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What does it mean to speak and write theology from different perspectives and in different voices?

This volume presents a wide variety of perspectives on this perennial question, ranging from biblical and historical through literary and musical to theological and practical, and its contributors represent a range of confessional standpoints.

The essays are in honour of Professor David Fergusson, one of the most significant teachers and researchers in contemporary systematic theology, formerly Chair of Divinity at Edinburgh and currently Regius Chair at Cambridge.

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Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Editorial Preface
Introduction: The Very Rev. Professor David A. S. Fergusson (Iain R. Torrance, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA)

1. What is Church History for? Some musings (Mark W. Elliott, Wycliffe College, Canada)

2. The Nicene Creed in Music (Andrew Davison, University of Oxford, UK)

3. John Tulloch and the Broad Church Movement in Victorian Britain (Stewart J. Brown, University of Edinburgh, UK)

4. Underdetermination in Christian Theology (Simeon Zahl, University of Cambridge, UK)

5. Time and eternity: relativity, early modern style (Susan Hardman Moore, University of Edinburgh, UK)

6. Does God Play Hide and Seek? Augustine on Human Fallibility (Susannah Ticciati, Kings College London, UK)

7. The Perils of Providence (Kathryn Tanner, Yale Divinity School, USA)

8. The Doctrine of Providence and the Reading of History (Ian A. McFarland, Emory University, USA)

9. Writing Letters and Tending Roses: Providence and Polyphony in Marilynne Robinson's Lila (Alison Jack, University of Edinburgh, UK)

10. Preaching in the Reformed Tradition: The Polyphony of Grace under Heaven (Paul T. Nimmo, University of Aberdeen, UK)

11. The Church as a Community of Trust: Engaging in Conversations of Love (Werner G. Jeanrond, University of Oslo, Norway)

12. George MacDonald and C.S. Lewis: The Exile's Return (Francesca Murphy, University of Notre Dame, USA)

13. Exotheology and the Scope of Salvation (Oliver Crisp, University of St Andrews, UK)

14. Panpsychism and Our Resurrection with Jesus (Joanna Leidenhag, University of Leeds, UK)

15. The Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ: Eschatology as First Philosophy (Bruce McCormack, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA)

List of Publications - David A. S. Fergusson
Index of Names

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Published Aug 20 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Pages 272
ISBN 9780567724816
Imprint T&T Clark
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Paul T. Nimmo

Paul T. Nimmo holds the King's Chair of Systematic…

Anthology Editor

Oliver Crisp

Oliver Crisp is Professor of Analytic Theology, an…

Anthology Editor

Joanna Leidenhag

Joanna Leidenhag is Lecturer in Theology at the Un…

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