The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life - Softcover

Terryl Givens; Fiona Givens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629723908 ISBN 13: 9781629723907

Publisher: Deseret Book Company, 2017

Synopsis

"The Givenses are never confrontational or aggressive in their presentation of Mormonism’s contribution to the discussion nor do they ever whip out a trump card of why the Mormon perspective is to be crowned king. The result is a very readable, reasonable and thought-provoking experience." —Bryan Buchanan - Association for Mormon Letters "Whether by design or by chance," Terryl and Fiona Givens write, "we find ourselves in a universe filled with mystery. We encounter appealing arguments for a Divinity that is a childish projection, for prophets as scheming or deluded imposters, and for scripture as so much fabulous fiction. But there is also compelling evidence that a glorious Divinity presides over the cosmos, that His angels are strangers we have entertained unawares, and that His word and will are made manifest through a sacred canon that is never definitively closed. What we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of who we are and what we love. That is why faith, the choice to believe, is in the final analysis, an action that is positively laden with moral significance." As humans, we are, like the poet John Keats, "straining at particles of light in the midst of a great darkness." And yet, the authors describe a version of life's meaning that is reasonable—and radically resonant. It tells of a God whose heart beats in sympathy with ours, who set His heart upon us before the world was formed, who fashioned the earth as a place of human ascent, not exile, and who has the desire and the capacity to bring the entire human family home again.

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About the Author

Terryl Givens holds the Jabez A. Bostwick chair of English and is Professor of Literature and Religion at the University of Richmond. His several published works include his two volume history of Mormon thought, Wrestling the Angel and Feeding the Flock; When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Life in Western Thought ; and By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion, all published by Oxford University Press.

Fiona Givens is a retired modern language teacher with undergraduate degrees in French and German and a graduate degree in European History. She is now an independent scholar who has published in several journals and reviews in Mormon studies, including Journal of Mormon History<\i>, Exponent II<\i>, and LDS Living<\i>. Along with Terryl, she is the author of The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life<\i>. Terryl and Fiona are the grandparents of five fonts of delight; and the parents of six sources of intellectual challenge and inspiration.

Edition details

• Publisher: Deseret Book Company
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629723908
• ISBN 13: 9781629723907
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160