Janet martin soskice biography of abraham

Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-51868-0 - Creation and the God of Abraham Edited by David B. Burrell, Carlo Cogliati, Janet M. Soskice and William R.

Stoeger Frontmatter More information CREATION AND THE GOD OF ABRAHAM Creatio ex nihilo is a foundational doctrine in the Abrahamic faiths. It states that God created the world freely out of nothing – from no pre-existent matter, space or time.

Janet martin soskice biography of abraham

This teaching is central to classical accounts of divine action, free will, grace, theodicy, religious language, intercessory prayer and questions of divine eternity and, as such, the foundation of a scriptural God but also the transcendent Creator of all that is.

This edited collection explores how we might now recover a place for this doctrine and, with it, a consistent elucidation of the God of Abraham in philosophical, scientific and theological terms. The contributions span the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and cover a wide rang