Creation untamed : the Bible, God, and natural disasters / Terence E. Fretheim.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Theological explorations for the church catholicPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2010.Description: xvi, 160 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780801038938
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 225.8/36334 22
LOC classification:
  • BT161 .F74 2010
Contents:
1. God Created the World Good, Not Perfect -- 2. The God of the Flood Story and Natural Disasters -- 3. Natural Disasters, the Will of the Creator, and the Suffering of Job -- 4. Suffering and the God of the Old Testament -- 5. God, Faith, and the Practice of Prayer.
Review: ""In Creation Untamed, Terry Fretheim adjusts his goggles and dives headfirst into the swirling storm of practical biblical and theological questions that we all ask about God, tragedy, and suffering. Fretheim admits that the Bible cannot provide all the answers. Mysteries remain. Yet Fretheim skillfully guides the reader through the dark and choppy waters of theology and suffering, suggesting helpful ways to move and warning against less promising ways of understanding. This book is deeply biblical, highly practical, and richly theological. Highly recommended!"---Dennis Olson, Princeton Theological Seminary" ""There is no issue in contemporary faith more vexing than how we are to understand God's will and action in the event of natural disasters like tsunamis and hurricanes, wildfires and floods. Fortunately for readers, there is no more reliable guide for thinking biblically about these issues than Terence Fretheim. In this thoughtful and compact volume, Fretheim helps us not only to see clearly our own created vulnerability but also to encounter biblical testimony to a God who becomes vulnerable with us."---Bruce C. Birch, Wesley Theological Seminary" ""Who better than Fretheim to take up the hard contemporary question concerning the destructive forces on exhibit in creation! The author has spent his life thinking about these issues and reading these old texts forward toward our time and place. He begins with the conviction of the goodness of God's creation, and from there he launches into the dangers of reality and takes us with him."---Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary" ""Terence Fretheim explores the biblical materials to grapple with the devastation of natural disasters. He encourages readers to reconsider their traditional understanding of the relationship between God and suffering. I enthusiastically recommend Creation Untamed to all who want to be honest with the Bible and with life."---Tremper Longman III, Westmont College"--BOOK JACKET.
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Originally presented as lectures given as the Earle Lectures at Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri in October 2008 and as Midwinter Convocation lectures at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota in January 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. God Created the World Good, Not Perfect -- 2. The God of the Flood Story and Natural Disasters -- 3. Natural Disasters, the Will of the Creator, and the Suffering of Job -- 4. Suffering and the God of the Old Testament -- 5. God, Faith, and the Practice of Prayer.

""In Creation Untamed, Terry Fretheim adjusts his goggles and dives headfirst into the swirling storm of practical biblical and theological questions that we all ask about God, tragedy, and suffering. Fretheim admits that the Bible cannot provide all the answers. Mysteries remain. Yet Fretheim skillfully guides the reader through the dark and choppy waters of theology and suffering, suggesting helpful ways to move and warning against less promising ways of understanding. This book is deeply biblical, highly practical, and richly theological. Highly recommended!"---Dennis Olson, Princeton Theological Seminary" ""There is no issue in contemporary faith more vexing than how we are to understand God's will and action in the event of natural disasters like tsunamis and hurricanes, wildfires and floods. Fortunately for readers, there is no more reliable guide for thinking biblically about these issues than Terence Fretheim. In this thoughtful and compact volume, Fretheim helps us not only to see clearly our own created vulnerability but also to encounter biblical testimony to a God who becomes vulnerable with us."---Bruce C. Birch, Wesley Theological Seminary" ""Who better than Fretheim to take up the hard contemporary question concerning the destructive forces on exhibit in creation! The author has spent his life thinking about these issues and reading these old texts forward toward our time and place. He begins with the conviction of the goodness of God's creation, and from there he launches into the dangers of reality and takes us with him."---Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary" ""Terence Fretheim explores the biblical materials to grapple with the devastation of natural disasters. He encourages readers to reconsider their traditional understanding of the relationship between God and suffering. I enthusiastically recommend Creation Untamed to all who want to be honest with the Bible and with life."---Tremper Longman III, Westmont College"--BOOK JACKET.

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