The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence

by Thomas Jay Oord

Book 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830840842
• ISBN13: 9780830840847
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"