Divine Providence and Human Agency: Trinity, Creation and Freedom

ISBN-13: 9781138546004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Alexander S. Jensen

Opis

Divine Providence and Human Agency develops an understanding of God and God's relation to creation that perceives God as sovereign over creation while, at the same time, allowing for a meaningful notion of human freedom. This book provides a bridge between contemporary approaches that emphasise human freedom, such as process theology and those influenced by it, and traditional theologies that stress divine omnipotence. This volume offers an important contribution to the debate of the doctrine of God in the context of an evolutionary universe.

Recenzje

'The book is serious and worthwhile, written clearly and forcefully.' Reformation ’...a valuable and challenging contribution to a subject too much neglected in contemporary theology. Its attempt to link providential theology with the doctrine of the Trinity, divine eternity and the nature of theological language deserves further scholarly attention.’ Theology ’Divine Providence and Human Agency should be well regarded for its theological acuity and nuance.’ Journal of Theological Studies

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; God’s transcendence and eternity; Divine omnipotence and human freedom; Divine activity in creation; A cruciform universe; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Alexander S. Jensen is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Murdoch University and Principal of the Perth Theological Hall, Perth, Western Australia. Dr Jensen is a native of Germany. He studied theology at the universities of Tübingen, Durham and Oxford. He served as a parish priest in Stockton-on-Tees, UK, and became Lecturer in Divinity at the Church of Ireland Theological College with Trinity College, Dublin. In 2002 he was appointed to his current position. Dr Jensen's publications include Theological Hermeneutics (SCM Core Text) (London: SCM Press, 2007) and John's Gospel as Witness: The Development of the early Christian Language of Faith (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004).