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Description: This volume of sermons reflects Davies' imaginary
qualities as he puts himself in the shoes of both biblical
characters and the members of his congregation, using
Christological exegesis and his love of art to produce
compassionate, credible, and relevant sermons.
The Vigilant God by Horton Davies, a non-conformist minister who
taught in the Religion Department of Princeton University and
attended church regularly, is a reconsideration of the belief that
God is still active in history. It is a reassessment of the
theology of Providence in the thought of four major Christian
theologians (Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, and Barth) and of their
views on predestination, theodicy, and free will, leading the
author to consider the role it might have for the future of
humanity. The book starts with a sketch of the biblical sources
relating to Providence, predestination, election, and reprobation.
Davies sees Augustine's doctrine of Providence and his view of evil
as privatio boni, as greatly influenced by Plato and his followers.
He dwells on Aquinas the man, his life and his character, open to
Aristotle and his Jewish and Arab commentators, before plunging
into the structure of his encyclopedic thought and works. Davies
appreciates Calvin's regard for Scripture as a means of
illumination of the Spirit, but rejects the pastor's views on
predestination as tyrannical and unjust, and believes that Barth's
positive insistence on God's universal mercy is necessary against
the horrors perpetrated in the twentieth century.
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