The Cosmos in the Light of the Cross

"In The Cosmos in the Light of the Cross, George Murphy finds understanding in the theology of the cross, with a God who becomes a participant in the universe and thereby shares the suffering, loss, and death that are part of the worldly experience. Jesus is willing to be condemned in the name of the law, to be rejected and abandoned by humanity, and to be abandoned even by God. What is supposed to be the saving act of God is an action in which God seems to be completely absent, for nothing seems less like the presence of an all-powerful and loving God than this scene in which a Jewish carpenter hangs as a dead criminal on a Roman cross." "Murphy uses this theology of the cross as a perspective form which to read ecology, evolution, and bioethics. His view gives us new opportunities to understand the apparent absence of God in natural processes, the role of death in evolution, and the ethical ambiguities raised by science-based technologies."--BOOK JACKET.

Year

2003

Language

English

Publisher

Trinity Press International

Editions

1

Pages

213

ISBN

9781563384172

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