Sovereignty of God Debate

D. Stephen Long is Professor of Systematic Theology at Marquette University. amongst his recent publications are 'Tragedy, Tradition, Transformism' (2007), 'The Goodness of God' (2008). Forthcoming from James Clarke & Co in Autumn 2010 is his 'Sovereignty of God Debate'. George Kalantzis is Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton College. His work has appeared in a number of theological and ecclesial journals, including Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, Augustinianum, Studia Patristica, and St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly. His recent books include Theodore of Mopsuestia: Commentary on the Gospel of John (Early Christian Studies 7) and the forthcoming coedited volume, If These Stones Could Speak: Texts and Contexts (Edwin Mellen).

• PrefacePart One: God’s Sovereignty and Evangelical Theology1. The Importance of the Conversation Concerning the Doctrine of Divine (Im)passibility: An Introduction toGod’s Sovereignty and Evangelical TheologyJimmy Cooper2. The Sovereignty of God and Divine Transcendence: Two Views from the Early ChurchGeorge Kalantzis3. Aquinas and God’s SovereigntyD. Stephen Long4. John Calvin on SovereigntyVincent Bacote5. Divine Sovereignty in the Process Theological Tradition (with a little help from John Wesley)Michael Lodahl6. ‘God’s Power Is God’s Goodness’: Some Notes on the Sovereignty of God in Jürgen Moltmann’s TheologyNancy Elizabeth Bedford7. Divine Suffering in an Openness of God PerspectiveJohn Sanders8. Suffering and the Sovereign Love of God: A Conclusion to God’s Sovereignty and Evangelical TheologyThomas G. Weinandy, OFM, CapPart Two: Responses9. John Sanders10. Nancy Elizabeth Bedford11. Michael Lodahl12. Vincent Bacote13. D. Stephen Long14. George Kalantzis

...Paul Gavrilyuk, desires 'a companion volume that would put [diverse contemporary] approaches [to divine passibility] in conversation with patristic theology' (p.133), which is a neat description of precisely the volume by Long and Kalantzis.