God in Action (Problems in Theology) - by David Brown & Ann Loades (Paperback)

About the Book

This reader brings together carefully selected material from a wide range of authors on the meaning and status of divine action. It samples the recent literature on providence, miracle, prayer and grace together with some relevant classical texts.

Book Synopsis

This reader brings together carefully selected material from a wide range of authors on the meaning and status of divine action. It samples the recent literature on providence, miracle, prayer and grace together with some relevant classical texts.

Topics include locating God's action, images of divine control, human freedom in relation to providence and grace, the nature of and evidence of miracle, prayer and pain, answers to prayer, and the experience of grace.

Contributors include Peter Baelz, Karl Barth, Vincent Brummer, David Hume, David Jenkins, C. S. Lewis, Helen Oppenheimer, D. Z. Phillips, Karl Rahner, Paul Tillich, Thomas Tracy, Victor White and Maurice Wiles.

Review Quotes

'any manageable collection of pivotal insights which encourages students and others to read more deeply the great mysteries of God in action among us is to be celebrated...Each chapter is excellent and varied according to intellectual taste and practical usefulness...There is first-rate material here for ecumenical study'--Sanford Lakoff "Expository Times "

'[T]he coverage is wide and stimulating, and the bibliographies offer useful pointers towards further study.' Philip Duce, Themelios, 32/1--Sanford Lakoff "Themelios "

About the Author

Jeff Astley, North of England Institute for Christian Education and University of Durham. David Brown has always combined teaching posts with pastoral work. He is Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham and a canon of Durham Cathedral. His books include Choices, Invitation to Theology, The Divine Trinity, and, most recently, a collection of sermons, The Word Set You Free. Ann Loades CBE is Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham