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John Oman and his Doctrine of God Stephen Bevans

John Oman and his Doctrine of God By Stephen Bevans

John Oman and his Doctrine of God by Stephen Bevans


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This book systematizes the thoughts on God which are scattered throughout Oman's writings, and places Oman in his historical and cultural context of the late nineteenth and early and twentieth centuries.

John Oman and his Doctrine of God Summary

John Oman and his Doctrine of God by Stephen Bevans

The Scottish theologian John Oman (1860-1939) conceived of God in terms of a personal reality who calls forth - rather than inhibits - freedom, creativity, and responsibility. Although he never wrote a book on God as such, all Oman's thought is based on this conception of God's radically personal nature and gracious - though often challenging - dealing with humanity. This book systematizes the thoughts on God which are scattered throughout Oman's writings, and places Oman in his historical and cultural context of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the picture which emerges, evil and suffering are the result of cosmic independence and human freedom; God's power is revealed not in his ability to override human freedom, but in the patience to deal with its consequences, which include the emergence of moral and physical evil. For Oman, God's face has been revealed most clearly in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, whose gracious dealing with men and women shows God to be both eternal Father and abiding Spirit.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. A harmonizer of opposites; 2. A theologian between two centuries; 3. An experiential method; 4. A personal God; 5. A God of omnipotent love; 6. The God of Jesus Christ; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Additional information

NLS9780521044073
9780521044073
0521044073
John Oman and his Doctrine of God by Stephen Bevans
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2007-11-05
188
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