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Lord, the Giver of Life

Spirit in Relation to Creation

Lord, the Giver of Life

Spirit in Relation to Creation

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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9781978707740
Number of Pages: 258
Published: 15/06/2021
Width: 16.2 cm
Height: 22.8 cm

In The Lord, the Giver of Life: Spirit in Relation to Creation , Aaron T. Smith argues that the Spirit in which God exists is not a mode of being but a pattern of relation, which enfolds the world in each moment and gives it a life coordinated with God's. “God” and “world” find mutual determination in the eschatological achievement of covenantal existence, in the triumph of love.

Smith offers a new take on the biblical story of creation by bringing intricate interpretation of Genesis into productive dialogue with prominent voices of the Christian tradition as well as contributions from modern science and philosophy. The creation is not primarily a collection of discrete things, but the divinely-willed event of communion, which takes temporal shape within histories of generation, or the history of each generation. The human creature exists authentically in the time-framing of promise and fulfillment, coming to perceive the giving of life as good and right in the manner of the biblical covenant, and coming to desire it again - gladly consenting to life's interdependent generation.

Chapter One: God and the Human

Chapter Two: The Human and Creation

Chapter Three: The Human among Humans

Chapter Four: Evil as Event among Humans

Chapter Five: Evil as Event between Humanity and Creation

Chapter Six: Evil as Event between God and Humanity

Aaron T. Smith

Aaron T. Smith (Ph. D. Marquette University) is senior pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chambersburg, PA, and adjunct professor of theology at United Lutheran Seminary.

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