Saving Desire
F. LeRon Shults, Jan-Olav HenriksenPaperback 2011-07-06
Traditional Christian theology has generally treated desire as a dark and negative force intimately related to sin - something to be restricted and repressed, closeted and controlled. But, according to LeRon Shults and Jan-Olav Henriksen's Saving Desire: the seduction of Christian Theology, we see only part of a grander scheme if we do not also perceive that desire can be a powerful force for great good.??Grounding their work firmly in the experiential realm of human life, the eight eminent theologians contributing to this volume celebrate together the positivity, the sociality, and the physicality of saving desire - that is, humankind's innate desire not only for the "good life" but also, more vitally, for the life-transforming goodness of God.
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Christian theology has traditionally treated desire as a dark force intimately related to sin - as something to be resisted and controlled. But Shults and Henriksen's book recognizes that desire can also be a powerful force for great good. This volume celebrates the positivity, the sociality, and the physicality of 'saving desire'.
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Traditional Christian theology has generally treated desire as a dark and negative force intimately related to sin - something to be restricted and repressed, closeted and controlled. But, according to LeRon Shults and Jan-Olav Henriksen's Saving Desire: the seduction of Christian Theology, we see only part of a grander scheme if we do not also perceive that desire can be a powerful force for great good.??Grounding their work firmly in the experiential realm of human life, the eight eminent theologians contributing to this volume celebrate together the positivity, the sociality, and the physicality of saving desire - that is, humankind's innate desire not only for the "good life" but also, more vitally, for the life-transforming goodness of God.
-Publisher.
Publisher Description
Christian theology has traditionally treated desire as a dark force intimately related to sin - as something to be resisted and controlled. But Shults and Henriksen's book recognizes that desire can also be a powerful force for great good. This volume celebrates the positivity, the sociality, and the physicality of 'saving desire'.