God reinvented? : : a theological search in texts and tables / / by Johannes A. van der Ven.

• Superior document: Empirical Studies in Theology ; Volume 1
• VerfasserIn: Ven, J. A. van der, 1940-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill Academic Publishers,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Empirical studies in theology ; Volume 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 pages).

Everywhere in the western world the process of secularization leads to the decline of faith in God. The concept of secularization itself, however, has come under attack by critics who believe that it does not adequately account for processes which may be part of a certain renascence, as marginal and unrecognized as it may be, of belief in God. Whether these processes are actually taking place, and whether this renascence, if such it is, will bring about a transformation of that belief are questions still waiting to be answered. Are we witnessing the (re)creation of God images, or the (re)discovery of God? The tension between (re)creation and (re)discovery lies at the root of this book and its title, which has been framed very intentionally as a question: God Reinvented?

Table of Contents

Chapter One God Reinvented in Texts and Tables? -- Chapter Two The Empirical Paradigm in Theology -- Chapter Three Peak Experiences -- Chapter Four God's Immanent Transcendence in Crisis Situations -- Chapter Five Divine Intimacy and Retribution? -- Chapter Six God's Strength in the Face of Death -- Chapter Seven The Stubborn Monosyllable 'God' -- Chapter Eight After God? -- Chapter Nine Theodicy or Cosmodicy: A False Dilemma? -- Chapter Ten God Asymmetric and Polycentric -- Bibliography -- Index.