Purpose and Providence: Taking Soundings in Western Thought, Literature and Theology 9780567663429

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Автор: Vernon White
Название: Purpose and Providence: Taking Soundings in Western Thought, Literature and Theology
ISBN: 9780567663429
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
Классификация:

Христианская теология

ISBN-10: 0567663426
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 184
Вес: 0.44 кг.
Дата издания: 22.10.2015
Серия: Religion/Theology
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Colour illustrations
Размер: 234 x 156 x 13
Читательская аудитория: Tertiary education (us: college)
Ключевые слова: Christian theology,Theology, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology,RELIGION / Faith,RELIGION / Theology
Основная тема: Christian theology,RELIGION / Theology,RELIGION / Faith,RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology,Theology
Подзаголовок: Taking soundings in western thought, literature and theology
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Do our lives have purpose? Despite the rise of secularism, we are still confronted by a sense of meaning and direction in the events of history and our own lives - something which is beyond us and not our own creation/imagination. Using the novels of Thomas Hardy and Julian Barnes, Vernon White tracks this belief in intellectual history and tests its resilience in modern literature. Both novelists portray modern and late-modern scenarios where, although the idea of an objective purpose has been deconstructed, it still haunts the protagonists. Using literature as the starting point, the discussion moves on to an exploration of this belief in its theological form, through the doctrine of providence. White critically reviews the classic canon of providence and its pressure points - the problems in divine causality, the metaphysical assumptions required in its acceptance, and the contradictions to be found between Gods purpose and the metanarratives of history. Using Barth and Frei, White suggests new ways of re-imagining divine providence to take account of these issues. The credibility of this re-defined providence is then tested against scripture, experience and praxis, with the result being an understanding of providence that does not rely on empirical progress.
Дополнительное описание: Preface Introduction: something lost and found 1. Mapping meaning and purpose: a brief history of ideas 2. Loss, love and recovery: a literary story 3. Purpose and providence in theology: roots and developments of a core belief 4. Some

Purpose and Providence: Taking Soundings in Western Thought, Literature and Theology, Vernon White