Many Christians have begun to realise that the understanding of god that they have taken with them from primary school or Church instructions is no longer adequate and needs to be refined. But they cannot find material that offers purified concepts and avoids images drawn excessively from a folk past. Also, at a time when many proponents of atheism are no longer content just to deny the existence of god but wish to convince others of the non-existence of the deity, believers need to be able to weigh the worth of the negative arguments and to suggest their inadequacy. This book combines a philosophical approach to understanding god with describing the evolution of the idea of god in the Old Testament, while seeking to examine and present the simultaneously powerful and caring image of god in the New Testament.