{"product_id":"the-uncontrolling-love-of-god-an-open-and-relational-account-of-providence-paperback","title":"The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence - 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\u003eThomas Jay Oord\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIVP Readers' Choice Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRarely does a new theological position emerge to account well for life in the world, including not only goodness and beauty but also tragedy and randomness. Drawing from Scripture, science, philosophy and various theological traditions, Thomas Jay Oord offers a novel theology of providence--essential kenosis--that emphasizes God's inherently noncoercive love in relation to creation. \u003ci\u003eThe Uncontrolling Love of God\u003c\/i\u003e provides a clear and powerful response to one of the perennial challenges to Christian faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Jay Oord (PhD, Claremont Graduate University) is professor of theology and philosophy at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. He serves as adviser or on the councils of several scholarly groups, including the Open and RelationalTheologies group (AAR), Biologos, Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, Research Theological Fellowship, Wesleyan Theological Society and the Wesleyan Philosophical Society. Oord has written or edited more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eDefining Love: A Philosophical, Scientific, and Theological Engagement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Love: A Theology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTheologies of Creation: Creatio Ex Nihilo and Its New Rivals\u003c\/i\u003e. He is known for his contributions to research on love, open andrelational theologies, postmodernism, issues in religion and science, and Wesleyan, holiness and evangelical theologies. Oord serves as an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene and in various consulting and administrative roles for academicinstitutions, scholarly projects and research teams. He and his wife Cheryl have three daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 229\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45868307022021,"sku":"9780830840847","price":37.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/aPe0Q4BFc99780830840847.webp?v=1781389872","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-uncontrolling-love-of-god-an-open-and-relational-account-of-providence-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}