Job and the Disruption of Identity: Reading Beyond Barth

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A&C Black, Oct 1, 2005 - Religion - 240 pages
Introduction

Part I The Problem of Obedience: Barth on Job
Chapter 1 Barth's Job as Both Right and Wrong
Chapter 2 Obedience as Self-Examination: Barth on the Story of the Rich Man

Part II Does Job Fear God for Naught? A Rereading of Job
Chapter 3 The Prose Narrative: Transforming Piety
Chapter 4 The Poem
4.1. The Dialogue: Testing Integrity
4.2. The Whirlwind Speeches: Encountering Creation

Part III God, Job and Justice
Chapter 5 Calling God to Account
Chapter 6 An Integrity Beyond the Law

Part IV The Disruption and Transformation of the Self
Chapter 7 The Problem of Obedience Revisited
Chapter 8 Epilogue: Self, Society and World

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Contents

Introduction
1
The Problem of Obedience Barth on Job
11
Does Job Fear God for Naught? A Rereading of Job
49
God Job and Justice
117
The Disruption and Transformation of the Self
159

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Dr. Susannah Ticciati is Professor of Christian Theology at King's College London.

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