Mystery And Agency Of God

Preface

Introduction

1. Otherness And Oneness: Rival Conceptions Of God

2. Establishing The Primordiality Of The Agent, Act, And Agency

3. Edward Pols And The Metaphysics Of Agency

4. The Metaphysical Conditions For God As Agent

5. How Can God Act In The World?

6. Theology And The Discernment Of Divine Acts In History

7. Coda On The Mystery Of God As Agent

Bibliography

Additional Info
There are two philosophical commitments requisite to Christian belief: that God is the ultimate mystery and that God is present and active in the world. Attempting to avoid the trappings of a radical distantiation and the immanent collapse of God and world, Frank Kirkpatrick argues for a theory of agency and action that preserves the mystery of God while providing a philosophically robust account of divine action in created time and space. Kirkpatrick proposes a way around the stalemates that have stymied thought on divine agency and enters into conversation with significant figures in systematic theology.