High time for another God

Many of us grew up with a well-defined image of God, which was given characteristics such as omnipotent, exalted and omniscient. The Bible stories also intrigued us as children, but they reinforced the idea of ​​a rewarding and punishing god-director. So many years later, that god has died a quiet death; he is incompatible with the advancing scientific developments and the cultural-historical context in which we live. Most people leave it at that. In this way, religion becomes socially irrelevant. Against the tide, Roger Burggraeve dusts off those yellowed histories. Through an alternative reading of the creation stories, Abram and Sarai, Jonah, Job, Moses, the Good Samaritan ... a completely different face of religion shines through for the reader. The old image of God is buried for good, to make way for another God and ... another person. ROGER BURGGRAEVE is an ethicist, Levinas researcher and biblical philosopher. GUIDO CAERTS and PAULA VEESTRAETEN are both Romanists and editors of the religious magazine Golfslag.