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OverviewThe question of God is the basis of all theology, although this does not coincide with faith or piety. The title of this book may therefore be seen as a personal plea; it is impossible to talk about God without defining one's own position. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anton HoutepenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.744kg ISBN: 9780826459503ISBN 10: 0826459501 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 01 August 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock ![]() Table of ContentsTaking leave of God; the many colours of agnosis; the despairing question; where is God; traces of God; the human emotions; can God be found in history?; God who creates and cares; the Holy Pneuma of God; towards a God who allows Himself to be thought; revelation and experience.ReviewsI commend this work to you as a disquieting beginning to rethinking God for our own existence in post-modernity and for our reasonable discourse with others in the new age. <br> The Living Church, June 9, 2002<br> With a focus on the issue of truth, the author rejects any metaphysic of this world and another world, while accepting a real experience of transcendence. There are insights here which are lacking in Anglo-American discussion of God talk. --Edward Schillebeeckx I commend this work to you as a disquieting beginning to rethinking God for our own existence in post-modernity and for our reasonable discourse with others in the new age. The Living Church, June 9, 2002 With a focus on the issue of truth, the author rejects any metaphysic of this world and another world, while accepting a real experience of transcendence. There are insights here which are lacking in Anglo-American discussion of God talk. Edward Schillebeeckx I commend this work to you as a disquieting beginning to rethinking God for our own existence in post-modernity and for our reasonable discourse with others in the new age. The Living Church, June 9, 2002 He clearly knows his stuff, and that's why I'd want to put the book in the 'right' category. Dr Giles Fraser, Church Times, 13/09/02. Author InformationAnton Houtepen is a Roman Catholic. He is professor of Ecumenical theology at the University of Utrecht. He is also the Inter-University Institute for Missiology and Ecumenics there. In 1984 SCM Press published his book People of God. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |