Nature, God and Pulpit

כריכה קדמית
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 6 בנוב׳ 1992 - 220 עמודים
This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

A book whose time has come, Nature, God, and Pulpit draws together and interprets, for the church and especially for preachers, the biblical materials on the relationship between God and his creation. The book is particularly timely because, as Elizabeth Achtemeier points out, few subjects have been more neglected and less explicated by this country's pulpits than the relation between nature and God.

Clearly articulating what the Bible says about the material world and God's relation to it, this book is all of the following:
*A thoughtful biblical response to recent discussions of ecology
*A discerning corrective to many current theologies and ideologies
*An appreciative summary of the findings and notions of modern science
*A mother lode of materials and sample sermons on the relation of God to his creation
*A passionate call for preachers to more thoroughly examine and articulate scriptural content
*An eloquent and inspiring celebration of God in relation to his world

While written primarily for preachers, Nature, God, and Pulpit will provide provocative reading for many others as well -- seminarians, homiletics students, teachers, and anybody who wishes to better understand the Christian view of the bond between Creator and creation.

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תוכן

NOT FAR ENOUGH
1
HOW DO WE KNOW?
7
The Biblical View
10
The Basis of Israels Confession
15
Implications for the Church
17
THE RESERVED ROOM
20
Creation Not Necessary
28
The Transcendence of God
30
Contingency Chaos and Christ
95
THE DARK SHADOW
102
The Corruption of Creation
104
Sin the Root of Corruption
109
Suffering and Death as Unnatural
117
Continuing Grace
119
Seasons Meaning
122
Between Despair and Illusion
126

Implications for the Church
33
God the Music Lover
40
THE BIBLICAL BALANCE
50
Human Beings as Glorious
51
Human Beings as Creatures
57
The Meaning of Our Dominion
62
Implications for the Church
66
Our Best Hope?
70
CONTINGENCY AND PROVIDENCE
74
The Dependent Creation
75
Implications for the Church
83
The Limits of Our Description
87
The Positive Dialogue with Science
91
THE FINAL QUESTION
134
The Glad Good News
140
The Character of the New Age
149
The Last Phrase
165
BC and AD
173
THE PREACHERS OPPORTUNITY
180
Reviewing Basic Affirmations
181
Using the Material in Other Sermons
183
The Language of Nature
194
Index of Scripture References
197
Index of Names
205
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מידע על המחבר (1992)

Elizabeth Achtemeier (1926-2002) was adjunct professor of Bible and homiletics at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia.

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