Keeping God's silence : towards a theological ethics of communication /
This ground-breaking book provides a new perspective on Christian practices of silence. Rachel Muers, a significant Quaker theologian, develops a theological understanding of communication to which a "responsible silence" is central. In doing so, she engages with the key issues raised for...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2004.
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| Series: | Challenges in contemporary theology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This ground-breaking book provides a new perspective on Christian practices of silence. Rachel Muers, a significant Quaker theologian, develops a theological understanding of communication to which a "responsible silence" is central. In doing so, she engages with the key issues raised for Christian theology by feminist thought, and develops an original reading of significant aspects of the theology and ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. She also presents a challenge, from the perspective of Christian theology and practice, to a communicative environment dominated by wars of words. The central theological claim explored in the book is that God listens, and that God's listening is integral to who God is |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470773932 0470773936 1405137711 9781405137713 1280198400 9781280198403 9781405118996 1405118997 9781405119009 1405119004 |