This book will offer an account not so much of God's Providence an sich, but rather of divine providence as experienced by believers and unbelievers. It will not ask questions about whether and how God knows the future, or how suffering can be accounted for (as is the case in the treatments by William Lane Craig, Richard Swinburne, or J. Sanders), but will focus on prayer and decision-making as a faithful and/or desperate response to the perception of God as having some controlling influence. The following gives an idea of the ground to be covered: The patristic foundations of the Christian view of Providence; The medieval synthesis of 'objective' and 'subjective' views; Reformational and Early Modern: the shift towards piety; Modern Enlightenment: Providence and Ethics; Barth and the Sceptics; The sense of Providence in the Modern Novel and World.
| ISBN: | 9783110310566 |
| Publication date: | 30th March 2015 |
| Author: | M W Elliott |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 342 pages |
| Series: | Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of religion Prayer and prayer books History of religion Christianity |
This book will offer an account not so much of God's Providence an sich, but rather of divine providence as experienced by believers and unbelievers. It will not ask questions about whether and how God knows the future, or how suffering can be accounted for (as is the case in the treatments by William Lane Craig, Richard Swinburne, or J. Sanders), but will focus on prayer and decision-making as a faithful and/or desperate response to the perception of God as having some controlling influence. The following gives an idea of the ground to be covered: The patristic foundations of the Christian view of Providence; The medieval synthesis of 'objective' and 'subjective' views; Reformational and Early Modern: the shift towards piety; Modern Enlightenment: Providence and Ethics; Barth and the Sceptics; The sense of Providence in the Modern Novel and World.
Providence Perceived features in the following genres: Prayer and prayer books, Philosophy of religion, History of religion, Christianity
Providence Perceived is available in Hardback
Providence Perceived was written by M W Elliott and published by De Gruyter
Providence Perceived has 342 pages
Yes it is part of Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte series
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