Baker Academic<\/a><\/p>\nReviewed by Laura Paul<\/p>\n
Romans 1:20 declares that God\u2019s \u2018invisible attributes\u2026have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.\u2019 The Psalmist confidently proclaims that \u2018the heavens declare the glory of God\u2019 (Ps. 19:1). But can everyday realities actually tell us about the glory of God? Can rocks and rain, bread and wine, science and sex really help us know God?<\/p>\n
Such are the questions that frame Gerald R. McDermott\u2019s Everyday Glory<\/em>. And \u2014with Biblical integrity, sympathetic conversation with the great tradition of Christian thought, knowledgeable engagement with current scholarship, and winsome clarity \u2014such are the questions that he faithfully and engagingly answers.<\/p>\nAfter a brief but broad discussion on the backdrop to these questions (namely, secularism and theological questions regarding our ability to see anything in creation clearly on account of our sin-stained vision), McDermott sets forward two contrasting figures from church history, namely, Jonathan Edwards and John Henry Newman, as strikingly similar vignettes of how Christian thinkers have engaged with these questions in the past. His basic answer (through these representatives) is that Christians have, up until very recently, seen creation (and indeed all of reality) as shining forth the great story of God\u2019s redemption. That is, that \u2018a tiny part of [that] story is told by each tiny part of the cosmos\u2019 (8).<\/p>\n
But how so? This understanding occurs through a \u2018typological vision of reality\u2019 (8). \u00a0Typology in the Christian tradition is the concept that a thing (say marriage) serves as a \u2018type\u2019 of something else (Christ and the church) by pointing to and participating in that greater reality. This idea is what Everyday Glory <\/em>goes on to expound and celebrate.<\/p>\nPerhaps the greatest highlight of the book is the strong case McDermott puts forward for the foundation of typology being found in God\u2019s self-revelation in the canon of Scripture. This foundational chapter, after firing forth a succinct account of Scripture\u2019s view of typology, allows us to sit with all our modernist squirms at the feet of Thomas Aquinas, Jonathan Edwards, and Edward Pusey, and to hear their wise reasoning in defense of typology.<\/p>\n
Setting the stage with the book of God\u2019s revelation of himself in the typology of Scripture, McDermott turns to God\u2019s second book: Nature. This chapter serves as an exposition of what it means for the world to be, as G. M. Hopkins put it, \u2018charged with the grandeur of God.\u2019 The next seven chapters then unpack how this vision of Christian typology \u2014 of creation pointing to and participating in the story of the glory of God \u2014 works itself out in relation to science, law, history, animals, sex, sports, and world religions.<\/p>\n
McDermott concludes by very briefly unpacking how this vision of reality has powerful potential to shape the Christian life and witness of believers in a secular age. The book finishes on a wise note, reminding enthusiastic readers afresh that this vision of reality, in all its goodness, is limited; and that types can only be seen as reflecting the glory of God when seen through the Spirit-enlightened eyes of faith.<\/p>\n
All things\u00a0considered, Everyday Glory <\/em>proved a delightful read. It is in-depth enough to engage one\u2019s mind at a scholarly level, but not so intense as to deter a curious lay reader. It would serve as a very fruitful resource for those considering how their \u2018secular\u2019 and \u2018sacred\u2019 lives intersect. I could imagine discussing it over good coffee with a group of Christian young professionals, or those thinking about the intersection of Christianity and the arts. But ultimately I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to press into the heritage of the great tradition of the Christian faith, and desiring to have their focus sharpened to see afresh a world \u2018charged with the grandeur of God.\u2019<\/p>\nLaura Paul is a PhD Student in Medieval Theology at Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gerald R. McDermott Everyday Glory: The Revelation of God in all of Reality Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2018. Available at Baker Academic Reviewed by Laura Paul Romans 1:20 declares that God\u2019s \u2018invisible attributes\u2026have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.\u2019 The Psalmist confidently proclaims that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":13228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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