{"product_id":"the-empathic-god-a-clinical-theology-of-at-onement-hardcover","title":"The Empathic God: A Clinical Theology of At-Onement - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Woggon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if Jesus did not come to die for our sins? What if, instead, Jesus's life and death was intended to provide a way out of our shame? While traditional Christian teachings about the atonement emphasize sin as guilt and transgression against God's will and commandments, Frank Woggon points out that clinical spiritual care reveals that the human condition is predominantly marked by shame rather than guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The Empathic God\u003c\/i\u003e, Woggon examines myopic readings of the Jesus event that, in turn, have embedded distortions into traditional paradigms of the atonement. In contrast, Woggon mines narratives of the human condition to engage in a critical examination of the Jesus story. As a clinician and ordained Baptist minister, Woggon presents the Jesus event as God's empathic initiative toward humanity and convincingly argues that salvation comes through empathy rather than forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWoggon's work constructs a clinical theology of \"\"at-onement\"\" from the perspective of clinical spiritual care. \u003ci\u003eThe Empathic God\u003c\/i\u003e calls for a practical response of caring participation in God's ongoing work of salvation through an empathic praxis of spiritual care. Most importantly, \u003ci\u003eThe Empathic God\u003c\/i\u003e takes seriously that lived human experience is the starting point for theological exploration rather than doctrine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will help practitioners and students of spiritual care in the Christian tradition to reflect more critically on the intersection of spiritual care practice and theology. The book also will challenge pastors, ministers of pastoral care, chaplains, pastoral counselors, spiritually oriented therapists to interrogate and re-interpret traumatic, shame-filled Christian teachings about the atonement so that they, too, can join in God's ongoing and liberating work of salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.13 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764053344544,"sku":"9781506496689","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4cbeb3bc440d32c0b63f0210570926b6.webp?v=1780243435","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-empathic-god-a-clinical-theology-of-at-onement-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}