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1 online resource (221 pages) |
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Studies in Reformed Theology |
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Studies in Reformed theology.
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Introduction; Chapter One Gunton's Critique of the Christian Doctrine of Creation; Introduction; 1. The Effects of Platonism; 2. The Effects of Later Greek Cosmology: Plotinus and the Gnostics; 3. The Influence of Irenaeus; 4. Augustine and the Influence of Platonism; 5. Comments on Gunton's Interpretation of Augustine; 6. Evaluation; 7. Concluding Remarks; Chapter Two The Contours of Modernity: The Enlightenment and the Doctrine of Creation; Introduction; 1. Gunton's Account of Modernity; 2. Modernity and Christology; 3. Modernity and Metaphor; 4. Modernity and Theological Language |
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5. The Effects of Modernity on the Doctrine of Creation6. The Effects of Modernity on Theological Anthropology; 7. Evaluation; 8. Conclusion: Refashioning the Doctrine of Creation; Chapter Three The Triune Creator: The Shape of Colin E. Gunton's Doctrine of Creation; Introduction; 1. Creatio Ex Nihilo; 2. God's "Two Hands:" A Trinitarian Mediation of Creation; 3. Christ and Creation; 4. The Spirit as the Perfector and the Project of Creation; 5. The Correlation between the Doctrine of Creation and Soteriology; 6. Evaluation |
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Chapter Four Personhood and Relation: Colin E. Gunton's Theological AnthropologyIntroduction; 1. Imago Dei; 2. Christ and the Image; 3. Sin and the Imago Dei; 4. Evaluation; 5. Concluding Remarks; Chapter Five Creation, Christ and Culture: The Conception of Culture in Karl Barth and Colin E. Gunton; Introduction; 1. Barth and Culture: An Orientation; 2. Barth and Culture: Overview; 3. The Limits of Natural Theology; 4. Culture as Sign; 5. Jesus Christ, The Light of Life; 6. Gunton and Culture: An Orientation; 7. The Inter-Relation of Divine and Human Agency in Perfecting |
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8. An Ethic of Createdness9. Correlations and Divergences; 10. Evaluation; 11. Closing Remarks; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In Problem and Promise, William B. Whitney proposes a reading of Colin Gunton's work that demonstrates how the doctrine of creation is a central feature of Gunton's Trinitarian theology that influences theological discourse in both culture and ethics |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Gunton, Colin E
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| SUBJECT |
Gunton, Colin E. fast |
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Creation -- History of doctrines -- 20th century
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Theology.
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Theology
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theology.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General.
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Creation -- History of doctrines
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Theology
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004254626 |
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9004254625 |
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900425031X |
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9789004250314 |
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