the godlessness of our modern world and its terrifying God-forsakenness. Fifty years ago, discernment of the triune God revealed in Christ brought the church the assurance of faith; and today, in the same way, discernment of the God who is present in creation through his Holy Spirit can bring men and women to reconciliation and peace with nature. The salutary ‘christological concentration’ in Protestant theology then, must be matched today by an extension of theology’s horizon to cosmic breadth,
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