The Scottish theologian John Oman (1860-1939) conceived of God in
terms of a personal reality who calls forth - rather than inhibits
- freedom, creativity, and responsibility. Although he never wrote
a book on God as such, all Oman's thought is based on this
conception of God's radically personal nature and gracious - though
often challenging - dealing with humanity. This book systematizes
the thoughts on God which are scattered throughout Oman's writings,
and places Oman in his historical and cultural context of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the picture which
emerges, evil and suffering are the result of cosmic independence
and human freedom; God's power is revealed not in his ability to
override human freedom, but in the patience to deal with its
consequences, which include the emergence of moral and physical
evil. For Oman, God's face has been revealed most clearly in the
life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, whose gracious dealing with
men and women shows God to be both eternal Father and abiding
Spirit.
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