| Theology is eminently about God. God is its source, as well as its object. Here we collect various studies and reflections on the nature of God, the identity and personality of God, and the relationship of God to the world. These range from investigations into God's providential care for the world to studies of God's hiddenness to putting forth a kenotic paradigm for understanding God and God's relationship to the world. |
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| Martin Luther, in is treatise On the Bondage of the Will, spoke of God as hidden and revealed. Here we investigate Luther's insight into the nature and activity of God. This takes us to a look at Job and his sufferings, as well as his visit from God. We are also led to an investigation of Psalm 139, and the faith of the Psalmist. God's hiddenness is a theological key to composing an honest theology in the face of silence and suffering, and can lead to a fuller and deeper description of God. Read more . . . |
| One of the most fascinating aspects of the Old Testament understanding of God's interaction with the world is the dual agency that can be found in a close reading of a number of important texts. In many cases, the same activity is attributed both to God and to some other agent. Here we investigate this feature of the Old Testament and reflect on its possible import for theology. Read more . . . |
| One of the most fundamental aspects of historic Christianity is that God interacts with the world. In theology, this understanding, or doctrine, has traditionally been discussed as "providence." Here we investigate just what might be understood by providence, and what bearing it has for our understanding of who God is and who we are in relation to God. Read more . . . |
| In our developing theology, kenosis, the idea that God limits himself in relation to the world, becomes one of the important frameworks for constructing theology. Focusing the study of God on Jesus Christ, we develop a picture of God who is imtimately related to the world, but not identified with it. God is fully Lord over creation, but at the same time loving creator of beings "other'" than himself. This leads to an exciting picture of God and God's relationship to the world. Read more . . . |