Divine Providence and Human Agency - Trinity, Creation and Freedom

Divine Providence and Human Agency develops an understanding of God and God's relation to creation that perceives God as sovereign over creation while, at the same time, allowing for a meaningful notion of human freedom. This book provides a bridge between contemporary approaches that emphasise human freedom, such as process theology and those influenced by it, and traditional theologies that stress divine omnipotence. This volume offers an important contribution to the debate of the doctrine of God in the context of an evolutionary universe.

List of contents

Contents: Introduction; God's transcendence and eternity; Divine omnipotence and human freedom; Divine activity in creation; A cruciform universe; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Alexander S. Jensen is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Murdoch University and Principal of the Perth Theological Hall, Perth, Western Australia. Dr Jensen is a native of Germany. He studied theology at the universities of Tÿbingen, Durham and Oxford. He served as a parish priest in Stockton-on-Tees, UK, and became Lecturer in Divinity at the Church of Ireland Theological College with Trinity College, Dublin. In 2002 he was appointed to his current position. Dr Jensen's publications include Theological Hermeneutics (SCM Core Text) (London: SCM Press, 2007) and John's Gospel as Witness: The Development of the early Christian Language of Faith (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004).

Product details

• Authors: Alexander S Jensen, Alexander S. Jensen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2018
• EAN: 9781138546004
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54600-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis