The Love of God - by John C Peckham (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Theology has constantly wrestled with the nature of God's love and what it means for how God relates to the world. In this comprehensive canonical theology of divine love, John C. Peckham argues for an account that avoids the errors of both voluntarist and experientialist theologies and faithfully represents the full biblical witness.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><ul> <li>2015 Readers' Choice Award Winner</li> </ul><p>For God so loved the world . . . We believe these words, but what do they really mean? Does God choose to love, or does God love necessarily? Is God's love emotional? Does the love of God include desire or enjoyment? Is God's love conditional? Can God receive love from human beings? Attempts to answer these questions have produced sharply divided pictures of God's relationship to the world. One widely held position is that of classical theism, which understands God as necessary, self-sufficient, perfect, simple, timeless, immutable and impassible. In this view, God is entirely unaffected by the world and his love is thus unconditional, unilateral and arbitrary. In the twentieth century, process theologians replaced classical theism with an understanding of God as bound up essentially with the world and dependent on it. In this view God necessarily feels all feelings and loves all others, because they are included within himself. In <em>The Love of God</em>, John Peckham offers a comprehensive canonical interpretation of divine love in dialogue with, and at times in contrast to, both classical and process theism. God's love, he argues, is freely willed, evaluative, emotional and reciprocal, given before but not without conditions. According to Peckham's reading of Scripture, the God who loves the world is both perfect and passible, both self-sufficient and desirous of reciprocal relationships with each person, so that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><em>The Love of God</em> is an in-depth study of the emotionality of God, his relationship to the world, and the love of God. It's profitability is that it stimulates a renewed interest in rethinking what is meant by the impassibility of God, and especially what do we mean when we talk about 'God so loved the world.' It is a worthwhile read.</p>--Michael Philliber, Deus Misereatur, December 5, 2015<br><br><p>A noteworthy contribution to contemporary reflections on God.</p>--Richard Rice, Seminary Studies, 54, Spring 2016<br><br><p>This work is an excellent resource for understanding the love of God. After all, God is love and this book is an outstanding response for those who desire to understand the love of God from a canonical perspective.</p>--Glenn R. Kreider, Criswell Theological Review, Spring 2016<br><br><p>Whether or not one chooses to pursue all the questions that <em>The Love of God</em> raises, the wealth of information it contains; the clarity of its presentations; and, above all, the lofty theme it pursues will prove valuable to a wide variety of readers.</p>--Richard Rice, Ministry, January 2016<br>
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