Keeping God's Silence: Towards a Theological Ethics of Communication / Edition 1

Keeping God's Silence: Towards a Theological Ethics of Communication / Edition 1

by Rachel Muers
ISBN-10:
1405118997
ISBN-13:
9781405118996
Pub. Date:
11/19/2004
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
1405118997
ISBN-13:
9781405118996
Pub. Date:
11/19/2004
Publisher:
Wiley
Keeping God's Silence: Towards a Theological Ethics of Communication / Edition 1

Keeping God's Silence: Towards a Theological Ethics of Communication / Edition 1

by Rachel Muers
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Overview

This ground-breaking book provides a new perspective on Christian practices of silence.
  • An original, theologically informed work, written by a significant Quaker theologian
  • Provides a new perspective on Christian practices of silence
  • Considers the theological and ethical significance of these practices
  • Relates silence, listening and communication to major contemporary issues
  • Takes forward theological engagement with feminist thought
  • Contributes to ongoing research into the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781405118996
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 11/19/2004
Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

Rachel Muers is Lecturer in Theology at the University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements.

Sources.

List of Abbreviations.

Introduction: Beginning with Silence.

1. Assessing Silence.

2. Who Hears?.

3. Resurrection Silence.

4. Hearing the Word.

5. Wisdom and Folly: Seeking places to stand.

6. Hearing with God’s Ears: Interpreting practices of silence.

7. Privacy, Omniscience and the Silence of God.

8. Openings.

Bibliography.

Index

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From the Publisher

“This book is a passionate, informed and insightful inquiry into the significance of silence in Christian thinking about God and its bearing upon a theological ethics of communication.” Reviews in Religion and Theology

“What starts off, quite modestly, as an exploration of what theologians and others have said about silence, develops into a serious challenge to the way theology itself is done, and indeed, to the way other researches are done, and conversation held … it is work that will yield rich insights.”
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