A Joyful Theology: Creation, Commitment, and an Awesome God

by Sara Maitland

Overview

In A Joyful Theology, Sara Maitland writes, "I am going to try to look at the creation ... in the assumption that it was made by God. I am not looking for evidence for God, but evidence of God -- in much the same way that art critics use the very shape and weight of brushstrokes as evidence as to which artist painted a particular picture. God made the world, so it must be marked with God's brushstrokes, God's voice patterns, God's fingerprints, God's DNA. What sort of picture of God can I build up from this evidence?" Maitland's lively and entertaining exploration builds up a picture of a God who inspires awe, who calls us to be committed to one another, and who invites us to live in joy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451418170
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	09/28/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	693 KB

About the Author

Sara Maitland lives in County Durham, England, where she is researching for a cultural history of silence. Her first novel, Daughter of Jerusalem, won the Somerset Maugham Award. She has written other works of theology, including A Big Enough God and Angel and Me.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
	Theology and Science	23
	Home on the Range	63
	So What?	107
	Notes	132