Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest

by David R. Blumenthal

Book Overview

In this powerful book, David Blumenthal maintains that having faith in a post-Holocaust world means admitting that while God is often loving and kind, fair and merciful, God is also capable of acts so unjust they can only be described as abusive. Grounding his argument in Scripture and in the experience of Holocaust survivors and of survivors of child abuse, Blumenthal grapples with how to face a God who has worked "wondrously through us" and who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664254640
• ISBN13: 9780664254643
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.3"