Grappling with God on the M25
A Theology for Everyday Life
By Frank Topping. Hodder & Stoughton. 184 pages. £7.99
ISBN 0 340 67851 8
There is something truly liberating about grappling with God while driving a car. It would simply be too dangerous to open a Bible at the same time to check one's deductions.
If this book is 'Theology for Everyday Life', it has been produced with minimal reference to the Divine disclosure in Scripture. This may be due to the author's own view of the sacred writings. Mr Topping feels it is inappropriate to ask of the Bible: 'Is it true?' One can only ask: 'Does it contain the truth?' For we have obviously come of age since those unsophisticated Hebrews wrote what the Spirit gave them. For example, they allegedly wrote about God in the masculine form, because 'they found it difficult to conceive of a God who was vulnerable, or a God who had attributes related to femininity'.
