The Struggle to Define God

The Struggle to Define God
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This book about religious struggle studies four texts from postexilic Judah and applies them first to Judah and then, importantly, to modern America. Two of these texts–the books of Jonah and Job–speak out in favor of the theology of grace and against the theology of retribution, as advocated by the Jerusalem hardliners. This struggle to define God continues even today. Despite the biblical evidence–especially the example of Jesus–many Americans still believe in the God of retribution. Two other texts–the book of Ruth and the story of Rahab–demonstrate that if people reject xenophobia/nativism and misogyny, the entire community is blessed. Since xenophobia/nativism and misogyny are rampant in modern America, this message is rather timely. The last chapter argues that it is the mission of both synagogues and churches to define God correctly and then to help people overcome their resentment and prejudices and become partners with God, but that many predominantly white churches have failed in their mission, as evidenced by the fact that so many of their members voted for Donald Trump.

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Robert A. Butterfield. The Struggle to Define God

The Struggle to Define God

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Method

Introduction

Ruth

Jonah

Job

Rahab

Final reflections

Bibliography

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Dissent in Postexilic Judah

Robert A. Butterfield

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The liberal literature to be explored in this book includes the following: the story of Rahab in Joshua 2 and the books of Job, Jonah, and Ruth—all of them works of extraordinary ingenuity and sophistication, and all dating from the postexilic period.

The objective of this exploration is, first, to show how these texts define God and how their definition of God influenced postexilic Judah, and then—importantly—to explain how their definition of God speaks to the current situation in the United States of America.

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