The Pulse of Creation: God and the Transformation of the World

Paul Sponheims theme is transformation-personal social cultural and global. He addresses the violence environmental destruction and lost sense of self that plague modern society. In response he finds a genuine desire among Americans for both individual and social transformation. He suggests however that we may have lost sight of the Creators call for us to join in the work of creation through direct partnership with others (not just with other Christians) in nurturing change. Sponheim claims the ecstatic power of religion for individual and social transformation and explores how the human status as creature entails responsibility to God in the drama that creation constitutes. In central chapters on Interruption Calling and Relationship he clearly shows how transformation takes place though our participation in Gods ongoing creative work.