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For those interested in the work of Austin Farrer
Austin Farrer for Today brings together a stellar collection of writers to reflect on Farrer’s contribution to biblical theology
A comprehensive and eye-opening collection of essays will help you apply Farrer's teaching to today
Anna Hockley
Christian Books Specialist
Austin Farrer is often called the one genius the Church of England produced in the 20th Century. His innovative ideas crossed a host of theological disciplines.
Assessing his continuing importance and introducing him to a new generation of readers, Austin Farrer for Today brings together a stellar collection of writers to reflect on Farrer’s contribution to biblical theology, philosophy, language, doctrine, prayer and preaching.
Chapters include:
•Rowan Williams on Farrer as a doctrinal theologian
•Morwenna Ludlow on Farrer's language and symbolism
•Jane Shaw on Farrer as preacher
•John Barton, on typology in Farrer
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction Richard Harries
Biblical Theology
1. Austin Farrer and Typology - John Barton
2. Farrer on Q - Mark Goodacre
3. Farrer on Paul - Jennifer R. Strawbridge
Philosophy
4. Farrer’s Relevance for Contemporary Philosophical Theology - Margaret Yee
5. Providence and the Problem of Evil in Farrer’s Love Almighty and Ills Unlimited - Leigh Vicens
6. ‘The Evidence of Faith’: Austin Farrer, Diogenes Allen and Reformed Epistemology - Robert MacSwain
7. Farrer’s Theism: Finite and Infinite - Paul DeHart
Language and Symbolism
8. Through a Glass? Farrer, Coleridge and Revelation - Stephen Platten
9. Language and Symbolism: Austin Farrer Meets Gregory of Nazianzus - Morwenna Ludlow
Doctrine
10. ‘A Society of Two’? Austin Farrer on the Trinity - Rowan Williams
11. Farrer on the Atonement - Richard Harries
12. Theosis, Godmanhood and Double Agency: Berdyaev, Farrer and the Divine-Human Relationship - Gregory Platten
Prayer and Preaching
13. Farrer, the Oxford Preacher - Jane Shaw
14. Until Their Hunger Is Their Mind: Farrer’s Theology of the Eucharist - Jeffrey Vogel
Farrer and the Future
A Prophetic Influence: Concluding Reflections - Stephen Platten
Bibliography of Works by or Related to Austin Farrer
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Richard Harries +2
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
SCM Press
Published
September 2020
Weight
400g
Dimensions
15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm
ISBN
9780334059448
ISBN-10
0334059445
Eden Code
5222793
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