Nature and existence of God Books

Book SynopsisThis work demonstrates the depth and clarity of Herbert McCabe's theology and philosophy of God, his appetite for controversy, both political and theolgical, as well as a traditional catholic concern for prayer, liturgy, Mary and St Dominic.Table of ContentsPart 1 God: creation; freedom; evil; the involvement of God. Part 2 Incarnation: the myth of God incarnate; the Incarnation - an exchange (with professor Maurice Wiles). Part 3 Atonement - a long sermon for Holy Week: Holy Thursday - the mystery of unity; Good Friday - the mystery of the cross; the Easter Vigil - the mystery of new life. Part 4 Sacraments: transubstantiation and the real presence; some thoughts on the eucharistic preface by G. Egner (P.J. Fitzpatrick); transubstantiation - a reply to G. Egner; more thoughts on the eucharistic presence by G. Egner; sacramental language. Part 5 Morals and politics: the class struggle and Christian love; thoughts on hunger strikes. Part 6 Talks and sermons: the Immaculate Conception; prayer; obedience; a sermon for St Thomas; on being Dominican; Ash Wednesday; the genealogy of Christ.

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Book SynopsisApophasis has become a major topic in the humanities, particularly in philosophy, religion, and literature. This two-volume anthology gathers together most of the important historical works on apophaticism and illustrates the diverse trajectories of apophatic discourse in ancient, modern, and postmodern times.Trade Review“Any writer worth his salt knows that what cannot be spoken is ultimately the thing worth speaking about; yet most often this humbling awareness is unsaid or covered up. There are some who have made it their business, however, to court failure and acknowledge defeat, to explore the impasse of words before silence. William Franke has created an anthology of such explorations, undertaken in poetry and prose, that stretches from Plato to the present. Whether the subject of discourse is All or Nothing does not matter: the struggle of speech to name the unnameable is the same. This ambitious two-volume undertaking demonstrates a preoccupation as old as Western civilization itself: the limits of language and the virtue of being at a loss for words. How long we have been raiding the Inarticulate!” —Peter S. Hawkins, Boston University“Developments in critical theory during the past two decades have led to renewed interest in negative theology. Books like Languages of the Unsayable (1989), Negation and Theology (1992), Derrida and Negative Theology (1992), and The Otherness of God (1998) have signaled the resurgence of this ancient tradition. William Franke’s distinctive contribution is to provide the background and texts from which these recent developments have emerged.” —Mark Taylor, Williams College"These two volumes successfully realize a massive project: to propose and delineate a new field of discourse that provides a fresh approach to Western thought as a whole. In short, William Franke demonstrates the centrality of apophaticism, 'what cannot be said,' to the Western tradition, from Plato (and before) to Derrida (and beyond). . . . The first volume covers the first 'cycles' of apophasis, as the Western tradition evolves, stretching from the commentary tradition of Plato's Parmenides to Eckhart and his progenitors. . . . Franke's work is nothing short of brilliant." —Religion and Literature“. . . one of the most important and original contributions to the discussion of apophasis in recent years. . . . Franke’s historical and disciplinary range, in light of his well-written and compelling essays, provides an illuminating insight into the pervasiveness of apophatic discourse. . . . Franke’s anthology is a resource which should not be ignored. Few others, maybe no others, provide the same clarity, coherence, and scope.” —Christianity and Literature“The genius of Franke’s two-volume critical anthology on apophatic discourses is the work’s breadth and depth of engagement with the concept in variously distinct and even conflicting contexts. . . . Franke manages his sweeping and inclusive exploration of apophatic discourses by identifying a thematic lens for selecting his sources as part of a larger, conceptually-rooted genre of discourse. . . . the greatest strength of Franke’s two-volume collection resides in the sheer fact that nothing like it exists.” —Essays in Philosophy

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on how God speaks to us today through prophecies, dreams, visions, and other forms of divine communication.

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Book SynopsisFocussing on texts in the Hebrew Bible, and using feminist hermeneutics, Phyllis Trible brings out what she considers to be neglected themes and counter literature.

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Book SynopsisAn accessible introduction to the life and thought of one of the most influential theologians of our time.

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Book SynopsisHaving grown from lectures which Moltmann has given in predominantly secular institutions, this text covers theology and politics, theology and the changing values of the modern world, and theology and religion.

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Book SynopsisHere, Webster presents a trinitarian theology of holiness. According to this account, God's holiness is known not in his simple transcendence but in his gracious and free relationship to his creatures. That holiness finds an echo in the holiness of the Christian community.Trade Review"Webster's 'theological essay on holiness" (p.1) is a concentrated recollection of the reformers' fundamental theological insights of in the contemporary horizon of a challenged church. His plea for holiness is well based in that fundament of the church which cannot be disturbed by its current failures or decreasing acceptance. And this makes the essay a strong and strenghtening theological plea." Michael Weinrich, Freie Universität Berlin, Scottish Journal of Theology, Volume 58/3, 2005.

