The God of miracles: An Exegetical Examination Of God’S Action In The World

Does the Bible favour one particular model for God’s relationship with the created order? Is it intellectually responsible or credible to talk of ‘special divine action’? Such questions are explored by Dr C. John Collins, who provides a thorough exegetical foundation for discussing God’s action in the world, and offers a concise examination of key philosophical, theological, scientific and apologetic questions which arise from it. Dr Collins begins by presenting and contrasting the main options within traditional Christian theism, then examines the biblical passages which support, or seem to support, these options. He offers a wide-ranging evaluation of the biblical teaching on miracles, ‘nature’, ‘cause’ and special divine action. He ably defends the biblical view from empiricist, rationalist or postmodern critiques.