<p>How are God and creatures related? How can one reconcile the sovereigntyand power of God with creatures' capacity to act freely?</p><p>Kathryn Tanner's important and original work seeks an answer in the featuresand limits of traditional Christian discourse. Her search for a unique kernal orregulative dimension of the Christian doctrine of God-world relations leadsher to identify in the tradition an operative grammar of meaningful theological discourse that not only informs the past but can guide the future.</p>