The Creative Suffering of God (Clarendon Paperbacks)
"A remarkable, dazzling study, that will bend the mind a little, even of a classical theist."--Theological Studies"Represents the best effort to conceptualize the notion of a suffering God within the last one hundred years....His positions possess an admirable sophistication...It has taken the place of preeminence among theological reflections on the notion of divine suffering."--The Journal of Religion"Because the issues with which Fiddes deals are so important and because he treats them so carefully and so engagingly, this is a book that should be read and pondered."--Review and Expositor"Remarkable for its breadth of resources and its depth of argument....An exciting achievement in drawing together major strands within our current pluralistic theological situation."--Interpretation"Fiddes presents the reader with an impressive and compelling study of the possibility of suffering of God....Fiddes has written a very rich, appealing study of a fascinating development in contemporary theology."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion