Christian Theology and the Transformation of Natural Religion: From Incarnation to Sacramentality

Essays in Honour of David Brown

Edited by C.R. Brewer

Book cover: Christian Theology and the Transformation of Natural Religion: From Incarnation to Sacramentality

Extent: 299 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Studies in Philosophical Theology

Series volume number: 64

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2018)

ISBN: 9789042936393

Price: $93.00

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David Brown (b. 1948) is a Scottish Episcopal priest and theologian whose work covers a vast terrain spanning methodological divisions between philosophy, Christian theology, religious studies, the arts and culture. Essays in this volume consider Brown’s wide ranging and generative contributions in three parts: Butler & Newman, Incarnation & Trinity, and Sacramentality & the Arts.


David Brown (b. 1948) is a Scottish Episcopal priest and theologian whose work covers a vast terrain spanning methodological divisions between philosophy, Christian theology, religious studies, the arts and culture. Early work on the Trinity and Incarnation led to a Newman-inspired articulation of Scripture as tradition, and, related to this, the exploration of tradition as revelation with reference to a wide range of human experience. Moving from materially-mediated divine presence to culturally-mediated revelation, Brown’s phenomenology of religious experience amounts to a transformed natural religion along sacramental lines. Essays in this volume consider Brown’s wide ranging and generative contributions in three parts: 1) Butler & Newman, 2) Incarnation & Trinity, and 3) Sacramentality & the Arts, with a concluding response from Brown himself that addresses ‘religious experience and revelation’, as well as ‘secular culture and religious distinctiveness’.

  • Edited by C.R. Brewer