Love Without Calculation A Reflection on Divine Kenosis

by Power, David N.

• ISBN13: 9780824522834
• ISBN10: 0824522834
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Herder & Herder

Summary

When on sabbatical in Tahiti, a renowned religious thinker took a break from the scholarly works, libraries, and footnotes to write about the core of the Catholic faith--that God poured himself out into the beautiful creation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction, by Michael Downey	xi
Foreword	xv
PART ONE The Kenosis of Christ
1 Christ's Kenosis: Liturgical Interpretations	5	(19)
2 Divine Self-Emptying in Christ: Scriptural Conjunctions	24	(14)
3 Relating to Theological Interpretations	38	(25)
PART TWO The Kenosis of the Church and Its Mission
4 The Church: Witnessing to Christ in Evangelical Poverty	63	(20)
5 The Church of Christ Sent Forth and Emptied Out in Spirit	83	(21)
6 Fidelity to Mission in the Service of God's Reign	104	(15)
PART THREE Generous Descent: The Divine Trinity
7 I Am Who I Am: When God Names God	119	(30)
8 The Divine Dance: The Work of Creation	149	(13)
9 The Spiral of Time and Eternity: Eschatology and Trinity	162
POSTLUDE
10 O Wondrous Exchange: The Church at Prayer	191	(12)
Concluding Words: O Holy Strong One	203	(2)
Notes	205	(6)
Index of Persons	211	(1)
Scripture Index	212	(2)
Index of Subjects	214