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Jesus' AbbaJohn B. Cobb

Jesus' Abba

2015157 pages
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The church has emphasized ideas about God that have marginalized Jesus' understanding of his spiritual Father, his Abba. We commonly think of God as a demanding lawgiver and judge, an omnipotent ruler, or an ultimate philosophical principle. None of these works well today. In contrast, Jesus' view of God as spiritual Abba still truly works when it is given a chance. Christians should be open to accepting the ideas of the one they call Lord and Savior. In Jesus' Abba, one of the greatest theologians of this generation boldly argues for a new view of God, through the eyes of Jesus. John B. Cobb…

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  • Other · English · 2015
    Fortress Press · 157 pages · 9781506405704
GodFatherhoodGod, fatherhood