John Oman and His Doctrine of God

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Bevans, SVD, is Professor of Mission and Culture, Emeritus, at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. Among his books are Models of Contextual Theology (2002) and An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective (2009).Clemens Sedmak is Professor of Social Ethics at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of many books, including Doing Local Theology (2002), A Church of the Poor (2016), and The Capacity to be Displaced (2017). Klappentext This book sets the Scottish theologian John Oman (1860 1939) in his historical and cultural context. Zusammenfassung This book systematizes the thoughts on God which are scattered throughout Oman's writings! and places Oman in his historical and cultural context of the late nineteenth and early and twentieth centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. A harmonizer of opposites; 2. A theologian between two centuries; 3. An experiential method; 4. A personal God; 5. A God of omnipotent love; 6. The God of Jesus Christ; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Bevans
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2007
• EAN: 9780521044073
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04407-3
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Philosophy, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine