A Human-Shaped God

A Human-Shaped God
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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9781646982219
ISBN-13 : 1646982215
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis A Human-Shaped God by : Charles Halton

A Human-Shaped God approaches the humanlike accounts of God in the Old Testament as the starting places for theology and uses them to build a picture of the divine. This understanding of God is then brought into conversation with traditional conceptions that depict God as a being who knows everything that happens, is at every place at the same time, is constant and unchanging, and does not ultimately have material form. But instead of pitting the Old Testament's humanlike view of God against traditional theology and assuming that only one of these understandings is correct, A Human-Shaped God posits that theologians should embrace both of these constructions simultaneously. This is a new way of theological inquiry that embraces both the humanlike characteristics of God and the transcendence of God in traditional theology. By seeing and understanding the humanlike depictions of God in the Old Testament and by using the rich language of traditional theology together in tandem, the reader acquires a much deeper and meaningful understanding of God.

The God-Shaped Brain

The God-Shaped Brain
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Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 9780830892358
ISBN-13 : 0830892354
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The God-Shaped Brain by : Timothy R. Jennings

What you believe about God actually changes your brain. Psychiatrist Tim Jennings unveils how our brains and bodies thrive when we have a healthy understanding of who God is. This expanded edition now includes a study guide to help you discover how neuroscience and Scripture come together to bring healing and transformation to our lives.

How Like a God

How Like a God
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Publisher : Tor Books
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 0812571363
ISBN-13 : 9780812571363
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis How Like a God by : B. W. Clough

When a software developer suddenly discovers that he has the ability to read the hearts and minds of everyone around him, he expects to enjoy his godlike power, but when his power reveals its darker side, he is driven from his family to the depths of despair and degradation. Reprint.

God

God
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780553394733
ISBN-13 : 0553394738
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis God by : Reza Aslan

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of Zealot explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan takes on a subject even more immense: God, writ large. In layered prose and with thoughtful, accessible scholarship, Aslan narrates the history of religion as a remarkably cohesive attempt to understand the divine by giving it human traits and emotions. According to Aslan, this innate desire to humanize God is hardwired in our brains, making it a central feature of nearly every religious tradition. As Aslan writes, “Whether we are aware of it or not, and regardless of whether we’re believers or not, what the vast majority of us think about when we think about God is a divine version of ourselves.” But this projection is not without consequences. We bestow upon God not just all that is good in human nature—our compassion, our thirst for justice—but all that is bad in it: our greed, our bigotry, our penchant for violence. All these qualities inform our religions, cultures, and governments. More than just a history of our understanding of God, this book is an attempt to get to the root of this humanizing impulse in order to develop a more universal spirituality. Whether you believe in one God, many gods, or no god at all, God: A Human History will challenge the way you think about the divine and its role in our everyday lives. Praise for God “Timely, riveting, enlightening and necessary.”—HuffPost “Tantalizing . . . Driven by [Reza] Aslan’s grace and curiosity, God . . . helps us pan out from our troubled times, while asking us to consider a more expansive view of the divine in contemporary life.”—The Seattle Times “A fascinating exploration of the interaction of our humanity and God.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “[Aslan’s] slim, yet ambitious book [is] the story of how humans have created God with a capital G, and it’s thoroughly mind-blowing.”—Los Angeles Review of Books “Aslan is a born storyteller, and there is much to enjoy in this intelligent survey.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Becoming Like God

Becoming Like God
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Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9781459617537
ISBN-13 : 1459617533
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Becoming Like God by : Michael Berg

New in paperback, from the best-selling author of The Way, comes a revolutionary method for becoming all powerful. Written with extraordinary clarity, Michael Berg presents a logical approach to achieving our supreme birthright. In revealing this opportunity for humanity, Michael highlights ways to develop our natural God-like attributes and diminish the aspects of our nature that interfere with our destiny. In his succinct style, Michael provides the answer to the eternal question of why we are here: to become like God.

Portraits of God

Portraits of God
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Publisher : InterVarsity Press
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ISBN-10 : 9780830876556
ISBN-13 : 0830876553
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Portraits of God by : Allan Coppedge

What is God like? Answering this is the great quest of human existence. Because God is so different from us, we struggle to describe him. While doctrinal statements about God certainly have their place in Christian understanding, the Bible more often uses God's actions and roles to help us know him better. Indeed, some of the most helpful insights in Scripture arise when God is compared to something else: a rock, an eagle or a tower. And many "human" metaphors--metaphors taken from the world of actions and relationships--bring us even closer to understanding of God. In Portraits of God, Allan Coppedge suggests we look carefully at God as our Father, Redeemer, King, Judge, Priest and Creator. These portraits taken together give us an understaning of the Holy One for which no single category is adequate. These images work their way through the whole of Scripture. They are the doorway allowing us into the mysteries of God's very being. In Portraits of God, Coppedge offers a comprehensive survey, picturing a God who wants to be known personally and who has profoundly communicated himself. Coppedge finds the inexhaustible nature of God to be one of holiness reflected in and best described by the language of diverse roles. Approaching God in this way transforms us, as churches and individuals, to reflect God's own holy character. This is a book for students, pastors and churchgoers alike. Anyone desiring to know more deeply and wholly the Christian God revealed in the Bible will find in Portraits of God a treasure of scholarship and truth.

No One Like Him

No One Like Him
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Publisher : Crossway
Total Pages : 881
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ISBN-10 : 9781433519567
ISBN-13 : 1433519569
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis No One Like Him by : John S. Feinberg

Many contemporary theologians claim that the classical picture of God painted by Augustine and Aquinas is both outmoded and unbiblical. But rather than abandoning the traditional view completely, John Feinberg seeks a reconstructed model—one that reflects the ongoing advances in human understanding of God's revelation while recognizing the unchanging nature of God and His Word. Feinberg begins by exploring the contemporary concepts of God, particularly the openness and process views, and then studies God's being, nature, and acts—all to articulate a mediating understanding of God not just as the King, but the King who cares! Part of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.

How Human is God?

How Human is God?
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Publisher : Liturgical Press
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9780814637845
ISBN-13 : 0814637841
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis How Human is God? by : Mark S. Smith

Walter Cardinal Kasper has written, “It is time, it is the right time, to speak of God.” This book invites readers to use their God-given ability to work through important questions that many people have about God today: Why is God so angry in the Bible? Is the biblical God male or female (or what)? Who is Satan? Why do people suffer? By exploring the Bible’s answers to these and other biblical questions, people can come to understand better their living and loving God.

The God-Shaped Heart

The God-Shaped Heart
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Publisher : Baker Books
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781493409433
ISBN-13 : 1493409433
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The God-Shaped Heart by : Timothy R. MD Jennings

The key to spiritual and emotional health is to grasp the truth of God's transforming love for us and then let that reality influence our own hearts and relationships. It seems simple, but we are experts at complicating simple things. Instead of living lives characterized by love we find ourselves trapped in cycles of shame, violence, and addiction that steal our joy and keep us from loving others--so much so that, by all indications, Christians are living no differently than anyone else when it comes to abuse rates, use of pornography, alcohol and drug addiction, and more. Christian psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Jennings wants to release us from this prison. With powerful illustrations from case studies and from Scripture, Jennings shows believers who are stuck in addiction, violence, fear, and broken relationships how to experience true freedom through God's transforming love to experience greater health, fulfillment, and well-being.

Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia

Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9781107052055
ISBN-13 : 110705205X
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia by : Charles Halton

This anthology translates and discusses texts authored by women of ancient Mesopotamia.