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As new condition black boards with silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Divine Guidance in the First and 21st Centuries; Notes; Bibliography and Index. Signed, inscribed, and dated (3/8/20) by the author with thin black ink on the blank first free front endpaper. "The twenty-first century opened with the religiously inspired attacks of 9/11 and in the years since such attacks have become all too common. Over against the minority who carry out violence at God's direction, however, there are millions of believers around the world who live lives of anonymous kindness. They also see their actions as guided by the divine. How is divine guidance to be understood against the background of such diametrically opposed results? How to make sense of both Osama bin Laden and Mother Teresa? In order to answer this question, John A. Jillions turns to the first-century world of Corinth, where Jews, Gentiles, and early Christians intermixed and vigorously debated the question of divine guidance. In this ancient melting pot, the ideas of writers and poets, philosophers, rabbis, prophets, and the apostle Paul confronted and complemented each other. These writers reveal a culture that reflected deeply upon the realities, ambiguities, and snares posed by questions of divine guidance. Jillions draws these insights together to offer an outline for the twenty-first century and suggest criteria for how to assess perceived divine guidance. This book opens a long-closed window in the history of ideas in order to shed valuable light on this timeless question." - from the inner front jacket flap. "By a comprehensive historical survey of literary and religious evidence from Greco-Roman and Jewish cultures, Fr. Jillions offers a brilliant analysis of Paul's letter to the Corinthians. Philosophical reflections about grace and free will, faith and reason, inspired scriptue, and personal experience, encounter the cross. This book reflects that of all theological doctrines, the most challenging may be providence: does God sit idle in heaven, or does He exercise divine guidance in our lives?" - David W. Fagerberg, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame. "John Jillions has written a book that is a splendid work of scholarship, and on a fascinating (if neglected) topic. But it is ever so much more than that: a rich, searching, moving meditation on some of the most essential dimensions of spiritual longing and religious hope." - David Bentley Hart, author. "This is a work of original scholarship that breaks new ground. It is of interest to specialists in the field of New Testament studies and early church history, but it is written in such a way that it will also appeal to a wider field, including theology students in general, and clergy and laity who are not necessary academics. I predict it will become the standard treatment of the subject." - Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John A. Jillions did his doctoral research at Tyndale House, Cambridge, and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he received a PhD in New Testament in 2002. He has MDiv and DMin degrees from St Vladimir's Orthodox THeological Seminary and a BA in Economics from McGill University. He was founding Principal of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge, Associate Professor of Theology at Saint Paul University in Canada, and served for seven years in New York as Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America. He is currently Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at St Vladimir's Seminary and teaches at Fordham University. He has been a priest since 1984, serving communities in Australia, Greece, England, Canada, and the United States, where he now serves as pastor of Holy Ghost Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Seller Inventory # 008140
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