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Book SynopsisThis material was originally delivered at the 1990 Edward Cadbury Lectures in the University of Birmingham. Using poetry, story and philosophy, this book shows that theology cannot be reduced to conventional forms.

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Book SynopsisThe central thesis of The Christ-like God is that Jesus is the reflection in human life of the being of God.Trade Review"Bishop John V Taylor's treatment of the doctrine of God is quite magisterial...it gathers into one piece a whole rich theological and devotional treasury to sdmire, to savour and to enjoy." the Journal of Christian Doctrine and Philosophy

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Book SynopsisNew content for this new edition includes a new chapter on the nature of Christology according to the Catholic theologian, Roger Haight and a new chapter on John Macquarrie's Christology in Jesus Christ in Christian Thought, and Christology Revisited. It aims to offer a less pretentious and more credible Christology than traditional orthodoxy.Trade ReviewThe students of theology and philosophy as well as lay readers will find the book very interesting and highly readable. Hick's insights in the development of Christian culture and in other religious cultures will broaden the vision of the readers, and modify their perspectives about religion...Muslim readers will value this book for its contents supporting their stance regarding Christ...Arifa Farid, Islamic Times 1994

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Table of ContentsPreface; Preface to the New Edition; 1 The Problem of Spatial Concepts in Nicene Theology; 2 The Problem of Spatial Concepts in Reformation and Modern Theology; 3 Incarnation and Space and Time; Index

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Book SynopsisStarting with an analysis of the close relation of Trinity and revelation in Barth, Jüngel goes on to look at Barth''s action of divine objectivity in relation to human subjectivity. He closes with a discussion of the ontological implications of God''s self-manifestation at the Cross.This translation of Jüngel''s Gottes Sein ist in Werden also incorporates material from the 1975 German edition, together with a substantial new introduction by Professor John Webster.

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Book SynopsisSteven J. Duby (PhD, St Andrews, UK) is a member of the faculty at Grand Canyon University, USA.Trade ReviewWhat a magnificent book. The philosophical erudition of this book alone makes it worthwhile - Duby has a mastery of classical and analytic metaphysics. To this mastery, Duby adds a rich set of biblical reflections on his theme, demonstrating an equally sure-handed exegetical gift. And his brilliance in drawing upon the Church Fathers, Thomas Aquinas, and especially the greatest Protestant Scholastics forms yet another major contribution. In clear and penetrating prose, Duby takes up every possible challenge to divine simplicity and answers each one in a fashion that will be difficult, indeed in my view impossible, to refute. In sum, this book is a surpassing theological achievement of the very highest order. I commend it gratefully as required reading for all Christian theologians and philosophers. * Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary, USA *Table of Contents1. Introduction Chapter 1: Some Historical Bearings Chapter 2: Contours of a Dogmatic Approach Chapter 3: An Exegetical-Dogmatic Case for Divine Simplicity (Part One) Chapter 4: An Exegetical-Dogmatic Case for Divine Simplicity (Part Two) Chapter 5: Objections of Divine Simplicity Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Holy Spirit as the Universal Touch and GoalTrade ReviewThis is a good book, and a delight to read; one of the best you could read on the Spirit. Its author is an elderly theologian, a monk and priest of St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, a great ecumenist, a gifted writer and clearly a deeply spiritual man. He has a fine gift for language, and he wears his scholarship lightly. This is a book that deserves wide reading and deep pondering.PacificaChapter by chapter, insight by insight, the word ‘magisterial’ easily comes to mind. The book is a worthy capstone to a lifetime of distinguished scholarship, and it is must reading for anyone interested in a theology of the Holy Spirit.Sewanee Theological RevieMcDonnell has provided a helpful overview of the formation of the Christian doctrinal tradition concerning the Holy Spirit and has indicated a number of important implications and corollaries of this tradition for future theologizing.Anglican Theological ReviewMcDonnell's book covers a lot of territory and is difficult to summarize. He has synthesized the best work of the Trinity and on pneumatology done over the past quarter century. Although McDonnell is a systematic theologian, he is conversant with the work of New Testament exegetes, the patristic tradition, medieval monasticism, and contemporary studies on the Trinity by Congar, David Coffey, Catherine LaCugna, Walter Kasper, P. Florensky, H. Muehlen, John Zizioulas, and others. Some sections of this book simply took my breath away because of the author's profound knowledge of the theological tradition wedded to his language, which at times melts into poetry. It is difficult for me to recommend this book too highly.Richard Penaskovic, Auburn University, Alabama. The Heythrop Journal, LondonIt is . . . a wonderful snapshot of how to do theology (and pneumatology) in a postmodern and postfundationalistic world.PNEUMAThis carefully researched and beautifully written volume is the chef d'oeuvre of one of the most distinguished monastic scholars in our time. For McDonnell 'to do pneumatology is to do Trinity.' His study of the Spirit, therefore, is not only a much-needed exercise in pneumatology; it also provides a comprehensive view of Christ, church, Trinity and eschatology. Long-awaited and heartily welcomed, The Other Hand of God will find its place anywhere the core of Christian faith is taken seriously.Michael Downey, Author Altogether Gift: A Trinitarian Spirituality. . . it is a work of serious scholarship, whose deceptively light style belies the weight of research and analysis it represents. It would make a fine contribution to any class on pneumatology or spirituality at an undergraduate or graduate level.Theology TodayMcDonnell is especially illuminating in his treatment of early Christian and patristic sources, and is a sure guide to key puzzlements about the mission and identity of the One concerning whom Hilary of Poitiers said, 'We should neither be silent nor should we speak.' The Christian CenturyTable of ContentsTo Do Pneumatology is to Do Trinity; Struggling with Ambiguity; The Way of Doxology; To Do Pneumatology is to Do Eschatology; Movement Toward Fixity: Holy Spirit in Patristic Eschatology; To Do Pneumatology Is to Start at the Beginning,; No Unified Vision in the New Testament; Losing the Battle to Stay with the Imprecision of the Scriptures; The Mission of the Spirit: Junior Grade?; God Beyond the Self of God; The Return: The Highway Back to the Father; The Spirit Is the Touch of God; The Tradition of Subordinationism; Basil: Not Subordination but Communion of Life with the Father and the Son; Gregory Nazianzus: The Divine Pedagogy in Steps; The Council of Constantinople: The Triumph of Discretion; To Do Pneumatology is to Start with Experience; Experience of the Spirit in the Early Church; William of St. Thierry: 'So I May Know by Experience,'; Bernard of Clairvaux: 'Today We Read in the Book of Experience,'; The Role of Pneumatology in an Integral Theology,; The Continuing Quest for a Theology of the Holy Spirit,; Toward a Theology in the Holy Spirit."

