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Revisiting the doctrine of the divine attributes : in dialogue with Karl Barth, Eberhard Jüngel and Wolf Krötke / Christopher R.J. Holmes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Issues in systematic theology ; v. 15Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, c2007.Description: xi, 249 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780820486963 (hardcover: alk. paper)
  • 0820486965 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 231.4 22
LOC classification:
  • BT130 .H58 2007
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Contents:
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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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.