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Parker coauthors book on God’s Love
Dr. Ross Parker, professor of Christian studies, has written Divine Motivation and Humanity with Dr. Jordan Wessling, associate professor of religion at Lindsey Wilson University.
The book deals with the Agapist Framework—God’s actions to us as humans is motivated by His perfect love. Parker points to learning this truth at a young age through 1 John 4:8, “God is love.” He said, “I’ve studied theology and philosophy for a long time, but that fundamental truth has been the guiding principle for my academic endeavors, and in particular the work of this book.”
Parker said he and Wessling had two goals in writing the book. First, they sought to introduce students and scholars to the debate in scholarly literature about divine motivations. “Second, we wanted to make an argument for our position on divine motivation—that God is fundamentally motivated by love in all that he does,” said Parker.
Divine Motivation and Humanity is available through Cambridge University Press.
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