Love's Endeavour Love's Expense: The Response Of Being To The Love Of God By W H Vanstone

Reprinted 2002 edition

At a time when so many are wringing their hands about the future of Christianity, of theology and of the Church, the importance of this impassioned and committed book will surely come to be recognised.

'Through the experience of human love,' writes the author, 'I have argued in this book that the love of God must be infinitely more costly, more precarious and more exposed than it is commonly represented to be; and that it is the divine self-exposure which gives meaning to nature, to human freedom and to the being of the Church.'

The author has waited till the end of his working life to write this, his first book. Its pages bear the mark of an intense commitment of mind and heart. This is theology from below - the vision of the author is rooted firmly in the ordinary daily routine and small cares of a housing-estste parish.

In his foreword, H A Williams writes: 'It is a combination of personal experience, intellectual discipline, deeply christian concern and insight into the significance of small practical matters which might otherwise be considered a nuisance which makes this book truly theological. It is I believe a masterpiece and will become a classic. And certainly leads us into the fresh air.'

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