TY - BOOK AU - Moser,Paul K. TI - The God relationship: the ethics for inquiry about the divine SN - 9781108164009 AV - BV4501.3 .M6748 2017 U1 - 212/.6 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Spirituality KW - Christianity KW - God (Christianity) KW - Philosophical theology KW - Spiritualité KW - Christianisme KW - Dieu (Christianisme) KW - Théologie philosophique KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Church KW - History KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Epigraph; Table of contents; Preface; 1 The God Relationship: Basics and Plans; 1. Modes of Inquiry; 2. Empowerment and Ethics in Inquiry; 3. Caring and Agapē in Inquiry; 4. Trial for Compassion; 5. Curative Relationships and Knowledge; 6. Probing and Defending; 7. Plans; 2 The God Relationship and Faith; 1. Aspects of Overwhelming; 2. From Creation-Enhancing to Overwhelming; 3. From Overwhelming to Faith and Agape; Faith De Re and De Dicto; Faith, Knowledge, and Hope; 4. Gethsemane, Dereliction, and Inquiry; 5. Sympathetic Faith; 6. Fragility for Faith7. Conclusion; 3 The God Relationship and Evidence; 1. Whose Existence?; 2. Argumentism about God; 3. A Self-Authenticating God; 4. Whither Arguments?; 5. Intellectualist Underpinnings and Shortcomings; 6. Motives for Intellectualism; 7. Divine Self-Hiding and Sacrifice; Divine Self-Hiding; Divine Self-Sacrifice; 8. Self-Sacrifice in Evidence for God; 9. Whither Hiddenness?; 10. Conclusion; 4 The God Relationship, Wisdom, and Meaning; 1. Wisdom: Evaluative, Practical, and Philosophical; 2. God's Wisdom and Revelation; Paul on Wisdom; Divine Self-Revelation; 3. Participation and SpeculationParticipatory Struggle; Philosophy Recast; 4. Meaning, Purpose, and Will; 5. Experiencing God's Will; 6. Faith and Felt Meaning; 7. Meaning in Death; 8. Conclusion; 5 The God Relationship, Koinonia, and Defense; 1. Virtues and Volitions; 2. Redemptive Koinonia; 3. Koinonia in Divine Agapē; 4. Obstacles and Responses; 5. Some Biblical Data on Witness; 6. Divine Witness to Filial Agapē; 7. Abiding in Agapē; 8. I-Thou Defense of Faith in God; Witness and Reason; Abduction and Agape; Witness and Defense; 9. Conclusion; References; Index N2 - Paul Moser proposes a new approach to inquiry about God, including a new discipline of the ethics for such inquiry UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1526282 ER -