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Of the many to whom I am indebted, and of the many who through their example, teaching, and friendship have led, pushed, and at times accompanied me on this journey of learning, I am delighted to acknowledge the following persons with admiration and gratitude from my heart. While in graduate school, I was blessed to have had a number of exceptional and outstanding teachers, each of whom has in some fashion influenced my work in the present book, and among whom I would gratefully like to thank the following: Professor Cyril O’Regan, Professor David Kelsey, Professor Nicholas Wolterstorff, Professor Marilyn McCord Adams, Professor Louis Dupré, and Professor Denys Turner. More specifically, I would like to thank Cyril O’Regan, David Kelsey, and Denys Turner, who graciously read and provided incisive and insightful suggestions for strengthening the book manuscript. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank others who, while unnamed, offered comments which led to refinements in the manuscript. Additionally, I want to highlight and warmly thank David Kelsey for his continued, strong support of this project. In particular, I want to extend my deepest gratitude and thanks to Cyril O’Regan, who has been a dear friend and mentor to me since my days at Yale Divinity School. His inspiring example and teaching have impacted me in ways that go beyond the academy. His kindness, unfailing encouragement, and support helped in no small way to see this project through to publication, Even more, I would like to express special thanks to Cyril O’Regan for the wonderful gift of so generously writing the foreword to this book. It is far more illuminating and penetrating than that which follows it. To be sure, all errors and weaknesses of the book are my own.

Of those colleagues who blessed me with their friendship during our time in New Haven, I would like to thank the following. Among those who met at the weekly philosophy of religion lunch discussions, I would like to thank Andrew Dole, Corey Beals, Andrew Chignell, Samuel Newlands, Stefano Penna, and Todd Buras. From the graduate student theology discussion group, I would like to thank Scott Dolff, Maurice Lee, Edwin van Driel, and Edward Waggoner. Going back to our time at YDS, I also want to thank Matthew McKinnon and Ed Sloan. Thanks for so many engaging and enjoyable philosophical and theological conversations.

Before concluding these acknowledgements, I would like to express thanks to the able and cheerful team at Wipf and Stock, especially Matt Wimer, Robin Parry, and Calvin Jaffarian, whose patient guidance helped to ready the book for publication.

Lastly and most importantly, I thank Marian Ohara, whose person and life it seems to me express the beautiful love and grace of God, and without whose profound love, care, encouragement, and tremendous support this book would not have been completed. I dedicate this book to her.