Love's Availing Power: Imaging God, Imagining the World

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love’s availing power love’s availing power imaging god, imagining the world paul r. sponheim Fortress Press Minneapolis x LOVE’S AVAILING POWER Imaging God, Imagining the World Copyright © 2011 Fortress Press. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www.augsburgfortress .org/copyrights/ or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis , MN 55440. Unless noted scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright© 1946, 1952, 1971 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. “Bi-Focal,” from The Poet’s Gift. ©1993 Donald Capps. Used by permission of Westminster John Knox Press. www.wjkbooks.com Cover design and image: Joe Vaughan Book design: PerfecType, Nashville, TN Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sponheim, Paul R. Love’s availing power : imaging God, imagining the world / Paul R. Sponheim. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8006-9821-8 (alk. paper) 1. God (Christianity) 2. Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855. 3. Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861–1947. I. Title. BT103.S688 2011 231—dc22 2011009202 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 15 14 13 12 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 To the Teachers ...