Acknowledgements Preface 1. Historical Finding PART I2. 'I Will Happen As I Will Happen' (Exodus 3:14) 3. Maculation PART II 4. 'In My Flesh I Shall See God' (Job 19:26) 5. Reception PART III 6. 'Truly the LORD Is in This Place and I Did Not Know It' 7. Abduction PART IV 8. Vertiginous At-Homeness (In)conclusion Bibliography Index
How can theology respond to changing historical circumstances imaginatively and creatively? This book seeks to answer this question.
Ben Quash is the first occupant of the Chair in Christianity and the Arts at King's College London, UK. He has been there since 2007, and prior to that was Dean and Fellow of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge, UK, where he was also Academic Convenor of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme, developing research and public education programmes related to the three Abrahamic traditions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. He runs an MA in Christianityand the Arts in association with the National Gallery, London, has worked with many arts organisations including the Britten Sinfonia, the Royal Opera House, and the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, and broadcasts frequentlyon BBC radio. He is a Canon Theologian of both Coventry and Bradford Cathedrals, and was the author of Abiding, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2013.
What perhaps makes Found Theology unique is Quash’s embrace of that
reality and his search for the work of the Holy Spirit within the
ongoing processes of history. Quash is concerned with connecting
theology to art, science, and interreligious dialogue. He is
interested in a method for Christian theology that allows deep and
meaningful interaction with these critical contemporary forces. As
he proceeds, he opens up large vistas for the future of
theology.
*The Christian Century*
Frames and reframes the questions that constructive and pastoral
theologians ought to be asking about the Spirit’s work … I can
imagine no better future for pneumatology than for it to follow
Quash’s lead.
*Modern Theology*
Quash’s monograph provides a stimulating new proposal to the
broader conversation about how the dialogue between theology and
the arts can proceed. It will be of particular interest to
post-graduate researchers in the related fields of Christianity and
the arts.
*Theological Book Review, Vol 26 No 1*
The book succeeds admirably in its ambition to be a groundbreaking
exercise in the interdisciplinary discussion of theology, science
and the arts. ... Fans of fresh, engaging, well-expressed and
richly imagined works of theological enterprise will not be
disappointed.
*Theological Book Review Vol 26 No 2*
There is a richness and allusiveness to Quash’s writing that
corroborates that his first studies were in English literature
rather than in, for example, philosophy or natural science. As such
they are likely to succeed in provoking readers into further
thought rather than definitively resolving in which direction they
should next proceed.
*Theology*
An important book, Found Theology evinces the patience called for,
and no doubt required, if we are to get beyond the given, or,
taking the posture of the communicant, to receive the gift given in
the found.
*Modern Believing*
Quash’s literary background, accompanied by his historical concern,
brings a valuable perspective to proceedings … [An] inspired and
inspiring work.
*The Heythrop Journal*
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