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Book SynopsisThis book argues that theism has always understood the divine as awaiting human cognisance and worship.
Trade Review"This book is concerned to stress the reciprocity and mutual trust that subsist between the divine and the human. Creation was not so much an act of power as a gift or delegation of God's own creativity... the act of creation was a risk in which God entrusted himself to human beings, who have the possibility of becoming co-workers, but are not forced to be such. This general thesis is then illustrated and confirmed in an examination in some of the major areas of human endeavour. The argument is enlivened throughout by a wealth of illustration from literature." -- John MacQuarrie, DD, formerly Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Oxford.
"Bishop Cragg develops the case for Christian theism in a book that will challenge the confident agnostic or atheist no less than the Muslim or Jew. This is a distinguished book in a crowded field." -- Shabbir Akhtar, International Islamic University, Malaysia.
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Professor Paul Preston; Acknowledgements; The Climate of Appeasement; The Paris Embassy and the Impact of Berlin; The Paris Milieu: Anglo-French Relations and the Foreign Office; The First Five Months (AprilSeptember 1937); Decline of the Popular Front and the Anschluss (October 1937-10 March 1938); The May Week-end Crisis and its Aftermath (11 March-31 August 1938); The Munich Crisis (September 1938); From Munich to the Polish Guarantee (October 1938 to 31 March 1939); The Outbreak of War and Retirement (17 March to 23 October 1939); Conclusions and a Postscript; Appendix: Principal Officials in Phipps's Paris Embassy; Index.
