Table of Contents

Preface
Prologue: Central Mystery of the Christian Symbol of Divine Suffering

Part One. God's First Wound: Divine Grief
Introduction to Part One: The Structure of Divine Grief

Division One. Infidelity of the Beloved Human
Introduction to Division One: Sin as Occasion of Divine Grief
1 Human Cupiditas: Formal Characteristics
2 Human Cupiditas: Material Characteristics

Division Two. Sorrow of the Betrayed Divine Lover
Introduction to Division Two: First Stage of Divine Grief
3 Divine Sorrow: Formal Characteristics
4 Divine Sorrow: Material Characteristics

Division Three Anguish of the Betrayed Divine Lover
Introduction to Division Three: Second Stage of Divine Grief
5 Divine Anguish: Formal Characteristics
6 Divine Anguish: Material Characteristics

Part Two. God's Second Wound: Divine Self-Sacrifice
Introduction to Part Two: The Structure of Divine Self-Sacrifice

Division Four. Misery of the Beloved Human's Infidelity
Introduction to Division Four: Misery of Sin as Occasion for Divine Self-Sacrifice
7 Misery of Human Cupiditas: Formal Characteristics
8 Misery of Human Cupiditas: Material Characteristics

Division Five. Travail of the Betrayed Divine Lover's Fidelity
Introduction to Division Five: First Stage of Divine Self-Sacrifice
9 Divine Travail: Formal Characteristics
10 Divine Travail: Material Characteristics

Division Six. Agony of the Betrayed Divine Lover's Fidelity
Introduction to Division Six: Second Stage of Divine Self-Sacrifice
11 Divine Agony: Formal Characteristics
12 Divine Agony: Material Characteristics

Epilogue: From Divine Agony to Divine Affliction
Appendices
Appendix 1: Insights from the Reformed Doctrine of Total Depravity
Appendix 2: The Concepts of ???? and ????
Appendix 3: Ancient Hellenistic Philosophy and the Christian Concept of Divine Impassibility
Appendix 4: Analytical Distinctions between Fear, Anxiety, and Anguish
Appendix 5: Divine Impassibility and Passibility in the Theology of Origen
Appendix 6: Arian Christologies of the Suffering Logos
Appendix 7: Historic Variations on the Classic Christian Theory of Atonement
Appendix 8: Fragments from the History of Patripassianist Theology
Appendix 9: Fragments from the History of Theopaschite Theology
Bibliography
Index of Scriptures
Index of Persons
Index of Topics

About the Author

Jeff B. Pool is Associate Professor of Religion, College Chaplain, and Director of the Campus Christian Center, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky.

Reviews

"In this second of his three-volume phenomenological-hermeneutic of the Cristian symbol of divine suffering, Pool (religion, Berea College, Kentucky) develops an exposition of what he has described as the first two wounds of God - divine grief and divine self-sacrifice. For the first, he discusses infidelity of the beloved human, sorrow of the betrayed divine lover, and anguish of the betrayed divine lover. For the second, he discusses the misery of the beloved human's infidelity, travail of the betrayed divine lover's fidelity, and agony of the betrayed divine lover's fidelity. The other two volumes of God's Wounds cover divine vulnerability and creation, and divine suffering and tragic reality." Book News Inc,Reference - Research Book News - October 2011