The Providence of God Deus habet consilium

by Murphy, Francesca Aran; Ziegler, Philip G.

• ISBN13: 9780567033413
• ISBN10: 0567033414
• Format: Paperback
• 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.

Author Biography

Dr Francesca Aran Murphy is Lecturer in Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen. Philip G Ziegler is a Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
History of the Doctrine of Providence
Aquinas on the Book of Job: Providence and Presumption	p. 7
Providence and Causality: On Divine Innocence	p. 34
Providence in 1 Samuel	p. 57
Hegel, Theodicy and the Invisibility of Waste	p. 75
Providence and Common Grace	p. 109
Doctrines of Providence: Systematic Theology
Time and Persons in the Economy of God	p. 131
The Doctrine of Providence	p. 144
On the Theology of Providence	p. 158
Science and Providence
Providence and the Evolutionary Phenomenon of 'Cooperation': A Systematic Proposal	p. 179
The Secularization of Providence: Theological Reflections on the Appeal to Darwinism in Recent Atheist Apologetics	p. 194
Creation, Predestination and Divine Providence	p. 208
Providence, Politics and Ethics
From Prudentius to President Bush: Providence, Empire and Paranoia	p. 231
Providence and Political Discernment	p. 255
Patience and Lament: Living Faithfully in the Presence of Suffering	p. 275
Why This? Why Me? A Theological Reflection on Ethics and Providence	p. 290
The Uses of Providence in Public Theology	p. 307
Epilogue	p. 326
Index	p. 335
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