Includes bibliographical references and index

The offering of names : metaphysics, nihilism, and analogy -- No shadow of turning : on divine impassibility -- The writing of the kingdom : thirty-three aphorisms toward an eschatology of the text -- From "Notes on the Concept of the Infinite in the History of Western Metaphysics" : part I --

Rowan Williams says that David Bentley Hart "can always be relied on to offer a perspective on the Christian faith that is both profound and unexpected." The Hidden and the Manifest, a new collection of this brilliant scholar's work, contains twenty essays by Hart on theology and metaphysics. Spanning Hart's career both topically and over time, these essays cover such subjects as the Orthodox understanding of Eucharistic sacrifice; the metaphysics of Paradise Lost; Christianity, modernity, and freedom; death, final judgment, and the meaning of life; and many more