Natural and Cosmic Theodicy: A Trinitarian Panentheistic Vision
Ebook
This book presents a third way to envision the Creatorship of the Triune God who is both compassionate and eschatologically redemptive in providential presence, rather than biasedly gravitating toward the openness of a self-limiting God or God's all-determining sovereignty. Not only is God in, with, and under creation, God's kenotic presence invites creatures to participate in the self-giving love of God through both general and special divine action in a top-down-through-bottom-up mode. Creatio continua is God's own journey of fulfilling the eschatological promise for creation. This redemptive presence of God in creation is a Trinitarian co-protesting against the power of death, sin, and evil, considering the cosmic dimensions of the eschatological hope promised in the resurrection of Jesus. The new creation is the ultimate fulfillment of creaturely freedom and contingency divinely granted in creatio ex nihilo. In arguing this, Shin engages in a comparative and critical study of natural and cosmic theodicy advanced by Catherine Keller, Arthur Peacocke, Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Robert Russell.
“In this profound and engaging work, Jongseock Shin makes a
significant and fresh contribution to our understanding of God’s
action and relationship to the world, especially in light of
contemporary science and leading theological voices. The scope of
his research, and Shin’s familiarity with the literature, is
profound and even stunning. If you want to encounter the cutting
edge of scientifically informed theology, read this book.”
—Greg Cootsona, California State University
“Innovative and bold. Unlike many previous attempts in dealing with
theodicy, Shin is not limiting the discussion either to the human
experience of suffering alone or to the mystery of its origins in
the past. Rather, by turning his gaze into the future and to the
fate and destiny of nature and the vast cosmos God has created, the
book delves into a captivating interdisciplinary discourse drawing
resources from leading science-theology experts from diverse
agendas and orientations. Highly recommended.”
—Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Fuller Theological Seminary
“It’s high time the kenotic creationist theologians undergo a
critical analysis and are met by a constructive emendation.
Jongseock Shin describes a God of pathetic pain-sharing immanence.
God does not withdraw redemptive power. Rather, God’s power
fulfills the eschatological promise through a soteriological
process.”
—Ted Peters, coeditor, Theology and Science
- Title: Natural and Cosmic Theodicy: A Trinitarian Panentheistic Vision
- Authors: Jongseock James Shin, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666791457, 9781666734928, 9781666791440, 1666791458, 1666734926, 166679144X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666791457
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-05T20:38:05Z
Jongseock (James) Shin earned his PhD in systematic theology at
Fuller Theological Seminary in 2020. He has published peer-reviewed
articles in scholarly journals, such as Pneuma, Die
Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und
Religionsphilosophie, and The Evangelical Review of Theology
and Politics. In the writings, he discussed the subjects of
reconstructing the doctrine of creation in an age of science and
the church's public roles in society. He has also authored a
chapter on cosmic pneumatology and the problem of suffering for
T&T Clark Handbook of the Problem of Suffering
(forthcoming). He is currently serving as an Assistant Director of
Academics at AEU, located in Gardena, California. He is also an
adjunct professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological
Seminary.