God's Hiddenness in Combat: Toward Christian Reflection on Battle

by Preston Jones

Book Overview

The primary question at the heart of this book is: 'Where is God for the person in combat?' According to one well-known saying, there are no atheists in foxholes. Yet it is difficult for believers in a personal and caring God to locate God's place in the world of war. Another common saying -that 'war is hell'-seems more accurate if one accepts the basic definition of hell as God's absence. The complication here is that some combatants do sense God's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761845348
• ISBN13: 9780761845348
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"