Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The classical Christian view of God has come under attack in some parts of modern scholarship, particularly regarding the nature of his ongoing relationship with his creation. These attacks are coming from theological sectors as diverse as various forms of pantheism, radical feminism, and revisionism of "open theism." Such scholars are concerned that the classical Christian theists have long misrepresented God's true nature, and so they offer their correctives.
This collection of 12 essays focuses on who God is -- as presented in the Scriptures and believed by Christians for centuries.
Synopsis
God Never Changes
Or does he? God has been getting a makeover of late, a "reinvention" that has incited debate and troubled scholars and laypeople alike. Modern theological sectors as diverse as radical feminism and the new "open theism" movement are attacking the classical Christian view of God and vigorously promoting their own images of Divinity.
God Under Fire refutes the claim that major attributes of the God of historic Christianity are false and outdated. This book responds to some increasingly popular alternate theologies and the ways in which they cast classical Christian theism in a negative light.
Featuring an impressive cast of world-class biblical scholars, philosophers, and apologists, God Under Fire begins by addressing the question, "Should the God of Historic Christianity Be Replaced?" From there, it explores issues as old as time and as new as the inquest into the "openness of God." How, for instance, does God risk, relate, emote, and change? Does he do these things, and if so, why? These and other questions are investigated with clarity, bringing serious scholarship into popular reach.
Above all, this collection of essays focuses on the nature of God as presented in the Scriptures and as Christians have believed for centuries. God Under Fire builds a solid and appealing case for the God of classical Christian theism, who in recent years--as through the centuries--has been the God under fire.