William J. Abraham is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Southern Methodist University. He is an Irish theologian, analytic philosopher, and United Methodist pastor known for his work in philosophy of religion, religious epistemology, evangelism, and church renewal. Prior to his tenure at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, he has worked as Professor at Seattle Pacific University and Visiting Professor at Harvard Divinity School.

• Introduction: Orientation 1: On God as an Agent 2: Divine Freedom and Divine Suffering 3: Divine Action, Grace, and Human Agency 4: Particular Providence and the Details of Divine Action 5: Salvation, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, and Experience 6: Divine Action in the Eucharist 7: Divine Action and Skepticism in the Book of Exodus 8: Divine Action and the Preferential Option for the Poor 9: Divine Action and the Charge of Sexist Discourse 10: Divine Action in History 11: Divine Action, Design, and Natural Theology 12: Divine Action and the Demonic 13: Divine Action and Divine Identity in Christianity and Islam Bibliography