God is in the details

Maria Ottensten

Etd

God is in the details

Öffentlichkeit Deposited

MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Maria Ottensten. God Is In the Details. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b32b220f-eee8-42b4-a263-68a349a45432?locale=de.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

M. Ottensten. God is in the details. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b32b220f-eee8-42b4-a263-68a349a45432?locale=de

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Maria Ottensten. God Is In the Details. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b32b220f-eee8-42b4-a263-68a349a45432?locale=de.

Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

Schöpfer

Maria Ottensten

Rechteerklärung

In Copyright

Abstrakt

In this thesis I explore the use of concrete details and metaphors for God's grace. In the sermons attached, preached during the fall of 2004 in a rural congregation on the west coast of Sweden, I have tried to use specific concrete details, as a means to convey God's love. During the process, much of the focus moved, from the question of using details in general, to the more specific question of how to convey grace. It became very clear to me, how easy it is to be specific and concrete in describing the law, or the problems in this world, and how difficult it is to be concrete as to grace and God's presence. Very often that part is expressed more in abstractions and principals, by way of which you risk to leave people with a vivid experience of the law, and a sense of despair, as God's intervention seems so weak. The conclusion of the thesis is that it is utterly important for the preaching, to move closer. Closer to the phenomena I describe, to the deep experiences of life, in general, and in my own life--when I do that as a preacher, it is possible to find words to convey God's grace in a concrete way.

Herausgeber