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Theologies of Human Agency - Counterbalancing Divine In/Activity in the Megilloth (Hardcover)
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Theologies of Human Agency - Counterbalancing Divine In/Activity in the Megilloth (Hardcover)
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This book examines the relationship between divine in/activity and
human agency in the five books of the Megilloth-the books of Ruth,
Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, and Esther. As works of
literature dating to the early Second Temple period (ca. 6th-3rd
centuries BCE), these books and the implicit interpretation of
these particular themes reflect the diverse cultural and
theological dynamics of the time. Megan Fullerton Strollo contends
that the themes themselves as well as the correlation between them
should be interpreted as implicit theology insofar as they
represent reflective interpretation of earlier theological
traditions. With regard to divine in/activity, she argues that the
Megilloth presents a certain level of skepticism or critical
analysis of the Deity. From doubt to protest, the books of the
Megilloth grapple with received traditions of divine providence and
present experiences of absence, abandonment, and distance. As a
correlative to divine in/activity, human agency is presented as
consequential. In addition, the portrayal of human agency serves as
a theological response insofar as the books advance the theme
through specific references to and reevaluations of earlier
theocentric traditions.
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