Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (MF) in Oslo, Norway.Pål Repstad is Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.

• Introduction: Why this Book? 1 On God and change2 Religious trends in Northern Europe – an overview3 Does society shape God?4 The changing Christian God5 The crisis of theology – and why it matters for speaking about God6 The morally intolerable God – and the alternative7 The politically dangerous God – a God of love8 God as she? Why can’t she be?9 Pluralism challenges notions of God and religious truth10 When God becomes irrelevant to society’s challenges11 God as vulnerable love?Bibliography

"Cowritten by an astute sociologist of religion and a prominent systematic theologian, this fascinating book asks the question of how popular understandings ofGod might have changed or might be shaped in light of the decline of official versions of church-sponsored theology [...] Their book is an excellent companionfor the many people faced with the question of the gap between unofficial belief and official doctrine now that 'the church has lost control'." - Derek R. Nelson in The Journal of Religion

Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (MF) in Oslo, Norway.Pål Repstad is Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.

• Introduction: Why this Book? 1 On God and change2 Religious trends in Northern Europe – an overview3 Does society shape God?4 The changing Christian God5 The crisis of theology – and why it matters for speaking about God6 The morally intolerable God – and the alternative7 The politically dangerous God – a God of love8 God as she? Why can’t she be?9 Pluralism challenges notions of God and religious truth10 When God becomes irrelevant to society’s challenges11 God as vulnerable love?Bibliography

"Cowritten by an astute sociologist of religion and a prominent systematic theologian, this fascinating book asks the question of how popular understandings ofGod might have changed or might be shaped in light of the decline of official versions of church-sponsored theology [...] Their book is an excellent companionfor the many people faced with the question of the gap between unofficial belief and official doctrine now that 'the church has lost control'." - Derek R. Nelson in The Journal of Religion

Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (MF) in Oslo, Norway.Pål Repstad is Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.

• Introduction: Why this Book? 1 On God and change2 Religious trends in Northern Europe – an overview3 Does society shape God?4 The changing Christian God5 The crisis of theology – and why it matters for speaking about God6 The morally intolerable God – and the alternative7 The politically dangerous God – a God of love8 God as she? Why can’t she be?9 Pluralism challenges notions of God and religious truth10 When God becomes irrelevant to society’s challenges11 God as vulnerable love?Bibliography

"Cowritten by an astute sociologist of religion and a prominent systematic theologian, this fascinating book asks the question of how popular understandings ofGod might have changed or might be shaped in light of the decline of official versions of church-sponsored theology [...] Their book is an excellent companionfor the many people faced with the question of the gap between unofficial belief and official doctrine now that 'the church has lost control'." - Derek R. Nelson in The Journal of Religion