The Lord who listens: a dogmatic inquiry into God as hearer

"In The LORD Who Listens, Charles C. Helmer IV draws on Holy Scripture and the theology of Karl Barth to offer a theological intepretation of God's hearing. Prioritizing this neglected biblical theme, Helmer develops a theological grammar for speaking of God's hearing that maintains a...

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Main Author: Helmer, Charles C. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2024]
In: Studies in systematic theology (volume 26)
Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Studies in systematic theology volume 26
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Spiritual life / Hearing / Barth, Karl 1886-1968 / Bible / God / Hearing
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
HA Bible
KDD Protestant Church
NBC Doctrine of God
NBE Anthropology
NBF Christology
Further subjects:B Spiritual Life Christianity
B Hearing Religious aspects Christianity
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Summary:"In The LORD Who Listens, Charles C. Helmer IV draws on Holy Scripture and the theology of Karl Barth to offer a theological intepretation of God's hearing. Prioritizing this neglected biblical theme, Helmer develops a theological grammar for speaking of God's hearing that maintains a strong creator-creature distinction and then proceeds to demonstrate the profound implications God's hearing has for the doctrines of anthropology, Christology and, thus, for understandings of the gospel. In contrast to passibilist-liberationist strategies, God's hearing is argued to furnish existentially and theologically superior resources for those who cry out to be heard by God"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004693068