Aída Besançon Spencer is professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Her Ph.D. degree in New Testament is from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. William David Spencer is adjunct professor of theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He earned his Th.D. degree in theology and literature from Boston University School of Theology. Both contributed to The Goddess Revival and coedited God through the Looking Glass.

A global Christian manifesto in which contributors examine attributes of God--the ones that are most understood in today's culture and the ones that need to be more fully apprehended.

Introduction  
1 The God of the Bible  
 Aída Besançon Spencer  
2 God of Power versus God of Love: The United States of America  
 William David Spencer  
3 The Complementarity of God's Love and God's Righteousness: The United States of America  
 Gretchen Gaebelein Hull  
4 God the Stranger: An Intercultural Hispanic American Perspective  
 Aída Besançon Spencer  
5 Transcendent but not Remote: The Caribbean  
 Dieumeme Noëlliste  
6 Unapproachable God: The High God of African Traditional Religion  
 Tokunboh Adeyemo  
7 The God above Tradition Who Speaks to All Traditions: An African (Ghanaian) Perspective  
 Edward J. Osei-Bonsu  
8 Viewing God through the Twin Lenses of Holiness and Mercy: A Chinese American Perspective  
 Grace Y. May  
9 Shang-di: God from the Chinese Perspective  
 Tsu-Kung Chuang  
10 Communicating the Biblical Concept of God to Koreans  
 Bong Rin Ro  
11 The Korean American Dream and the Blessings of Hananim (God)  
 Tae-Ju Moon

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Introduction

1. The God of the Bible Aída Besançon Spencer

2. God of Power versus God of Love: The United States of America William David Spencer

3. The Complementarity of God’s Love and God’s Righteousness: The United States of America Gretchen Gaebelein Hull

4. God the Stranger: An Intercultural Hispanic American Perspective Aída Besançon Spencer

5. Transcendent but Not Remote: The Caribbean Dieumème Noëlliste

6. Unapproachable God: The High God of African Traditional Religion Tokunboh Adeyemo

7. The God above Tradition Who Speaks to All Traditions: An African (Ghanaian) Perspective Edward John Osei-Bonsu

8. Viewing God through the Twin Lenses of Holiness and Mercy: A Chinese American Perspective Grace Y. May

9. Shang-di: God from the Chinese Perspective Tsu-Kung Chuang

10. Communicating the Biblical Concept of God to Koreans Bong Rin Ro

11. The Korean American Dream and the Blessings ofHananim (God) Tae-Ju Moon

Conclusion

Notes

Subject Index

Scripture Index

Other Books by the Authors 

A global Christian manifesto in which contributors examine attributes of God--the ones that are most understood in today's cultureandthe ones that need to be more fully apprehended.

A global Christian manifesto which examines the attributes of God - the ones that are most understood in culture and the ones that need to be more fully apprehended.

In The Global God: Multicultural Evangelical Views of God, editors William and Aida Spencer challenge readers to develop a fuller understanding of the Triune God of the Bible by listening to the theological narratives of other cultures. The Global God brings together the keen theological insights of leading evangelical scholars, both men and women, from various cultural backgrounds, including North American, Hispanic, Caribbean, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Chinese, and Korean. The first chapter articulates the attributes of God found in the Scriptures. In each of the essays that follow, Christians from around the world evaluate the state of theology in their culture, first explaining which attribute of God is best understood in their society and then considering the attribute their culture most often neglects. "The goal of this book," the editors write, "\[is\] to capture different perspectives ...of the individual God. Through these subtleties of perception, a united image of the paradoxical attributes of God operant in various cultures that comprise today's world emerges: loving power, righteous love, holy strangeness, transcendent immanence, unique creating, traditional uniqueness, merciful holiness, transcendent presence, purposeful holiness, and kingdom-making healing." The result is a "global Christian manifesto" giving voice to a number of diverse theologies and allowing readers an opportunity to reevaluate their own understanding of God.

Aida Besancon Spencer is professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Her Ph.D. degree in New Testament is from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. William David Spencer is adjunct professor of theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He earned his Th.D. degree in theology and literature from Boston University School of Theology. Both contributed to The Goddess Revival and coedited God through the Looking Glass.

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