Several
of the book's features are shared with other British theology: a basic concern for intelligent orthodoxy informed by worship; the
Trinity as the encompassing
doctrine, strongly connected to both church and society; a well -
articulated response to modernity; a wide range
of «mediations,» through various discourses and aspects
of contemporary life (philosophy, history, friendship, sex, politics, aesthetics, the visual arts and music); a special affinity for the patristic period; and a preference for the essay genre.