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God's Theatre: A Theology of Providence

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Year: 1991 1st edition
Author: T. J. Gorringe
Publisher: SCM Press
Brief Description: Belief in providence is both necessary and impossible, absurd but deeply human
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Paperback, 1991, some rub to cover, internally clean

Central to Christian prayer is the belief that God acts, that he has a purpose not only for the whole of creation but for the individual, and that if individuals bring their concerns to God, God will make a difference.

But how does this difference come about? The image used here is that of the theatre director.

The Reverend Professor Timothy Jervis Gorringe is St Luke's Professor of Theological Studies in the University of Exeter, England.

Born in 1946, Gorringe was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BA 1969, MPhil 1975) and Sarum Theological College (1969-72). He was ordained deacon in 1972 and priest in 1973 and served as Assistant Curate at Chapel Allerton (1972-75) and Oxford St Mary the Virgin with St Cross and St Peter (1976-78). From 1979 until 1986, he taught theology at Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary. He was Official Fellow, Chaplain, and Tutor in Theology at St John's College, Oxford 1986-95, Reader in Contextual Theology in the University of St Andrews 1995-98, and became St Luke's Professor of Theological Studies in the University of Exeter in 1998.

His academic interests focus on the interrelations of theology, culture, art, social science, criminal justice, economics, and politics, as well as the theology of Karl Barth. He is a member of the Iona Community.

His other interests include apiculture, poultry keeping, home wine-making, the theatre, poetry, and political activism.

Timothy Gorringe. (2009, June 8). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12:17, February 27, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timothy_Gorringe&oldid=295262801