The Universal God: Justice, Love, and Peace in the Global Village - Softcover

Will, James E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0664255604 ISBN 13: 9780664255602

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994

Synopsis

How can Christians bring about peace and justice in the world, when Christianity seems either to claim the absolute truth about God or to dissolve into "disempowering relativism"? James Will seeks an answer for this crucial question in the spiritual and intellectual life of the church. He challenges the traditional western idea of God as omnipotent and unchanging, instead offering the theory of the universal relationality of God. Writing from the perspective of process theology, Will says that just as God had an impact on the world, so the world has an impact on God. God is related and responsive to the world. In the modern world, where many cultures and belief systems are in contact and often conflict with one another, Will's broadening of the conception of God offers an integration of many cultures and beliefs, recognizing their relatedness without reducing any of them. In this way, Will believes the universal God may bring love and peace to a pluralistic and often divided world.

About this title

About the Author:

James E. Will was formerly Henry Pfeiffer Professor of Systematic Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He is the author of A Christology of Peace and The Universal God, both published by WJK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0664255604
• ISBN 13: 9780664255602
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292