دانلود کتاب God of All Comfort: A Trinitarian Response to the Horrors of This World

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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Why Is This Particular Book Needed at This Time?
How I Have Structured the Book
Part 1: Horrors and Skepticisms
Chapter 2: The Backstory of Horrors: Shalom and Blessedness
Shalom: God’s Universe Designed for Personal Flourishing
The Trinitarian God of Blessing and Shalom
Images of God as Unique and Blessed Persons
Relational
Moral
Creative/Functional
Perspective
What Went Wrong? The Images of God and Shadows of God
Nonrecognition and Hedonistic Transgression
God Defends Himself and Defends Life as It Should Be
Life in the Devastation
Setting the Scene for Horrors
Chapter 3: Horrors and Trauma
The Taxonomy
A Horror
Objective Horrors
Subjective Horrors of Perception: Fear and Despair
Gross Horrors
Commonplace Horrors
Connecting Horrors and Trauma
Overlap between Trauma and Horrors
Propagating Deterioration and Downgrading the Images of God
Horrors May Generate Trauma Responses in People
Questions Uttered amid Disorientation
Chapter 4: Issues Arising from Horrors
The Theological Problem: Horrors and God’s Character
The Existential Problem: Meaninglessness
Participation and Perpetuation of Horrors and Trauma
The Anthropological Problem: Is There Hope for Restoration to Full Personhood?
Discerning a Response through Story
Part 2: Horrors and Interpretation
Chapter 5: Addressing Horrors through Real-World Stories
Personal Knowledge of God through Stories
Choosing Matthew’s Gospel
Chapter 6: The Horror-Attuned Reader and Perception
The Paranoid Interpretation
Justifications for a Horror-Attuned Reading of the Bible
Literary and Biblical Reasons
Experiential Reasons
An Example of Local Cultural Reasons
Broader Cultural Reasons
Existential Reasons
Philosophical Reasons
The Trauma Hermeneutic
Limiting the Story
The Mirror Reading
Questions Arising from the Trauma Hermeneutic
An Approach to a Horror Reading of Matthew
Chapter 7: A Horror Reading of Matthew
A Horror Reading of Matthew
The Genealogy
Another Messiah among Pretenders
An Ancient and Degenerate History
The Absence of Life
The Absence of God and His Visible Care
The Absence of Morality and the Abuse of Power
The Absence of Meaning and Hope
Mary: A Woman Transgressed, Terrified, and Displaced
The Weird Absence of Stability
The Absence of the Basic Boundary between Humans and God
The Absence of Relationships
Herod and the Immoral Use of Power by Images of God
Joseph
Jesus: The Unfamiliar “Abhuman”
Jesus’ Objective Horrors
Jesus’ Subjective Horrors
Jesus’ Final Hours and Horrors
Nameless Soldiers as Horror Makers
The Crucifixion as a Gross Horror
Zombies on the Prowl
The End
Evaluation of the Horror Reading
Chapter 8: A Blessed Reading of Matthew
The “Blessed” Reading
A Change in Perspective
Mind-to-Mind Knowledge of God
Reorienting Perception through Jesus
The Hermeneutical Principle: “The Living God”
Blessed Are You
Beyond “Flesh and Blood”
A Trinitarian Blessing: Its Basis and Mode
Historical Attestation to Sharing in God’s Blessed Perspective
Moving Forward: A New Perspective on God, Persons, and History
Part 3: Horrors and Trinity
Chapter 9: Recovering Safety: Reestablishing Trust in God’s Character
Providence
Providential Care and a Sense of Safety
New Promises and Moderated Expectations
The Incarnation
God’s Ongoing Commitment
God’s Power Demonstrated
The Life of Jesus: Historical Engagement with Horror Makers
Jesus’ Substitutionary Death
Jesus Overcomes Demonic Horror Makers
Resurrection
God’s Ongoing Presence in the Life of Jesus
Chapter 10: Recovering Story: Reestablishing Hope
Future Hope
Hope as the Anticipation of a Perfect and Loving Future
Skepticisms and Obstacles to Hope
Trust: Security in the Character and Power Evident in Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
Recognizing Those Who Resist the Kingdom
Recognizing that There Will Be a Last Day of Horrors
Resurrection and Safety
Present Experience
Shared Perspective with the Empathetic God
Jesus the Safe Person and Relational Starting Point
Reorienting Narrative: Differentiating Tragedy from Perpetual Trauma
Tragedy as a Genre for Life
The Emotions of Tragedy: Relocating Anger and Resentment
Integrity and Identity
Memory and Eucharistic Remembrance
Chapter 11: Recovering Community: Reestablishing Meaning
A New Context
A New Identity
Forgiveness
Spirit
Baptism
Lord’s Supper
A New Purpose
Mediating God’s Presence
Mediating God’s Perspective
Mediating God’s Actions Today
Mediating God’s Encouragement
Mediating God’s Power to Change through Prayer
The Way Forward: Meaningful Living through Participation in God’s Kingdom
Conclusion
Bibliography
Subject Index
Scripture Index
The Old Testament
The New Testament