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Witham, Larry, 1952-

The God biographers : our changing image of God from Job to the present / Larry Witham. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 237 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the God biographers -- Job, the Hebrews, and the Greeks -- God visits the world -- The immutable monarch -- Back to the sources -- The lament of Job -- Biography with philosophy -- Theistic solutions -- Biography with the Bible -- Toward a new biography -- What would Job say?

The God Biographers presents a sweeping narrative of the Western image of God since antiquity, following the theme of how the 'old' biography of God has been challenged by a 'new' biography in the twenty-first century. The new biography has made its case in free will theism, process thought, evolutionary doctrines, relational theology, and 'open theism'_a story of people, ideas, and events that is brought up to the present in this engaging narrative.


English.

ISBN: 9780739140970 0739140973

LCCN: 2021678504

Subjects--Topical Terms:
God (Christianity)--History of doctrines.
Religious biography.
Dieu (Christianisme)--Histoire des doctrines.
Biographies religieuses.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--General.
God (Christianity)--History of doctrines
Religious biography

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BT98

Dewey Class. No.: 231/.044