God and Creation in Christian Theology

How are God and creatures related? How can one reconcile the sovereigntyand power of God with creatures' capacity to act freely?Kathryn Tanner's important and original work seeks an answer in the featuresand limits of traditional Christian discourse. Her search for a unique kernal orregulative dimension of the Christian doctrine of God-world relations leadsher to identify in the tradition an operative "grammar" of meaningful theological discourse that not only informs the past but can guide the future.