Product Description

The central thesis of The Christlike God is that Jesus is the reflection in human life of the being of God. John Taylor begins by pointing out how few religious people-or non-religious people- ever stop and think about God, but tend to live with an unconscious stereotype. He discusses throughout the text how we acquire our idea of God, the nature of revelation experience, and the range of reflection on God both within and out-with the Christian tradition.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #430423 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 306 pages

Review
"Bishop John V Taylor's treatment of the doctrine of God is quite magisterial...it gathers into one piece a whole rich theological and devotional treasury to sdmire, to savour and to enjoy." the Journal of Christian Doctrine and Philosophy

About the Author
Bishop John Taylor was one of the twentieth century's leading Anglican missionary statesmen. An ecumenist, Africanist and theologian of internatioanl repute, he served as a General Secretary of the Church MIssionary Society at a crucial stage in its development and later became Bishop of Windsor.

Customer Reviews

A valuable entry into contemporary theology and spirituality
This is a tough read but worth the effort. John Taylor has the knack of mastering past theology and bringing the reader along in rediscovering it, making it our own through our own experience. He also has a healthy critical view of established beliefs.

Here he stresses God's vulnerability and deliberate - necessary - abnegation of power. Taylor constructs a very moving and coherent argument, culminating in an invitation to renew our personal relationships with God in stillness, being rather than doing.

I can't go all the way with Taylor. His insight into divine and Christlike weakness leads him to downplay strength and intervention more than I consider justified. In his concluding remarks on how God does act and answer prayer, he lists only what might be called subjective and spiritual. His reflections may have led him to consider that objective and physical manifestations may be discounted, but that view is dangerously close to a dogma limiting what we may expect of God. All theorising has to take into account the awkwardness of observed data, and it is not legitimate to ignore what does not fit the theory.

Still this is a book that can enrich most readers. It is worth reading, evaluating and allowing to impact on life.