Understanding Natural Theology: Mapping the Terrain of Recent Approaches Kid Puppies GIF Kid Puppies Discover & Share GIFs. In Understanding Natural Theology, theologian and scholar Christopher R. Brewer considers several different versions of natural theology and their proponents to clarify the role of natural theology in our pursuit of understanding God. If God is the creator of all, might creation itself not provide us with ways of seeing God that enrich our understandingthat connect our desire for God with our life in creation? Natural theology has been a feature of Christian thinking for centuries, but it has also been misunderstood and maligned. What exactly is natural theology, and how might it help us in our pursuit to know and understand God? In Understanding Natural Theology, theologian and scholar Christopher R. Brewer considers several different versions of natural theology and their proponents, including David Brown, Alvin Plantinga, C. Stephen Evans, Thomas F. Torrance, and even Karl Barth, a noted critic of natural theology. Through this study, readers will come to understand not only what natural theology is but also how it can serve in our collective pursuit to understand God.