What kind of reality can be perceived when the core problems of theology are freed from dependency upon highly technical and arcane ways of thinking and speaking? Writing with the logical clarity and critical acumen for which he is well-known in theological circles, Julian N. Hartt demonstrates the reality of theology's problems and shows how they can be perceived as part of a "divine restiveness" in living. Hartt finds the "demands of revelation" to be most profoundly registered upon the imagination—that power of the spirit by which the shape of things to come is grasped."

Sensing a great hunger for fresh approaches to fundamental theological concerns, Hartt presents a boldly original scholarly work. In it the persistent theological puzzles about method are clarified, the elements of that method are described and major historical controversies about method are critiqued. Topics discussed include: beliefs and reasons, knowing and proving God, faith and hope, authority and scripture, revelation and historical evidence.

A significant contribution to theology, this book shows that theological method entails describing the ways in which faith makes sense. Doing this, it speaks about "incorrigible beliefs," those convictions so fundamental that without them the very sense of life and world would disappear. Sensing that society has begun to think of theological matters as mere inventions of theologians, Hartt seeks to return to those fundamental questions that are "the concrete situation of the serious-minded Christian in the contemporary world."

Author - Dr. Julian Hartt
Foreword - Ray L. Hart

One of the church's and the nation's most neglected theologians is Julian Hartt, for he was at once thoroughly unapologetic and completely anti-triumphalist in his treatment of matters cultural and doctrinal and political. We thus owe a huge debt of gratitude to Wipf and Stock for reprinting (with fresh introductions) his long-unavailable work.

Ralph C. Wood, Baylor University


James Gustafson once stated: "Julian Hartt has one of the most brilliant and profound theological minds and spirits in the Christian community today; unfortunately he is one of the least appreciated theologians now writing."

This reissue of Julian Hartt's books makes
available once again the work of this profound and brilliant theologian and makes it possible for a new generation to appreciate his work.

Jonathan Wilson, Carey Theological College

Theology and the Church in the University by Dr. Julian Hartt
Being Known and Being Revealed by Dr. Julian Hartt
Toward a Theology of Evangelism by Dr. Julian Hartt
A Christian Critique of American Culture by Dr. Julian Hartt
The Restless Quest by Dr. Julian Hartt
The Lost Image of Man by Dr. Julian Hartt