The patience of God the creator Chapter 5: The patience of God the provider (I) Chapter 6: The patience of God the provider (II) Epilogue: Retrospect and Prospect BibliographyIndex...
