Name: God Is Not Nice: Rejecting Pop Culture Theology and Discovering the God Worth Living for (in English)
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Author: Scott Hahn
ISBN: 9781594717482

portada God Is Not Nice: Rejecting Pop Culture Theology and Discovering the God Worth Living for (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ulrich L. Lehner

Preface by

Scott Hahn

Publisher

Ave Maria Press

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.1 x 14.0 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN13

9781594717482

Synopsis "God Is Not Nice: Rejecting Pop Culture Theology and Discovering the God Worth Living for (in English)"

Ulrich L. Lehner reintroduces Christians to the true God--not the polite, easygoing, divine therapist who doesn't ask much of us, but the Almighty God who is unpredictable, awe-inspiring, and demands our entire lives. Stripping away the niceties with a sling blade, Lehner shows that God is more strange and beautiful than we imagine, and wants to know and transform us in the most intimate way. With his iconoclastic new book God Is Not Nice, Lehner, one of the most promising young Catholic theologians in America, challenges the God of popular culture and many of our churches and reintroduces the God of the Bible and traditional Christianity. As Lehner writes in the book's introduction, "We all need the vaccine of the true transforming and mysterious character of God: The God who shows up in burning bushes, speaks through donkeys, drives demons into pigs, throws Saul from his horse, and appears to St. Francis. It's only this God who has the power to challenge us, change us, and make our lives dangerous. He sweeps us into a great adventure that will make us into different people." This book is not safe. It may startle and annoy many people--including those who purport to teach and preach the Gospel, but are missing it, according to Lehner. God Is Not Nice intends to overthrow all of our popular misconceptions about God, inviting us to ask deeper questions about the nature of our lives and our relationship with him. When you're finished with God Is Not Nice, you may find the idols you constructed in God's name smashed, replaced with a God who will ask you to live an entirely different life full of hope and transformation. God Is Not Nice has been translated into several foreign languages.

Scott Hahn

(Preface by)

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Scott W. Hahn es profesor de Teología y Sagrada Escritura en la Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio). Está casado y es padre de seis hijos. Actualmente vive en Steubenville. Ha sido nombrado por el papa Benedicto XVI catedrático de Teología Bíblica y Proclamación Litúrgica del Saint Vincent Seminary (en Latrobe, Pennsylvania).

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