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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809411603321

Autore

Elliott M. W (Mark W.)

Titolo

Providence perceived : divine action from a human point of view / / Mark W. Elliott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

3-11-038297-0

3-11-031064-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Collana

Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, , 1861-5996 ; ; Band 124

Disciplina

231.5

Soggetti

Providence and government of God

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Providence in the early Christian Church’s Theology -- Chapter Two: The Medieval Account of Providence -- Chapter Three: Later Medieval Developments -- Chapter Four: Reformation Providence -- Chapter Five: The Doctrine’s Fortunes in the Early Modern Era -- Chapter Six: The Enlightenment’s ongoing Challenge to the Doctrine of Providence -- Chapter Seven: Providence in twentieth-century theological discussion -- Chapter Eight: Coming up to date: works in the last five years -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Scripture References -- Index of Key Figures

Sommario/riassunto

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.