Is God the eternal and immutable presence that Christianity has
commonly proclaimed him to be - the Rock of Ages? John Butler
offers a different perspective through a personal exploration of
the changing images of God within the main streams of the Christian
faith over a period of some four thousand years. Butler takes the
reader on a kaleidoscopic odyssey that begins with the pantheon of
deities in Bronze Age Canaan from which the God of the early Old
Testament emerged and ends with the radical images of God that were
surfacing in the late twentieth century. The story is told largely
through the record of the Bible and the ideas of key writers and
thinkers whose authority or persuasiveness have allowed their
visions of God to become embedded in the major Christian
traditions. The book concludes with a discussion of the central
question raised by the analysis: why is it that people across the
ages have claimed to have experienced so many different and
sometimes contradictory faces of the Christian God? Written in an
elegant and engaging style, this informative book will appeal to
Christians, atheists, students, and those who are simply interested
in the cultural and intellectual history of God. John Butler is
Emeritus Professor at the University of Kent and a guide at
Canterbury Cathedral. He is the author of the acclaimed 'Quest for
Becket's Bones' and the prize-winning 'Red Dean of Canterbury'.
'This beautifully written book tells the fascinating story of the
evolving portrait of the Christian God from Abraham to the present
day. It is an illuminating read for those who feel the need to
cross their fingers whenever they say the Nicene Creed - and for
many who don't ' Richard Llewellin, former Bishop at Lambeth
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