Here Sara Maitland lays out her theological stall – a way of talking about God which allows for the huge joyful complexity of the created order and the amazing revelation of God which the modern sciences have opened out for us: a god who runs risks and shares responsibility in generosity and beauty beyond language and imagination.  The book, though fundamentally the writing of an orthodox Roman Catholic is courageous and free thinking. It includes chapters on contemporary physics, astronomy and mathematics; on psychological and anthropological ideas about self and identity; about the contribution of literature and art to a delight in God; and a final chapter on the ethical imperative to joy.

“Maitland takes large risks as a novelist and theologian. Creation reveals a God - wild and dangerous, creative, risk-taking, clever, profligate and ebullient. Maitland dares her readers to engage in theological reflection as a treasure hunt, a game of dice, or a walk on a tightrope suspended high above the crowds.” Sondra Willobee. Christian Century