The Providence of God by David Fergusson
The concept of providence is embedded in the life and theology of the church. Its uses are frequent and varied in understandings of politics, nature, and individual life-stories. Parallels can be discerned in other faiths. In this volume, David Fergusson traces the development of providential ideas at successive periods in church history. These include the early appropriation of Stoic and Platonic ideas, the codification of providence in the Middle Ages, its foregrounding in Reformed theology, and its secular applications in the modern era. Responses to the Lisbon earthquake (1755) provide an instructive case study. Although confidence in divine providence was shaken after 1914, several models were advanced during the twentieth century. Drawing upon this diversity of approaches, Fergusson offers a chastened but constructive account for the contemporary church. Arguing for a polyphonic approach, he aims to distribute providence across all three articles of the faith.-
The Theological Imagination
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The Eucharist and Ecumenism
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Christ the Key
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Constructive Theology and Gender Variance
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Why the Cross?
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The Humility of the Eternal Son
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Divinity and Humanity
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God's Presence
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The Just War Revisited
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Christ and Horrors
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Holy Scripture
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Providence, Evil and Salvation
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Divine Action and the Human Mind
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Reconfiguring Thomistic Christology
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Law and the Rule of God
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Reconsidering John Calvin
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Rethinking Paul
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An Augustinian Christology
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Reading the Bible Theologically
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Theology without Metaphysics
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Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine
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Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies?
'[An] eirenic and very engaging contribution to CUP's excellent Current Issues in Theology series' John Saxbee, Church Times
'… The Providence of God is essential reading for anyone researching the doctrine of providence.' Terry J. Wright, International Journal of Systematic Theology
'… The Providence of God is essential reading for anyone researching the doctrine of providence.' Terry J. Wright, International Journal of Systematic Theology
David Fergusson is Professor of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author and editor of over fifteen books, including Faith and Its Critics (2009), based on the Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Glasgow. A Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, he is co-editor (with Mark Elliott) of a three-volume History of Scottish Theology (forthcoming).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108475006 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108475000 |
| Title | The Providence of God |
| Author | David Fergusson |
| Series | Current Issues In Theology |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2018-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 386 |
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