The Love That Is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith - Softcover

Bauerschmidt, Frederick Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802877958 ISBN 13: 9780802877956

Publisher: Eerdmans, 2020

Synopsis

 “God is love is the radical claim of Christianity,” writes Frederick Bauerschmidt at the beginning of this little meditation on the essentials of Christian faith. In a rich yet accessible style reminiscent of C. S. Lewis and G. K. Chesterton, Bauerschmidt breathes life back into that claim, drawing from Scripture, great Christian and non-Christian writers of the past, and his own lived experience to show just how countercultural and subversive Christianity is actually meant to be. Eschewing the abstract and dogmatic in favor of the relational and inviting, he offers something for everyone, from lifelong churchgoers and students of religion to the growing population of “nones” among younger generations who are increasingly seeking spiritual fulfillment outside of institutional Christianity. 

With further reading suggestions (both scriptural and nonscriptural) at the end of each chapter, The Love That Is God is the perfect starting point of a spiritual journey into deeper relationship with God.

Michael Ramsey Prize (2023)

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About the Author

Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt is professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland, where he has been honored as Distinguished Scholar of the Year (2022) and has also received the Bernard J. Nachbahr Award for Scholarly Achievement in the Humanities (2009). In addition to teaching at Loyola, he serves as a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, assigned to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Bauerschmidt’s book The Love That Is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith won the 2023 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing, an honor awarded by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802877958
• ISBN 13: 9780802877956
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 147