{"product_id":"embodied-hope-a-theological-meditation-on-pain-and-suffering-paperback","title":"Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKelly M. Kapic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreative Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e Professional Graphic Design Runner-Up\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e's Book of the Year Winner\u003cbr\u003eECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book will make no attempt to defend God. . . . If you are looking for a book that boasts triumphantly of conquest over a great enemy, or gives a detached philosophical analysis that neatly solves an absorbing problem, this isn't it.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToooften the Christian attitude toward suffering is characterized by a detached academic appeal to God's sovereignty, as if suffering were a game or a math problem. Or maybe we expect that since God is good, everything will just work out all right somehow. But where then is honest lament? Aren't we shortchanging believers of the riches of the Christian teaching about suffering?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEmbodied Hope\u003c\/i\u003e Kelly Kapic invites us to consider the example of our Lord Jesus. Only because Jesus hastaken on our embodied existence, suffered alongside us, died, and been raised again can we find any hope from the depths of our own dark valleys of pain. As we look to Jesus, we are invited to participate not only in his sufferings, but also in the church, which calls us out of isolation and into the encouragement and consolation of the communal life of Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his own family's experience with prolonged physical pain, Kapic reshapes our understanding of suffering into the imageof Jesus, and brings us to a renewed understanding of--and participation in--our embodied hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKelly M. Kapic holds the Honorary Chair of Theology and Culture at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Kapic has also worked on research teams funded by the John Templeton Foundation. He is an author or editor of more than fifteen books, including the award-winning titles \u003ci\u003eYou're Only Human\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmbodied Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, and is an active speaker. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 213\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45675180261420,"sku":"9780830851799","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/DCZgAmcBRi9780830851799.webp?v=1781764365","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/embodied-hope-a-theological-meditation-on-pain-and-suffering-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}