Together bound : God, history, and the religious community.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkpatrick, Frank G., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Knowableness.

God.

History--Religious aspects--Christianity.

History.

Faith.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 195 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Challenging traditional views of God's transcendence, this study views God and the Christian community as distinct realities bound in a mutual relationship of reciprocal historical action. The author pursues the implications of this understanding for various theological problems.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Situating Our Knowledge of God in Relationship; 2. Alternative Views of God: Monism, Dualism, Pluralism; 3. Dualism; 4. Refining Dualism; 5. Persons and Agents; 6. God: The Supreme Historical Agent; 7. Refining the Concept of God as Agent; 8. The Credibility of Biblical Claims That God Has Acted Historically and the Problem of Evil; 9. Refining the Biblical Picture of God's Actions in History; 10. The Challenge and Possibility of Christian Community; Appendix: Bibliography of Sources on Act(s) of God in the World; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774178-9

1-280-60017-9

9786610600175

0-19-535937-2

1-4237-3811-X

OCLC:

191952976