In this book, Christopher Southgate proposes a new way of
understanding the glory of God in Christian theology, based on
glory as sign. Working from the roots of the concept in the Hebrew
Bible, Theology in a Suffering World: Glory and Longing shows that
'glory' is not necessarily about beauty or radiance, but is better
understood as a sign of the unknowable depths of God. Southgate
goes on to show how John and Paul transform the concept of glory in
the light of the cross. He then explores where glory may be
discerned in the natural world, including in situations of pain and
suffering. In turn glory is explored in the poetry of R. S. Thomas
and the writings of the Jewish mystic Etty Hillesum. Finally, the
book considers what it might mean for Christians to be 'transformed
from one degree of glory to another': that might mean becoming a
sign of the great sign of God that is Christ, and conforming their
longing to God's longing for the Kingdom to come.
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