The Providence of God: A Polyphonic Approach

The Providence of God: A Polyphonic Approach
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Sources of Providentialism
	1.1 Hinterland of Ancient Philosophy
	1.2 Scripture
		1.2.1 General Providence
		1.2.2 Continuous Creation by the Two Hands of God
		1.2.3 Divine Sovereignty and improvisation
		1.2.4 Divine Relationality
		1.2.5 The Cruciform Pattern of Providence
		1.2.6 The Multiple Forms of Providence in Scripture
	1.3 The Early Church
	1.4 Conclusion
2 The Latin Default Setting
	2.1 The Influence of Boethius
	2.2 Providence in Aquinas
	2.3 The Sixteenth-Century Reformed Tradition
		2.3.1 Providence in Zurich
		2.3.2 Providence in Calvin
	2.4 Reformed Orthodoxy
	2.5 Providentialism Among the Protestant Faithful
	2.6 Conclusion
3 Dispersals of Providence in Modernity
	3.1 Shifts of Focus
	3.2 The Shape of Providential Deism
	3.3 The Lisbon Earthquake
	3.4 Imperial Expansion and Slavery
	3.5 Free Trade
	3.6 Conclusion
4 Providence in Nature
	4.1 Conceptual Concerns
		4.1.1 Determinism
		4.1.2 Divine Temporality
		4.1.3 Chance
	4.2 The Problem of Teleology
	4.3 Reconciling Darwin with Divine Providence
		4.3.1 Does the Affirmation of Theistic Evolution Lead to Deism?
		4.3.2 Are Chance and Providential Control Compatible?
		4.3.3 Does the Principle of Natural Selection Compound the Problem of Evil?
		4.3.4 Does Evolutionary Science Reduce Human Significance?
	4.4 Conclusion
	4.5 Excursus: Divine Action
		4.5.1 The Problem
		4.5.2 Double Agency: The Classical View
		4.5.3 The Analogy with Human Agency
		4.5.4 Double Agency: Austin Farrer
		4.5.5 Multiple Forms of Divine Action
5 Twentieth-Century Reactions
	5.1 The Legacy of the Nineteenth Century
	5.2 The Tradition Defended
	5.3 Revisionism Type One: God As Persuasive
		5.3.1 Process Theology
		5.3.2 Open Theism
	5.4 Revisionism Type Two: Christological Determinism in Karl Barth
	5.5 Revisionism Type Three: General Providence Only
	5.6 Conclusion
6 Providence Reconstructed
	6.1 Summation
	6.2 A Dogmatics of Providence: Three Examples
		6.2.1 Creatio continua
		6.2.2 Theologia crucis
		6.2.3 Veni Creator Spiritus
	6.3 A Practical Theology of Providence: Prayer, Politics and Suffering
		6.3.1 Prayer
		6.3.2 Politics
		6.3.3 Suffering
Bibliography
Names Index
Subject Index