Christ, Providence and History 9781472549662, 9780567080622, 9780567080523

This book is the first full study of the whole of Hans Frei’s work. Higton draws on a wide range of unpublished material

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Christ, Providence and History
9781472549662, 9780567080622, 9780567080523

Holding divine intervention responsible for political and military success and failure has a long history in western tho

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“The most original historian of his generation” That is how the celebrated British academic Noel Annan described Herb

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In crafting racial visions of the modern world, European thinkers appropriated the Christian doctrine of providence, con

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How providential history—the conviction that God is an active agent in human history—has shaped the American historical

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In our ever more secular times—is providence lost? Perhaps, but as Lloyd makes clear, providence still exerts a powerful

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‘The universe is, as it were, one machine, wherein the celestial spheres are analogous to the interlocking wheels and th

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This book is as timely today as when it was written. Maulvi Muhammad Ali, noted Quran scholar, presented this study of C

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The providence of God is his purposeful sovereignty by which he will be completely successful in the achievement of his

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