Overview
IVP Readers' Choice Award Rarely does a new theological position emerge to account well for life in the world, including not only goodness and beauty but also tragedy and randomness. Drawing from Scripture, science, philosophy and various theological traditions, Thomas Jay Oord offers a novel theology of providence—essential kenosis—that emphasizes God's inherently noncoercive love in relation to creation. The Uncontrolling Love of God provides a clear and powerful response to one of the perennial challenges to Christian faith.
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Author: Thomas Jay Oord
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Imprint: Inter-Varsity Press,US
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.343kg
ISBN: 9780830840847
ISBN 10: 0830840842
Pages: 229
Publication Date: 09 November 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Written in his characteristically winsome style, Oord's account of The Uncontrolling Love of God is a highly accessible yet richly sophisticated affirmation of God's providential engagement with creation that takes seriously the insistence on randomness and novelty in recent science. Oord sprinkles throughout pastorally wise advice on how Christians might think about and engage the undeniable evil and ugliness in life by probing the implications of our fundamental commitment to the self-emptying love of God as manifest in Jesus Christ. Highly recommended! --Randy L. Maddox, Duke Divinity School
Tom's purpose here is to offer an explanation for divine agency in the midst of randomness in a way that respects freedom and embraces relationality. . . . It is, I will say, another fine book from a most thoughtful and thought-provoking theologian. --Robert Cornwall, Ponderings on a Faith Journey, October 1, 2015 Oord's work is a constructive attempt to provide answers to very complex questions in a way that seeks to satisfy human experience, findings from contemporary science, and doctrines of the Christian faith. --Jacob R. Lett, Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1 The book is beautifully and clearly written. --Jonathan Clatworthy, Modern Believing, 57, 4 Oord's accessible and far-reaching book provides an imaginative model of providence where love is placed at the center. . . . Oord can be applauded for challenging our assumptions and calling us to think afresh about the nature of God in relation to evil. --Jordan Wessling, Journal of Reformed Theology 11 (2017) Oord has written a wonderful book. In his book he offers an interesting way to understand God, an understanding that may free readers from some of their struggles with the problem of evil, and free them to embrace 'the uncontrolling love of God.' . . . I recommend this book. --Derek Maris, A Journal for the Theology of Culture, Volume 12, Number 1
Can I believe in the providence of God without making God responsible for evil? Open and relational theology answers yes, combining biblical and philosophical resources. Here Thomas Oord, the leading open and relational theologian, makes a powerful case for miracles and the providential care of the self-emptying God. His remarkably clear book offers readers a compelling theodicy and a welcome gift to personal faith. --Philip Clayton, author, The Predicament of Belief
Author Information
Thomas Jay Oord (PhD, Claremont Graduate University) is professor of theology and philosophy at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. He has written or edited more than a dozen books, including Defining Love: A Philosophical, Scientific, and Theological Engagement. He is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene.
