"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 of evolution. Third, in two chapters, the book exhibits providence as a core theme in systematic theology. Finally, over three chapters, the book shows the ethical and political relevance of the doctrine of providence today."--Bloomsbury Publishing
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 of evolution. Third, in two chapters, the book exhibits providence as a core theme in systematic theology.  Finally, over three chapters, the book shows the ethical and political relevance of the doctrine of providence today.

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edited by Francesca Aran Murphy and Philip G. Ziegler

Francesca Aran Murphy; Philip Gordon Ziegler

Philip G. Ziegler, Francesca Aran Murphy

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

T & T Clark, T & T Clark

T&T Clark; Bloomsbury

Francesca Aran Murphy

Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury UK

Cassell

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

London, New York, England, 2009

London, London, ©2009

1, 20090813

1, PS, 2009

lg2531978

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction
Part I: History of the Doctrine of Providence
Chapter 1: Aquinas on the Book of Job: Providence and Presumption
I. Introduction
II. Job, Holy and Wise
III. A Teacher Who Scandalizes His Auditors
IV. Job’s Friends
V. The Hero of the Book of J ob: God
VI. Concluding Reflections
Notes
Chapter 2: Providence and Causality: On Divine Innocence
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VI
Notes
Chapter 3: Providence in 1 Samuel
I. The Patristic and Medieval Church was Not Especially Interested in 1 Samuel
II. Providence as Circular (Fortune)
III. Medieval Drama
IV. Historical Consciousness versus Historical Records
V. Dramatic Interpretation: Hamlet
VI. Historical Records and Historical Consciousness versus Historicism
VII. Providence in What Doesn’t Happen in 1 Samuel
Notes
Chapter 4: Hegel, Theodicy and the Invisibility of Waste
I. Refiguring Providence: Philosophical Contours
II. Providence and Trinitarian Thought
III. Memory, Forgetting and the Doxological Trinity
IV. Concluding Reflections
Notes
Chapter 5: Providence and Common Grace
I. Introduction
II. John Calvin
III. Post-Reformation Theology
IV. Abraham Kuyper
V. Herman Bavinck
VI. Application
VII. Conclusion
Notes
Part II: Doctrines of Providence: Systematic Theology
Chapter 6: Time and Persons in the Economy of God
I. The Doctrine of God
II. Time, Persons and Plurality
III. Time and Persons
IV. The Son and the Spirit
V. The Church and the Eucharist
VI. Time and Eschatology
VII. The Economy of the Father
Notes
Chapter 7: The Doctrine of Providence
I. Mystery and Governance
II. Death and Life
III. Complete at Creation?
IV. Continuing Creation?
V. Providence over against Divine Causality
VI. The Proper Doctrine of Providence
VII. Sacrifice
VIII. The Divine Direction
Chapter 8: On the Theology of Providence
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Notes
Part III: Science and Providence
Chapter 9: Providence and the Evolutionary Phenomenon of ‘Cooperation’: A Systematic Proposal
I. Introduction: How a Game Theoretical Account of Evolutionary ‘Cooperation’ Makes a Difference to Classic Darwinism
II. A Thought Experiment to Link Classical Christian Theism (in the Thomistic Tradition) and Evolutionary ‘Cooperation’
Notes
Select Bibliography
Chapter 10: The Secularization of Providence: Theological Reflections on the Appeal to Darwinism in Recent Atheist Apologetics
I. ‘Universal Darwinism’
II. Darwinism as a Scientific Theory
III. Providence and Human Observation
IV. Teleology in Nature
V. ‘Convergent Evolution’
VI. ‘I believe in design because I believe in God’
Notes
Chapter 11: Creation, Predestination and Divine Providence
I. Designing Humans
II. Hans Jonas on the Loss of Nature in Early Modern Science
III. Thomas Aquinas on Creation and the Real Distinction between Esse and Essentia
IV. Predestination in Christ
Notes
Part IV: Providence, Politics and Ethics
Chapter 12: From Prudentius to President Bush: Providence, Empire and Paranoia
I. Political Theory Needs a Doctrine of Providence
II. The Doctrine of Providence Needs Political Events
III. Augustine and The City of God
IV. Prudentius and Providence
V. George W. Bush: The Providential President
VI. ‘Paranoid Politics’
VII. Providence Displaces Paranoina
Notes
Chapter 13: Providence and Political Discernment
I. Theological Prolegomena: What is Providence?
II. Providence and Politics
III. Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 14: Patience and Lament: Living Faithfully in the Presence of Suffering
I. Reframing the ‘Problem of Suffering’
II. A Pastoral Theology of Divine Providence
III. Lament Psalms as the Language of Providence in the Face of Suffering
IV. The Formfulness of Suffering
V. Patience and Lament: Living Patiently, Living Faithfully
VI. Mirroring the Patience of God
VII. Living in God’s Time: Patience and Lament in the Fullness of Time
VIII. Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 15: Why This? Why Me? A Theological Reflection on Ethics and Providence
I. Connecting Ethics and Providence
II. Introducing the ‘ Why? ’ Question
III. Silence
IV. The Mistake of Ancient Poets and Philosophers
V. Knowledge of the Heart
VI. Discerning ‘with Becoming Humility’
VII. ‘Provided Our Eyes Be Pure’
VIII. Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 16: The Uses of Providence in Public Theology
I. Introduction
II. Two Cautionary Histories of the Politics of Providence
III. Some Concluding Remarks on Providence and Politics
Notes
Epilogue
Index

<br>
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.
<p>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 of evolution.&nbsp;Third, in two chapters, the book exhibits providence as a core theme in systematic theology.&nbsp; Finally, over three chapters, the book shows the ethical and political relevance of the doctrine of providence today.</p>

Introduction - - Part I: History Of The Doctrine Of Providence - - Part Ii: Doctrines Of Providence: Systematic Theology - - Part Iii: Science And Providence - - Part Iv: Providence, Politics And Ethics. Edited By Francesca Aran Murphy And Philip G. Ziegler. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

2020-05-31