Keeping God's Silence
Towards a Theological Ethics of Communication

Rachel Muers (Author)

9781405119009, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 17 September 2004

258 pages
23 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.39 kg

“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.”
Quaker Studies

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.

Preface and Acknowledgements.

Sources.

Subject Areas: Religion & beliefs [HR]