Book contents
- The Divine Goodness of Jesus
- The Divine Goodness of Jesus
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Inquiry about and from Jesus
- 2 God through Divine Goodness
- 3 Divine Goodness from Abba
- 4 Good News of Divine Goodness
- 5 Stories for Divine Goodness
- 6 Suffering for Divine Goodness
- 7 Kingdom of Divine Goodness
- 8 God’s Gambit for Divine Goodness
- Index
8 - God’s Gambit for Divine Goodness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2021
- The Divine Goodness of Jesus
- The Divine Goodness of Jesus
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Inquiry about and from Jesus
- 2 God through Divine Goodness
- 3 Divine Goodness from Abba
- 4 Good News of Divine Goodness
- 5 Stories for Divine Goodness
- 6 Suffering for Divine Goodness
- 7 Kingdom of Divine Goodness
- 8 God’s Gambit for Divine Goodness
- Index
Summary
Talk of God tends to be ambiguous and elusive – even when associated with Jesus. A helpful option, as suggested by Chapter 2, uses the term “God” as a perfectionist title connoting worthiness of worship and hence perfect moral goodness. Such a title can have good semantic sense but fail to refer to an actual object. So, even atheists can use it with a good conscience. We shall see that this title, owing to its moral perfectionist implications, involves a notion of offered companionship, and that this notion is morally robust in demanding a rigorous kind of moral self-reflection and decision.
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- The Divine Goodness of JesusImpact and Response, pp. 220 - 245Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021