God: An Open Question

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After an introduction describing the current situation, this book attempts to sketch out the contours of questions currently asked about God, to open up windows on the infinite, to get to the heart of the Christian confession about God and in the midst of pluralism of religions and agnostic culture to try and work out a way of thinking about God. The author writes: "I have learned that it is good to speak about God with some caution; not, however at the periphery of thought but from within, from the heart of our economic, legal, psychological and philosophical ideals. The book is an account of my own personal theological question. What have I found That the questions about God open our eyes to God the Eternal One, the Most High, as a question to us". The question of God is the basis of all theology, although this does not coincide with faith or piety. The title of this book may therefore be seen as a personal plea; it is impossible to talk about God without defining one's own position.

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"With a focus on the issue of truth, the author rejects any metaphysic of this world and another world, while accepting a real experience of transcendence. There are insights here which are lacking in Anglo-American discussion of God talk."

Author Bio

Anton Houtepen is a Roman Catholic. He is professor of Ecumenical theology at the University of Utrecht.He is also the Inter-University Institute for Missiology and Ecumenics there. In 1984 SCM Press published his book People of God.