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In God’s Patience and our Work Ben Fulford argues that Hans Frei’s theology and ethics offers unheralded but valuable resources for thinking about the social and political engagement of Christian communities in pluralistic societies in light of hope in Jesus Christ. He shows how Frei’s project of recovering the conditions for and shape of a generous orthodoxy runs through his work, offering broad, flexible vision of Christian identity, ethical responsibility and humanistic witness, focused in the person and presence of Jesus Christ. In dialogue with liberation theologies, Fulford draws from Frei an account of divine patience and providence to frame hopeful, pragmatic Christian participation in work for dignity, justice and penultimate reconciliation, rooted in new and deeper contextual reading of his work.

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"""Hans Frei is in my judgement the twentieth-century American Christian theologian who is most important for the twenty-first century. Fulford not only brilliantly demonstrates Frei’s depth, relevance and potential; he also shows himself to be a wise and creative thinker, able to develop further Frei’s key themes, especially in ethics and politics. This opens up an inspiring, intelligent, and practically-oriented way to be wisely Christian today."" -- David Ford ""While Hans W. Frei is best known for his work on biblical hermeneutics, Ben Fulford offers a timely reading of Frei as a systematic and constructive theologian who is deeply concerned with the question of political justice. Fulford further insists that Frei’s theological system, informed by a robust Christology and a commitment to divine providence, is indeed compatible with progressive political action. In other words, God’s Patience and Our Work illumines Frei as a liberal thinker, generously orthodox and liberally concerned with justice-seeking."" -- Christine Helmer “This careful and clear book presents the definitive account of Hans Frei’s contributions to political theology. Drawing on extensive original research into Frei’s historical context and a thorough knowledge of the theological positions of his antecedents, contemporaries, and successors, Ben Fulford demonstrates that Frei’s views on politics and doctrine form a coherent whole. And Fulford leaves us with an intriguing paradox: the politics that results from Frei’s post-liberal theology is thoroughly liberal.” -- Vincent Lloyd ""Finally, a comprehensive treatment of the ethical and political-theological implications of Hans Frei’s work. Conversing expertly with Frei’s archival materials and a generation of secondary literature from recent years, Fulford gives us a work that is subtle, imaginative, constructive, and most of all, generous—an achievement standing fully on its own merits, while also further bearing witness to the vital, if at moments still vexing, theological legacy that Frei left us."" -- Jason Springs"

While Hans W. Frei is best known for his work on biblical hermeneutics, Ben Fulford offers a timely reading of Frei as a systematic and constructive theologian who is deeply concerned with the question of political justice. Fulford further insists that Frei’s theological system, informed by a robust Christology and a commitment to divine providence, is indeed compatible with progressive political action. In other words, God’s Patience and Our Work illumines Frei as a liberal thinker, generously orthodox and liberally concerned with justice-seeking. -- Christine Helmer

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Dr Ben Fulford is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Chester University. He is the author of Divine Eloquence and Human Transformation

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