In We Who Wrestle with God, Dr. Peterson guides us through the ancient, foundational stories of the Western world. In riveting detail, he analyzes the Biblical accounts of rebellion, sacrifice, suffering, and triumph that stabilize, inspire, and unite us culturally and psychologically. Adam and Eve and the eternal fall of mankind; the resentful and ultimately murderous war of Cain and Abel; the cataclysmic flood of Noah; the spectacular collapse of the Tower of Babel; Abraham’s terrible adventure; and the epic of Moses and the Israelites. What could such stories possibly mean? What force wrote and assembled them over the long centuries? How did they bring our spirits and the world together, and point us in the same direction?
It is time for us to understand such things, scientifically and spiritually; to become conscious of the structure of our souls and our societies; and to see ourselves and others as if for the first time.
It is time for us to understand such things, scientifically and spiritually; to become conscious of the structure of our souls and our societies; and to see ourselves and others as if for the first time.
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Peterson is a voice in the wilderness when it comes to insisting that we are subject to reality and therefore not free to shape reality through sheer belief. For example: our gender is a given and not a choice. But in regard to the supernatural nature of Scripture he is an unbeliever and unable to embrace and proclaim the literal bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. The orthodox view of Scripture is that the Bible is as different from every other book as Jesus is from every other person and in the same way, being both human and divine and therefore having ultimate and absolute authority.
ReplyDeleteFor those interested in something similar, I'd like to suggest: "Redemption of a Hardrock Miner" by John Gergen
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