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'The central message of Human Anguish and God's Power is intensely practical, reminding Christians that when they seek to speak of God in the face of suffering, they can only stammer. Yet in exploring the reasons for this stammering - the impossibility of synthesizing into a single account the different ways in which God works to bless us - David Kelsey manages something very close to a dogmatics in miniature, ranging across the full sweep of God's creative, reconciling and redeeming work with a combination of pastoral and theological sensitivity that shows how even stammering can give powerful witness to God's glory.' Ian A. McFarland, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Theology, Emory University 'In these pages, the distinguished theologian David Kelsey explores God's power, with an eye to sensitive pastoral concern for believers who struggle in the face of tragic suffering. Exposing all the false ways that cultural notions of useful force are projected onto the traditional notion of divine power, Kelsey commends an understanding of providence as the glory of God's sovereignty manifested in three, interrelated biblical plots that reveal how the power of the Trinitarian God is actualized in God's own divine life and in God's relation to creation. Kelsey insightfully argues that scripture's diverse rendering of providential power sets the proper context for reflection on God's efficacy toward suffering, and the directions he charts will inform theological discussion for many years to come.' John E. Thiel, Fairfield University

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David H. Kelsey is the Weigle Professor Emeritus of Theology at Yale Divinity School. He is the author of Proving Doctrine (1999), Imaging Redemption (2005), and Eccentric Existence (2 vols., 2009).

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