Robert A. Butterfield

The Struggle to Define God (eBook, ePUB)

Dissent in Postexilic Judah

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book about religious struggle studies four texts from postexilic Judah and applies them first to Judah and then, importantly, to modern America. Two of these texts--the books of Jonah and Job--speak out in favor of the theology of grace and against the theology of retribution, as advocated by the Jerusalem hardliners. This struggle to define God continues even today. Despite the biblical evidence--especially the example of Jesus--many Americans still believe in the God of retribution. Two other texts--the book of Ruth and the story of Rahab--demonstrate that if people reject xenophobia/nativism and misogyny, the entire community is blessed. Since xenophobia/nativism and misogyny are rampant in modern America, this message is rather timely. The last chapter argues that it is the mission of both synagogues and churches to define God correctly and then to help people overcome their resentment and prejudices and become partners with God, but that many predominantly white churches have failed in their mission, as evidenced by the fact that so many of their members voted for Donald Trump.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498242950
• Artikelnr.: 63362442

Autorenporträt

The Rev. Robert A. Butterfield, PhD (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1986), taught in Chicago-area colleges, served United Church of Christ congregations in Illinois and Iowa, taught in an ecumenical institute in Brazil, and spent 2010-2015 teaching, preaching, and writing in Portugal for the Presbyterian Church (USA). His long-time interest in the structure of texts dates from graduate study at the University of Chicago in French literary criticism.