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Perhaps Joshua M. McNall

Perhaps By Joshua M. McNall

Perhaps by Joshua M. McNall


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Summary

Christians are sometimes faced with uncertainty. But is all uncertainty bad? Theologian Joshua McNall encourages readers to reclaim the little word perhaps as a sacred space between the warring extremes of unchecked doubt and zealous dogmatism. Learn how to exercise a hopeful imagination, ask hard questions, return once again to Scripture, and reclaim the place of holy speculation.

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Perhaps: Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism by Joshua M. McNall

The Christian life requires faith. That means that believers are sometimes faced with uncertainty. But is all uncertainty bad? Theologian Joshua McNall encourages readers to reclaim the little word perhaps as a sacred space between the warring extremes of unchecked doubt and zealous dogmatism. To say perhaps on certain contested topics means exercising a hopeful imagination, asking hard questions, returning once again to Scripture, and reclaiming the place of holy speculation as we cling to a faith that stands distinct from both pervasive skepticism and abrasive certainty. In this day especially, it's time Christians learned to say perhaps.

About Joshua M. McNall

Joshua M. McNall (PhD, University of Manchester) is associate professor of pastoral theology, ambassador of church relations, and director of the honors program at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. He is the author of The Mosaic of Atonement: An Integrated Approach to Christ's Work, Long Story Short: The Bible in Six Simple Movements, and A Free Corrector: Colin Gunton and the Legacy of Augustine.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Farewell, Pangaea

Part One: Understanding Perhaps
1. What Abraham Discovered: Faith Seeking Imagination
2. Perhapsing Church Tradition: Origen, Julian, and Jonathan Edwards
3. Guardrails on Moriah: How (Not) to Say Perhaps

Part Two: Against Dogmatism
4. Survival of the Shrillest: What Dogmatism Sounds Like
5. The Trouble with Certainty: A Guide to Knowing Darkly
6. We Three Kings: Scripture Contra Dogmatism

Part Three: Against Doubt
7. Descending Santa Scala: How Scripture Counters Doubt and the Divided Heart
8. Cogito ergo None? A Snapshot of Conversion
9. Split Brains or Divided Hearts? A Snapshot Continued

Part Four: Practicing Perhaps
10. Dead Animals: Creation, Science, and Prehuman Sacrifice
11. What If God? Rethinking Vessels of Wrath
12. After the End: The Marriage Supper and the Great Divorce

Conclusion
Name Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index

Additional information

NGR9780830855209
9780830855209
0830855203
Perhaps: Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism by Joshua M. McNall
New
Paperback
IVP Academic
2021-09-21
264
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