God's Emotions

God chose not only to speak the language of men, but also to make himself one of them. To address humanity in its real condition, God made human flesh his own, including affectivity. The biblical God is subject to emotions: jealousy, anger, regret, joy, etc. However, an incorporeal God seems inherently incapable of emotions. Is this emotional God simply a human projection? Does the biblical God fall under criticism? This work traces an anthropological, literary and theological itinerary. To interpret God's emotions, we must first glimpse the meaning of human emotions and passions. It is also appropriate to explore the biblical scenarios in which God's emotions intervene. These then become the indices of a total commitment. Love, joy, hope, anger, regret and sadness are here considered in a semantic or narrative way, not only as notions to be elucidated, but also as the traits of a God in action.

A Dominican, Emmanuel Durand is a professor of theology at the Dominican University College (Ottawa-Montreal) and at the Angelicum (Rome). He is the author of several notable works, including recently Jesus Contemporary. Christology brief and current (2018), God Trinity. Communion and transformation (2016) and The human being, divine call. Anthropology and creation (2016).

Presentation: Soft binding, paperback

Author: Emmanuel Durand

Publication date: January 10, 2019

Format: 14.1 cm × 21.6 cm × 2.4 cm, 294 pages

Weight: 375 g

Publisher: Editions du Cerf

ISBN: 9782204130653

Only in French