{"product_id":"the-openness-of-god-a-biblical-challenge-to-the-traditional-understanding-of-god-paperback-1","title":"The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClark H. Pinnock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Rice\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVoted one of \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today's\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Openness of God\u003c\/i\u003e presents a careful and full-orbed argument that the God known through Christ desires \"responsive relationship\" with his creatures. While it rejects process theology, the book asserts that such classical doctrines as God's immutability, impassibility and foreknowledge demand reconsideration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors insist that our understanding of God will be more consistently biblical and more true to the actual devotional lives of Christians if we profess that \"God, in grace, grants humans significant freedom\" and enters into relationship with a genuine \"give-and-take dynamic.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Openness of God\u003c\/i\u003e is remarkable in its comprehensiveness, drawing from the disciplines of biblical, historical, systematic and philosophical theology. Evangelical and other orthodox Christian philosophers have promoted the \"relational\" or \"personalist\" perspective on God in recent decades. Now here is the first major attempt to bring the discussion into the evangelical theological arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresents A Careful and Full-Orbed Argument that the God known through Christ desires \"responsive relationship\" with his creatures. While it rejects process theology, the book asserts that such classical doctrines as God's immutability, impassibility and foreknowledge demand reconsideration. The authors insist that our understanding of God will be more consistently biblical and more true to the actual devotional lives of Christians if we profess that \"God, in grace, grants humans significant freedom\" and enters into relationship with a genuine \"give-and-take dynamic\". The Openness of God is remarkable in its comprehensiveness, drawing from the disciplines of biblical, historical, systematic and philosophical theology. Evangelical and other orthodox Christian philosophers have promoted the \"relational\" or \"personalist\" perspective on God in recent decades. But here is the first major attempt to bring the discussion into the evangelical theological arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Rice (PhD, University of Chicago Divinity School) is professor of religion at Loma Linda University. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eSuffering and the Search for Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReason and the Contours of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003eGod's Foreknowledge and Man's Free Will\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Basinger is professor of philosophy and ethics at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDivine Power in Process Theism\u003c\/i\u003e (SUNY) and joint author of the books \u003ci\u003eReason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford) and \u003ci\u003eReligious Diversity: A Philosophical Assessment\u003c\/i\u003e (Ashgate).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hasker (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is professor emeritus of philosophy at Huntington College in Huntington, Indiana. His books include \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics: Constructing a World View; God, Time, and Knowledge; Reason and Religious Belief\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michael Peterson, David Basinger and Bruce Reichenbach); \u003ci\u003eThe Openness of God\u003c\/i\u003e (with Clark Pinnock, Richard Rice, John Sanders and David Basinger); \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: Selected Readings\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Michael Peterson, David Basinger and Bruce Reichenbach); \u003ci\u003eThe Emergent Self; Middle Knowledge: Theory and Applications\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with David Basinger and Eef Dekker) and \u003ci\u003eProvidence, Evil and the Openness of God.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eClark H. Pinnock (d. 2010) was professor emeritus of systematic theology at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. Widely regarded as one of evangelicalism's most stimulating theologians, he produced several widely discussed books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Wideness of God's Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e and (with four other scholars) \u003ci\u003eThe Openness of God\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Sanders (Th.D., University of South Africa) is professor of religion at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. He has edited and written several books, including \u003ci\u003eNo Other Name: An Investigation into the Destiny of the Unevangelized.\u003c\/i\u003e Three of his previous book projects have received a \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.99 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45868582011077,"sku":"9780830818525","price":38.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/uEo5YMuVS59780830818525.webp?v=1781389868","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-openness-of-god-a-biblical-challenge-to-the-traditional-understanding-of-god-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}