Revisiting the doctrine of the divine attributes :

Holmes, Christopher R. J., 1974-

Revisiting the doctrine of the divine attributes : in dialogue with Karl Barth, Eberhard Jüngel and Wolf Krötke / Christopher R.J. Holmes. - New York : Peter Lang, c2007. - xi, 249 p. ; 24 cm. - Issues in systematic theology, v. 15 1081-9479 ; . - Issues in systematic theology, v. 15 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-242) and index.

Introduction -- The inherited shape of the doctrine. Introduction ; Barth on the Protestant orthodox ; Krötke on Gregory of Nyssa and Pseudo-Dionysius ; Jüngel on Aquinas ; Conclusion -- The divine attributes according to Barth. Introduction ; The being of God. The being of God in act ; The being of God as one who loves ; The being of God in freedom ; The divine perfections. Neither nominalism nor expressivism ; The derivation and distribution of the attributes ; Divine hiddenness ; The positive character of the divine freedom ; The early doctrine of the attributes with reference to The Göttingen dogmatics ; The divine glory ; Conclusion -- The divine attributes according to Jüngel. Introduction ; Contra the metaphysical tradition. The coming of God to language ; Divine simplicity reconsidered ; Prayer as the home of the narratively rendered love of God ; The analogy of Advent and the analogy of reservation ; Justification ; Divine hiddenness ; Hypostasis and attribute ; The divine glory ; The divine freedom ; Glory revisited ; Conclusion -- The divine attributes according to Krötke. Introduction ; The theological task of the doctrine ; God's self-relatedness as the basis of the doctrine of the divine attributes ; God's clarity as God's glory ; The truth of God ; The falsity of atheism, in conversation with Feuerbach ; The clarity of God's love. God's justifying love ; Mercy, sin and the clarity of God's love ; The clarity of God's power. The wisdom of the exercise of God's power ; The abstraction that is theodicy ; The clarity of God's eternity. Eternity and the absolute attributes ; God's eternity and the final judgment ; Conclusion -- Conclusions.

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Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.
Jüngel, Eberhard.
Krötke, Wolf.


God (Christianity)--Attributes--History of doctrines--20th century.
Theology--History--20th century.

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