The Mystery of God: Theology for Knowing the Unknowable

Boyer, (theology, Eastern Univ.) and Hall (chancellor, Eastern Univ., & dean, Palmer Theological Seminary) begin by asserting that God is necessarily mystery, then continue by giving a history of the concept of divine mystery, and finally discuss ways that humans can know and come to terms with divine mystery. The authors explore the concept of mystery as it relates to doctrines of Trinity, incarnation, and salvation, concluding with chapters on mystery and a life of prayer, and on mystery and world religions. They seek a middle path between rationalism and faith; throughout they reveal themselves to be evangelical Christians extraordinarily cognizant of the great Christian traditions from the desert fathers and mothers to the Greek and Latin Church fathers to leading monastics (East and West), scholastics, reformers, modernists, and postmodernists.