Speaking of a Personal God
An Essay in Philosophical Theology

This short work, written by an influential philosopher of religion, shows how systematic theology is itself largely a philosophical enterprise.

Vincent Brümmer (Author)

9780521430524, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 November 1992

172 pages, 1 b/w illus.
22.3 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg

'Vincent Brümmer writes very clearly, and his work is very readable. He sometimes has significant and valuable insights, and can sometimes be superbly persuasive, when explaining why love is quite impossible without freedom.' Richard Swinburne, University of Oxford

This short work shows how systematic theology is itself a philosophical enterprise. After analysing the nature of philosophical enquiry and its relation to systematic theology, and after explaining how theology requires that we talk about God, Vincent Brümmer illustrates how philosophical analysis can help in dealing with various conceptual problems involved in the fundamental Christian claim that God is a personal being with whom we may live in a personal relationship.

Acknowledgements
1. Philosophical theology
2. Can we speak about God?
3. Can we resist the grace of God?
4. Can God do evil?
5. Can God act in the things we do?
6. Can a theodicy console?
Epilogue: theology and philosophical inquiry
Index of names.

Subject Areas: Christian theology [HRCM]