Providence Perceived

Mark W. Elliott

Mark W. Elliott

Providence Perceived

Divine Action from a Human Point of View

In: Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 124

De Gruyter | 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110310641

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This book will offer an account not so much of God’s Providence an sich, but rather of divine providence as experienced by believers and unbelievers. It will not ask questions about whether and how God knows the future, or how suffering can be accounted for (as is the case in the treatments by William Lane Craig, Richard Swinburne, or J. Sanders), but will focus on prayer and decision-making as a faithful and/or desperate response to the perception of God as having some controlling influence. The following gives an idea of the ground to be covered: The patristic foundations of the Christian view of Providence; The medieval synthesis of ‘objective’ and ‘subjective’ views; Reformational and Early Modern: the shift towards piety; Modern Enlightenment: Providence and Ethics; Barth and the Sceptics; The sense of Providence in the Modern Novel and World.

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Mark W. Elliott, University of St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Acknowledgement Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	v
Contents Free access PDF PDF	vii
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
Chapter One: Providence in the early Christian Church’s Theology Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	5
Chapter Two: The Medieval Account of Providence Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	55
Chapter Three: Later Medieval Developments Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	104
Chapter Four: Reformation Providence Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	135
Chapter Five: The Doctrine’s Fortunes in the Early Modern Era Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	173
Chapter Six: The Enlightenment’s ongoing Challenge to the Doctrine of Providence Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	202
Chapter Seven: Providence in twentieth-century theological discussion Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	231
Chapter Eight: Coming up to date: works in the last five years Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	279
Conclusion Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	291
Bibliography Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	295
Index of Scripture References Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	325
Index of Key Figures Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	328

Providence Perceived

Divine Action from a Human Point of View

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