The Providence of God Deus habet consilium

by Murphy, Francesca Aran; Ziegler, Philip G.

• ISBN13: 9780567033406
• ISBN10: 0567033406
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

A comprehensive analysis of the doctrine of providence, from historical, philosophical-theological, systematic and practical perspectives.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1) HISTORY OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE Matthew Levering, "Aquinas on the Book of Job: Providence and Presumption" David Bentley Hart, "Providence and Causality: On Divine Innocence"Francesca Aran Murphy, "Providence in I Samuel"Cyril O'Regan, Hegel, "Theodicy, and the Invisibility of Waste"Andrew McGowan, "Providence and Common Grace" 2) DOCTRINES OF PROVIDENCE (SYSTEMATICS)Douglas Knight, "Time and Persons in the Economy of God"Katherine Sonderegger, "The Doctrine of Providence" John Webster, "On the Theology of Providence"3) SCIENCE AND PROVIDENCESarah Coakley, "Providence and the Evolutionary Phenomenon of ‘Cooperation': A Systematic Proposal"Alister McGrath, "The Secularization of providence: Theological Reflections on the Appeal to Darwinism in Recent Atheist Apologetics"Nicholas J. Healy, "Creation, Predestination and Divine Providence" 4) PROVIDENCE, POLITICS, ETHICSStephen Webb, "From Prudentius to President Bush: Providence, Empire, and Paranoia" Charles Mathewes, "Providence and Political Discernment" John Swinton, "Patience and Lament: Living Faithfully in the Presence of Suffering" Hans S. Reinders, "Why This? Why Me? A Theological Reflection on Ethics and Providence" Philip Ziegler, "The Uses of Providence in Public Theology" AFTERWARDDavid Fergusson, Epilogue