God is impassible and impassioned : toward a theology of divine emotion /
Rob Lister ; foreword by Bruce A. Ware.
- Wheaton, IL : Crossway, c2013.
- 333 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Doctrine of divine impassibility in historical context -- Contextualizing patristic thought on divine impassibility: the Hellenization hypothesis -- Patristic models of divine impassibility -- Medieval and reformational reflections on divine impassibility -- Assessing the widespread rejection of divine impassibility in modern theology -- Contemporary impassibilist thought and evangelical reflection on divine impassibility -- Contemporary case for understanding God as both impassible and impassioned -- Impassible and impassioned: toward a viable theological hermeneutic -- Impassible and impassioned: interpretive prospects -- Impassible and impassioned: a theological model -- Impassibility and incarnation: a concluding christological reflection.