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Providence of God Deus habet consilium

Print Book, Undefined,
T & T Clark, London,
[electronic resource] : 1 online resource (xi, 338 p.)
9780567329127, 9780567033413, 0567329127, 0567033414
1355342982
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction / Philip G. Ziegler and Francesca Aran Murphy -- Aquinas on the book of Job : providence and presumption / Matthew Levering -- Providence and causality : on divine innocence / David Bentley Hart -- Providence in 1 Samuel / Francesca Aran Murphy -- Hegel, theodicy and the invisibility of waste / Cyril O'Regan -- Providence and common grace / Andrew McGowan -- Time and persons in the economy of God / Douglas Knight -- The doctrine of providence/ Katherine Sonderegger -- On the theology of providence / John Webster -- Providence and the evolutionary phenomenon of 'cooperation' : a systematic proposal / Sarah Coakley -- The secularization of providence : theological reflections on the appeal to Darwinism in recent atheist apologetics / Alister E. McGrath -- Creation, predestination and divind providence / Nicholas J. Healy -- From Prudentius to President Bush : providence, empire and paranoia / Stephen H. Webb -- Providence and political discernment / Charles Mathewes -- Patience and lament : living faithfully in the presence of suffering / John Swinton -- Why this? Why me? : a theological reflection on ethics and providence / Hans S. Reinders -- The uses of providence in public theology / Philip G. Ziegler
This text comprises a comprehensive analysis of the doctrine of providence, from historical, philosophical-theological, systematic and practical perspectives. The essays in this book discuss the doctrine of providence from four central angles. First, three chapters give an historical introduction to the modern interpretation of the notion of providence, examining how it was progressively naturalised and secularized in modern times. Second, over seven chapters, and from different perspectives, the book restates the Christian notion of providence in relation to the problem of evil and the theory