The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence

Rarely does a new theological position emerge to account well for life in the world, including not only goodness and beauty but also tragedy and randomness. Drawing from Scripture, science, philosophy and various theological traditions, Thomas Jay Oord offers a novel theology of providence―essential kenosis―that emphasizes God's inherently noncoercive love in relation to creation. The Uncontrolling Love of God provides a clear and powerful answer to the problem of evil, the problem of chance, and how God acts providentially in the world.

• The Secret Providence of God
• One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life
• The Quest for the Historical Adam: Genesis, Hermeneutics, and Human Origins
• Uncontrolling Love: Essays Exploring the Love of God, with Introductions by Thomas Jay Oord
• The Grand Design: Male and Female He Made Them
• Jesus Humanity and the Trinity
• Awake to the Moment: An Introduction to Theology
• Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity Series (PC))
• Divine Echoes: Reconciling Prayer with the Uncontrolling Love of God
• Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News