Poised at the brink of the rise of the modern Western world—and contributing to it—Reformation theology has much to offer an understanding of that turning point in Western cultural history. Divine Transcendence and the Culture of Change reviews and offers reinterpretation of the theological factors that precipitated the break with the medieval system of salvation and offered challenge to spiritual structures of authority based on the governing principle of obedience. This study describes the transition from a medieval to a modern mindset, suggesting that a breakthrough to, and rediscovery of, divine transcendence, recovered through Scripture, contributed to a culture-wide change in the attitude toward change in the Western world.

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Hopper's previous books include: Tillich: A Theological Portrait (J.B. Lipppincott, 1967), A Dissent On Bonhoeffer (Westminster, 1975), Technology, Theology, and the Idea of Progress (Westminster/John Knox, 1991).