Acknowledgements ix List of Contributors xi Introduction Richard Harries 1 Biblical Theology 1. Austin Farrer and Typology 13 John Barton 2. Farrer on Q 24 Mark Goodacre 3. Farrer on Paul 37 Jennifer R. Strawbridge Philosophy 4. Farrer’s Relevance for Contemporary Philosophical Theology 53 Margaret Yee 5. Providence and the Problem of Evil in Farrer’s Love Almighty and Ills Unlimited 70 Leigh Vicens 6. ‘The Evidence of Faith’: Austin Farrer, Diogenes Allen and Reformed Epistemology 84 Robert MacSwain 7. Farrer’s Theism: Finite and Infinite 98 Paul DeHart Language and Symbolism 8. Through a Glass? Farrer, Coleridge and Revelation 113 Stephen Platten 9. Language and Symbolism: Austin Farrer Meets Gregory of Nazianzus 127 Morwenna Ludlow Doctrine 10. ‘A Society of Two’? Austin Farrer on the Trinity 141 Rowan Williams 11. Farrer on the Atonement 154 Richard Harries 12. Theosis, Godmanhood and Double Agency: Berdyaev, Farrer and the Divine-Human Relationship 164 Gregory Platten Prayer and Preaching 13. Farrer, the Oxford Preacher 183 Jane Shaw 14. Until Their Hunger Is Their Mind: Farrer’s Theology of the Eucharist 196 Jeffrey Vogel Farrer and the Future A Prophetic Influence: Concluding Reflections 209 Stephen Platten Bibliography of Works by or Related to Austin Farrer 219 Author Index 236 Subject Index 239

Assessing his continuing importance and introducing him to a new generation of readers, Austin Farrer for Today brings together a stellar collection of writers to reflect on Farrer's contribution to biblical theology, philosophy, language, doctrine, prayer and preaching.