The Social Implications of the Doctrine of Divine Providence: A Nineteenth-Century Debate in American Theology
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Harvard Theological Review
- Vol. 71 (3-4) , 265-284
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0017816000026122
Abstract
In a 1963 article in theJournal of Religion, Langdon Gilkey examined the troubled condition of the doctrine of providence and concluded that it had become “the forgotten stepchild of contemporary theology.” He attributed its demise to the violent eruptions of evil in our century, the unfortunate link between the doctrine and now defunct theories of natural theology, as well as the pervasive Arminianism and naturalism of contemporary thought. Current neglect of the concept was all the more striking, he reflected, because of its integral relationship to nearly all the theological systems of the preceding century.Keywords
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