The God Relationship

Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Epigraph -- Table of contents -- Preface -- 1 The God Relationship: Basics and Plans -- 1. Modes of Inquiry -- 2. Empowerment and Ethics in Inquiry -- 3. Caring and Agapē in Inquiry -- 4. Trial for Compassion -- 5. Curative Relationships and Knowledge -- 6. Probing and Defending -- 7. Plans -- 2 The God Relationship and Faith -- 1. Aspects of Overwhelming -- 2. From Creation-Enhancing to Overwhelming -- 3. From Overwhelming to Faith and Agape -- Faith De Re and De Dicto -- Faith, Knowledge, and Hope -- 4. Gethsemane, Dereliction, and Inquiry -- 5. Sympathetic Faith -- 6. Fragility for Faith -- 7. Conclusion -- 3 The God Relationship and Evidence -- 1. Whose Existence? -- 2. Argumentism about God -- 3. A Self-Authenticating God -- 4. Whither Arguments? -- 5. Intellectualist Underpinnings and Shortcomings -- 6. Motives for Intellectualism -- 7. Divine Self-Hiding and Sacrifice -- Divine Self-Hiding -- Divine Self-Sacrifice -- 8. Self-Sacrifice in Evidence for God -- 9. Whither Hiddenness? -- 10. Conclusion -- 4 The God Relationship, Wisdom, and Meaning -- 1. Wisdom: Evaluative, Practical, and Philosophical -- 2. God's Wisdom and Revelation -- Paul on Wisdom -- Divine Self-Revelation -- 3. Participation and Speculation -- Participatory Struggle -- Philosophy Recast -- 4. Meaning, Purpose, and Will -- 5. Experiencing God's Will -- 6. Faith and Felt Meaning -- 7. Meaning in Death -- 8. Conclusion -- 5 The God Relationship, Koinonia, and Defense -- 1. Virtues and Volitions -- 2. Redemptive Koinonia -- 3. Koinonia in Divine Agapē -- 4. Obstacles and Responses -- 5. Some Biblical Data on Witness -- 6. Divine Witness to Filial Agapē -- 7. Abiding in Agapē -- 8. I-Thou Defense of Faith in God -- Witness and Reason -- Abduction and Agape -- Witness and Defense -- 9. Conclusion -- References