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3 - God’s Intrinsic “Sovereignty”

from Part II - Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2021

David H. Kelsey
David H. Kelsey
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
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Summary

This book argues that much “consolation” of persons anguished by others’ suffering is theologically problematic because it assumes that unrestricted power is what makes God “God.” Against that, it outlines an account of “what” and “who” the Triune God is framed in terms of God’s intrinsic “glory,” the attractive and self-expressive self-giving in love that is God’s life and sets limits to the range of things we can say God “does.” Correlatively, it offers an account of different senses in which God is “sovereign” and “powerful” in three ways God relates to all else: to create, to bless eschatologically, and to reconcile, as scripturally narrated.

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objections to “sovereignty,”God’s sovereignty in creative blessingGod’s intrinsic sovereignty
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Human Anguish and God's Power , pp. 71 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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