Revelation and the Word of God

other. I believe that the approach is unusual and distinctive. As both author and

readers, we position ourselves as enquirers who have a number of big questions to

put to the idea of divine revelation and need to be convinced of its validity. In other

words, we recognize the difficulties of believing in divine revelation in the modern

world and we face the intellectual ‘elusiveness’ of our subject head on. My goal in this

book is twofold. First, I aim to get alongside those educated persons who wrestle with

existential questions of belief and faith (and we all wrestle with such questions from

time to time or even all the time; if not, our faith is possibly phony), whether in the

context of formal academic study (aware of how disturbing – even dismaying – the first

encounter with rigorous critical theology can be for a student) or of personal enquiry.

Second, I want to provide students of theology – perhaps third-year undergraduates in

theology and religious studies, or postgraduates going further into theological research

and deeper enquiry – with a unique resource to equip them for that adventure. This

book will help them to lay serviceable and solid foundations for their ongoing work.