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Author Tseng, Shao Kai

Title Barth's Ontology of Sin and Grace : Variations on a Theme of Augustine
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (177 pages)
Series Barth Studies
Barth studies.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Sin and substantialist ontology: the Augustinian background of Barth's theological grammar; 2 God and nothingness (CD III/1-3): Barth's actualistic reorientation of Augustine's meontological grammar; 3 Barth's actualistic hamartiology (CD IV/1-3, 60, 65, and 70): prolegomenal considerations; 4 'The Pride and Fall of Man' (CD IV/1, 60): original sin and the history of Christ; 5 'The Sloth and Misery of Man' (CD IV/2, 65): Barth on the bondage of the will
6 Condemnation and universal salvation: Barth's 'reverent agnosticism' revisited (CD IV/3, 70)Epilogue: Barth's paradigm shift: an actualistic reorientation of Christian ontology; Bibliography; Index
Summary In recent Barth studies it has been argued that a key to understanding the theologian's opposition to natural theology is his rejection of substantialist ontology. While this is true to an extent, this book argues that it is a mistake to see Barth's 'actualistic ontology' as diametrically opposed to traditional substantialism. Probing into Barth's soteriological hamartiology in Church Dogmatics, III-IV, a largely neglected aspect of these volumes in recent debates on his understanding of being and act, it shows how his descriptions of sin, nature, and grace shed light on the precise manners in which his actualistic ontology operates on both a substance grammar of being and a process grammar of becoming, while rejecting the metaphysics underlying both grammars. Looking at issues such as original sin, universal salvation and human will, Barth is shown to be radically redefining the relationship between humans, their actions and the divine. This book argues that human 'nature' is the total determination of the human being 'from above' by God's grace in Christ, while the existential dimension of the human being is also totally determined 'from below' by the Adamic history of sin. This serves to demonstrate Barth's endeavours in eliminating the vestiges of natural theology within the Western tradition handed down from Augustine. By exploring these issues this book offers a fresh insight into Barth's relationship with his theological forbears. As such, it will be vital reading for any scholar of Barth studies, the problem of evil, and theological ontology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Sin -- Christianity.
Substance (Philosophy)
Ontology.
ontology (metaphysics)
PHILOSOPHY -- Religious.
RELIGION -- Theology.
Actualist.
Barth's Ontology of Sin.
Christ.
Christianity.
Christology.
Hamartiology.
Karl Barth.
Ontology.
Original Sin.
Philosophy.
Prolegomenal.
Religion.
Shao Kai Tseng.
Substantialist.
Theology.
Universal Salvation.
Ontology
Sin -- Christianity
Substance (Philosophy)
Form Electronic book
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