Without Parts or Passions? The Suffering God in Anglican Thought
Over the past hundred years Anglican thought has questioned the traditional doctrine of God's impassibility. The cross of Christ reveals an eternal suffering in God. But how can a suffering God be a source of hope? It can be argued that God, in the very act of creation, renounced any impassibil...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1991
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Pacifica
Year: 1991, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 257-272 |
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| Summary: | Over the past hundred years Anglican thought has questioned the traditional doctrine of God's impassibility. The cross of Christ reveals an eternal suffering in God. But how can a suffering God be a source of hope? It can be argued that God, in the very act of creation, renounced any impassibility God may have enjoyed. It is only a suffering God who can stand in relation to a created other and who can therefore hold out hope to creation. |
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| ISSN: | 1839-2598 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pacifica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1030570X9100400302 |