Learning on Lifes Way
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Born into a pack of religiously divided siblings with a devout mother and an agnostic father, Sponheim finds the triad of faith/unfaith/many faiths central in telling the tall tale of God. Through his half-century of teaching and writing, the doctrine of creation becomes decisive for Sponheim, featuring a God who has a very big operation going in this world. Drawing on such diverse mentors as Soren Kierkegaard, Alfred North Whitehead, and feminist authors, he offers a deeply relational conception of the tallness, the height, humankind seeks. In his own family he sees Gods operation in such diverse worlds as music, science, and athletics. Personally, he has witnessed the saving work of the Creator in such worldly affairs as inner city social change programs, a domestic abuse project, and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Without compromising a present-time ethic of risk, he closes with an eschatological exploration, asking What future would do, if it were true? And Is it true?Pauls story begins like a memoir about Thief River Falls, Minnesota, where he and five brothers and sisters grew up with their saintly mother and agnostic father. Into this diverse family comes a tall tale of Jesus and Gods love. In the details of family life he weaves theological insight from many mentors, including Soren Kierkegaard and Alfred North Whitehead. This book is a gem . . . It will give you many glimpses of the great work that God is doing in the universe.--Lowell Erdahl, Bishop Emeritus, Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaA remarkable journey! Paul gathers key themes of his extensive theological work over the years and weaves them thoughtfully into his personal and professional life story.--Terence Fretheim, Luther SeminaryThe interplay of faith and doubt in Paul Sponheims early life called him to become a theologian who embraces paradox: the tall and the true, trust and action, the personal and the global, the church and the w
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