God's Wider Presence: Reconsidering General Revelation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780801049453)

What are we to make of those occasional yet illuminating experiences of God's presence that occur outside both church and Scripture? We may encounter God's revelatory presence as we experience a beautiful sunset, the birth of a child, or a work of art, music, or literature. While theologians have tended to describe such experiences abstractly as mere traces or echoes, those involved often recognize such moments of transcendence as transformative.

Here senior theologian Robert Johnston explores how Christians should think theologically about God's wider revelatory presence that is mediated outside the church through creation, conscience, and culture. The book offers a robust, constructive biblical theology of general revelation, rooting its insights in the broader Trinitarian work of the Spirit. Drawing in part from the author's theological engagement with film and the arts, the book helps Christians understand personal moments of experiencing God's transcendence and accounts for revelatory experiences of those outside the believing community. It also shows how God's revelatory presence can impact our interaction with nonbelievers and those of other faiths.

Author: Robert K. Johnston
ISBN-10: 0801049458
ISBN-13: 9780801049453
Publisher: Baker Academic
Language: English
Published: 10/21/2014
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.14w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
CBA Retailers 01/01/2015 pg. 38
Choice 05/01/2015 pg. 1518