The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

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Overview

"The Givenses are never confrontational or aggressive in their presentation of Mormonism’s contribution to the discussion nor do they ever whip out a trump card of why the Mormon perspective is to be crowned king. The result is a very readable, reasonable and thought-provoking experience." —Bryan Buchanan - Association for Mormon Letters

"Whether by design or by chance," Terryl and Fiona Givens write, "we find ourselves in a universe filled with mystery. We encounter appealing arguments for a Divinity that is a childish projection, for prophets as scheming or deluded imposters, and for scripture as so much fabulous fiction. But there is also compelling evidence that a glorious Divinity presides over the cosmos, that His angels are strangers we have entertained unawares, and that His word and will are made manifest through a sacred canon that is never definitively closed. What we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of who we are and what we love. That is why faith, the choice to believe, is in the final analysis, an action that is positively laden with moral significance."

As humans, we are, like the poet John Keats, "straining at particles of light in the midst of a great darkness." And yet, the authors describe a version of life's meaning that is reasonable—and radically resonant. It tells of a God whose heart beats in sympathy with ours, who set His heart upon us before the world was formed, who fashioned the earth as a place of human ascent, not exile, and who has the desire and the capacity to bring the entire human family home again.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781609071882
Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing
Publication date: 10/01/2012
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 875,216
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 2.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years
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