Does God Suffer? [Paperback]

Thomas Weinandy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2000

Weinandy''s comprehensive presentation resolutely challenges the view of God and suffering, arguing from scripture and and from the philosophical and theological tradition of the Fathers and Aquinas.'

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"A deeply impressive work...orthodox and authentically evangelical theology conducted with seriousness and intellectual rigour." -- Foundations 47 (Autumn 2001)

"Weinandy's treatment of the question is masterly.With meticulous precision and careful scholarship,he demolishes a generation or more of theological consensus." -- Reformation Today, 187 (May/June 2002)

Product Details

• Paperback: 310 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr; New edition edition (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0268008906
• ISBN-13: 978-0268008901
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #988,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging the notion of a mutable God, November 24, 2002

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Matthew C. Steenberg - See all my reviews

This review is from: Does God Suffer? (Paperback)

In the face of modern theologies and spiritualities which emphasise a 'suffering God', Fr Tom Weinandy herein offers a new look at the traditional patristic notion of God's impassibility -- and in so doing, attempts to show how this classical notion in fact more fully emphasises the care and love of God for man. The subject is systematically treated from the perspectives of comparative patristics, later theologians, and various philosophical approaches; and several modern-day encapsulations of passible-God-beliefs are examined and critiqued. Written in a more accessible style than the same author's "Does God Change?" this book is no less thorough and offers a profoundly well structured support for the traditional belief in God's impassibility.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock Solid, June 9, 2007

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This review is from: Does God Suffer? (Paperback)

Contrary to so much modern theological opinion, Weinandy offers in very clear and compelling prose a thorough and convicincing argument for God's impassibility. Weinandy has clearly immersed himself in the pertinent primary literature (the Scripture and the fathers) and has an incredible command of the seconday literature of modern passibilists. This is a must read for all who would take up to defend or attack the traditional doctrine of God's impassibility.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does God Suffer?, April 10, 2011

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This review is from: Does God Suffer? (Paperback)

An intensely wonderful book on the origins of suffering as part of humanity.
The book give a construct of how God suffers that helps understand our own suffering.