Keeping God's Silence Towards a Theological Ethics of Communication [Hardcover]

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.

List of Abbreviations.

Introduction: Beginning with Silence.

1. Assessing Silence.

2. Who Hears?.

3. Resurrection Silence.

4. Hearing the Word.

5. Wisdom and Folly: Seeking places to stand.

6. Hearing with God’s Ears: Interpreting practices of silence.

7. Privacy, Omniscience and the Silence of God.

8. Openings.

Bibliography.

Index

“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 <!--end-->

“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.ls(