Holiness, Speech and Silence: Reflections on the Question of God (LASH, N.)

The late Cornelius Ernst once said that Aquinas' 'Five Ways' were 'an attempt to show how we may go on speaking of God in the ordinary world'.

Nicholas Lash shows how the main contours of the Christian doctrine of God may be mapped onto principal features of our culture and its predicaments. After an introductory chapter on The Question of God Today', Nicholas Lash considers - in chapters entitled 'Globalization and Holiness', 'Cacophony and Conversation' and 'Attending to Silence' - three dimensions of our contemporary predicament: globalization, a crisis of language, and the pain and darkness of the world, in relation to the doctrine of God as Spirit, Word, and Father.

"A richly pondered work of mature insight, brilliantly written and easily accessible." - David Martin, Emeritus Professor, LSE

"This book beautifully distils central themes in reflections on what Christian faith is about, whether you are a Christian or an interested bystander. There is a simplicity and directness which readers cannot but find attractive. This is wonderful theology for people who think theology is not for them; either because it is too technical or because it is barely Christian. Nicholas Lash is always a joy to read." - Fergus Kerr OP, Blackfriars, Oxford