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Book SynopsisCovering 30,000 years of goddess worship, this fascinating book is the first and most comprehensive biographical dictionary devoted exclusively to mythological deities.Trade Review"This comprehensive guide is the first of its kind and covers 30,000 years of goddess worship. For academic and large public libraries." - Library Journal

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Book SynopsisMáire Byrne is Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Old Testament Theologyat Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Ireland, and the Pontifical University in Maynooth, Ireland.Table of Contents1. Interfaith Dialogue and Comparative Theology; 2. Names and Naming; 3. Names of God in the Hebrew Bible; 4. Names of God in the New Testament; 5. 99 Most Beautiful Names of Allah; 6. Comparative Theologies and the Names of God; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisT. Ryan Byerly is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Regent University, USA.Trade ReviewT. Ryan Byerly offers a refreshingly original account of how divine foreknowledge and providence might be achieved. This is an important contribution to philosophical theology and metaphysics which should be studied and discussed widely in coming years. * Yujin Nagasawa, Professor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, UK *Byerly provides an insightful overview of the argument for theological fatalism, argues (rightly, I believe) that it cannot succeed unless divine foreknowledge entails causal determinism, and proposes that God's ordering of times can account for his infallible foreknowledge while leaving human freedom intact. This is a novel approach to a well-nigh intractable problem and should command the attention of anyone with a serious interest in the dilemma of divine foreknowledge and human freedom. * David P. Hunt, Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair, Whittier College, USA *Several things impress here: First, the ingenuity and clarity of the argument; second, the fact that Byerly and other analytic philosophers are engaging religious topics seriously. Even those (like me) who prefer to work in a different idiom, and those are not entirely persuaded, can be grateful for the rigor of their contributions. -- Peter Leithart * First Things *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: From the Existence of Infallible Divine Foreknowledge to Its Mechanics Chapter One: The Foreknowledge Argument Chapter Two: Foreknowledge and Explaining the Absence of Freedom Chapter Three: Foreknowledge and Causal Determinism PART TWO: A Time-Ordering Account of Foreknowledge and Providence Chapter Four: Time-Ordering and Foreknowledge Chapter Five: Time-Ordering and Providence Chapter Six: The Value and Future of the Time-Ordering Story Bibliography

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Book SynopsisHick addresses many of the major issues posing challenges to contemporary Christian belief, and offers his much-debated proposal for a Copernican revolution in our understanding of Christianity and the wider religious life of humanity.Trade Review"it is a useful collection of essays." * The Friend *

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