{"product_id":"9781498235976","title":"Minority Reports: Voicing Neglected Biblical Texts","description":"The stuff that comes after modernism isn't all bad. Postmodernism, not needing everything to be buttoned up, can leave things dangling; it can pay attention to the obscure, marginal, and particular. The postmodern dynamic invites one to revisit biblical texts that do not fit into tidy, cherished theological constructs: I call these texts the \"minority reports.\" Popular theology infers that God is just pretending when he changes his mind or gets frustrated, saddened, and affected by humans--this understanding is guided by concepts of God's omni-attributes. But these wise and well-intentioned concepts fail to portray a God who will not be domesticated. Certain biblical narratives trace YHWH's hiddenness, suffering, changeability, and \"hostility\"--this awkward \"shadow side\" of YHWH is sometimes selectively overlooked. The fear of God is gone. Instead we have the ever-tolerant, universal God who is in danger of evaporating into \"spirit,\" \"light,\" and \"love.\" As a theologian I use Hebrew block logic: competing truths in the Bible are kept intact; synthesis isn't necessarily sought. God chooses us and we choose God; God is self-sufficient, all-powerful, and all-knowing, needing no creature. Yet he chooses to limit his \"omni-ness\" in the human arena and makes himself vulnerable to humans. He hyphenates his name with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob--and the church--at a risk.","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176892612848,"sku":"9781498235976","price":15.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781498235976_p0.jpg?v=1763702955","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781498235976","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}