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Christoph Markschies, God’s Body: Jewish, Christian, and Pagan Images of God

ator Jesus Christ, but with this in place there is no need to be afraid of the natural ‘metaphysical’ knowledge of God that transcends the economy. In doing so, he brings Aquinas and Barth into conversation with a wide range of historical and modern thinkers in the Evangelical, Catholic and Reformed Orthodox traditions. The author approaches the problem with great care and subtlety, dealing first with the nature and purpose of knowing God according to the biblical narratives, then with the role of natural theology throughout Christian history, including in Scripture. He goes on to consider how God imparts knowledge of himself through the Incarnation, before arguing that supernatural revelation transcends metaphysics, but still utilizes it. In his final chapter, Duby considers the utility and limitations of analogy in speaking of God. Readers from outside the academy may fear that abstract philosophical ideas have a limited relationship to the ‘real’ stuff of Christian life, mission and ministry. Although Duby acknowledges that this is a ‘tilling the ground’ for more work, he argues persuasively for a regaining of the lost art of contemplating God, without always having an eye on action plans and missional quotas. Although God in Himself is heavy on technical, theological and philosophical terminology, it will enrich both academics and those ministers and laypeople who are prepared to commit.