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"In this book, Paul K. Moser explains how self-sacrificial righteousness of a reparative kind is at the heart of Paul's gospel of God. He also shows how divine self-sacrifice authenticates that gospel via human reciprocity toward God in reconciliation. A basis for this reciprocity lies in a teaching of ancient Judaism that humans are to reciprocate toward God for the sake of an interpersonal relationship that is righteous and reconciled through voluntary self-sacrifice to God. Moser demonstrates that Paul's gospel calls for faith, including trust, in God as reciprocity in human self-sacrifice toward God. Although widely neglected by interpreters, this theme brings moral and evidential depth to Paul's good news of reparative redemption from God. Moser's study thus enables a new understanding of some of the controversial matters regarding Paul's message in a way that highlights the coherence and profundity of his message"--
List of contents
1. Gospel of righteous self-sacrifice; 2. Faith grounded in self-sacrifice; 3. Incarnational ethics of self-sacrifice; 4. Hope and fear toward divine self-sacrifice; 5. Responsible agency toward divine self-sacrifice; 6. Assessing God's gambit in self-sacrifice.
About the author
Paul K. Moser is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author many books, most recently, The Divine Goodness of Jesus, Understanding Religious Experience (2021)and The God Relationship (2017).
