Abstract
This article considers the arguments for and against the notion that God suffers. It explores the theological arguments that support affirmations of divine impassibility and passibility respectively; especially as these are articulated in patristic discussions of divine apatheia and contemporary treatments by theologians such as David Bentley Hart and Robert Jenson. The article affirms the importance of reciprocity as a part of our understanding of the God-world relation and suggests that, from the perspective of time, the notion of divine suffering while not constituting the last word, nonetheless might be the “telling word” that the gospel compels us to use.
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