03217nam 2200721Ia 450 991077872000332120230817172914.00-19-773852-41-280-45360-50-19-535469-90-585-25410-9(CKB)111004366528034(EBL)272837(OCoLC)476012809(SSID)ssj0000120060(PQKBManifestationID)11132366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000120060(PQKBWorkID)10074642(PQKB)10153585(Au-PeEL)EBL272837(CaPaEBR)ebr10279517(CaONFJC)MIL45360(OCoLC)466428186(MiAaPQ)EBC272837(EXLCZ)9911100436652803419961023d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe character of God recovering the lost literary power of American Protestantism /Thomas E. JenkinsNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (283 pages)Religion in America seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-511202-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-261) and index.Contents; 1 Introduction: Character Styles; 2 The Problem of God's Anger; 3 Serenity and Torment; 4 Sympathy and Alienation; 5 Vitality and Anger; 6 Love in the Trinity; 7 Desire and Disgust; 8 Modernism and Literature; 9 The Social Gospel and Its Critics; 10 The Limitations of Political Theology; 11 Prospects; Notes; IndexIn this work, the author maintains that theology became boring because the depiction of God as a ""character"" became boring, fashioned according to theologians' notions of character, derived from contemporary literature. He considers why a romantic characterization of God was problematic.Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)Christianity and literatureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryChristianity and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryGod (Christianity)AttributesHistory of doctrines19th centuryGod (Christianity)AttributesHistory of doctrines20th centuryProtestant churchesUnited StatesDoctrinesHistory19th centuryProtestant churchesUnited StatesDoctrinesHistory20th centuryChristianity and literatureHistoryChristianity and literatureHistoryGod (Christianity)AttributesHistory of doctrinesGod (Christianity)AttributesHistory of doctrinesProtestant churchesDoctrinesHistoryProtestant churchesDoctrinesHistory230.0440973230/.044/09034Jenkins Thomas E.1962-1557143MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778720003321The character of God3820438UNINA