Together Bound

God, History, and the Religious Community

By: Frank G. Kirkpatrick

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Hardcover | 1 June 1997

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Challenging the assumption that the concept of divine action is necessarily paradoxical, on the grounds that God is radically transcendent of finitude, or can perform only a master act of creating and sustaining the universe, Frank Kirkpatrick defends as philosophically credible the Christian conviction that God is a personal Agent who also acts in particular historical moments to further the divine intention of fostering universal community. Kirkpatrick claims that God and the world are distinct realities "together bound" in a mutual relationship of reciprocal historical action. In this relationship, God both acts upon and responds to human beings in specific moments in their history. The implications of this claim for understanding the biblical narrative, the problem of evil, cosmological theories, and the realism of Christian community are pursued.

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"Kirkpatrick lays fundamental theological foundations for Christian community....Essential reading."--Living Church "The text is well written and interspersed with a great many sub-headings which give the reader a feeling that he is in safe hands."--Expository Times "A clear, and stimulating, defence of divine action."--Theology "Kirkpatrick's book is written for scholars, but it will be of interest to students and laypersons as well."--Theology Today "Kirkpatrick lays fundamental theological foundations for Christian community....Essential reading."--Living Church "The text is well written and interspersed with a great many sub-headings which give the reader a feeling that he is in safe hands."--Expository Times "A clear, and stimulating, defence of divine action."--Theology "Kirkpatrick's book is written for scholars, but it will be of interest to students and laypersons as well."--Theology Today

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Preface	p. vii
Notes	p. xii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Situating Our Knowledge of God in Relationship	p. 3
Notes	p. 13
Alternative Views of God: Monism, Dualism, Pluralism	p. 14
Notes	p. 27
Dualism	p. 28
Notes	p. 37
Refining Dualism	p. 39
Notes	p. 52
Persons and Agents	p. 54
Notes	p. 78
God: the Supreme Historical Agent	p. 80
Notes	p. 101
Refining the Concept of God as Agent	p. 103
Notes	p. 125
The Credibility of Biblical Claims That God Has Acted Historically and the Problem of Evil	p. 126
Notes	p. 141
Refining the Biblical Picture of God's Actions in History	p. 163
The Challenge and Possibility of Christian Community	p. 165
Notes	p. 180
Appendix: Bibliography of Sources on Act(s) of God in the World	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 187
Index	p. 193
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