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The Consolations Of Theology

Name: The Consolations Of Theology
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Author: Brian S. Rosner
ISBN: 9780802860408

by Brian S. Rosner

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168 pages
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
15.4 x 22.5 x 1.2 cm

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This collection of essays reveals how theology offers comfort in life's struggles.

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An absorbing collection of essays examining how theologians and thinkers throughout the ages have viewed theology as a means of solving philosophical conundrums. Inspired by Alain de Bottons bestselling Consolations of Philosophy, this volume shows how theology can be of practical value to every believer. Great theologians in history have found that theology gives great comfort when faced with lifs difficulties. In this marvellous collection of writings Rosner and other practical theologians blend biographical and theological aspects to profoundly address human problems such as, anger, obsession, despair, anxiety, disappointment and pain.

PREFACE

PROLOGUE: On Consolation
Gwenfair Walters Adams

LACTANTIUS on Anger
Richard Gibson

AUGUSTINE on Obsession
Andrew Cameron

LUTHER on Despair
Mark D. Thompson

KIERKEGAARD on Anxiety
Peter G. Bolt

BONHOEFFER on Disappointment
Brian S. Rosner

C. S. LEWIS on Pain
Robert Banks

contributors

Brian Rosner is senior lecturer in New Testament and ethics at Moore Theological College and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Ancient History at Macquarie University, Sydney.