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Divine Freedom and Revelation in Christ
The Doctrine of Eternity with Special Reference to the Theology of Karl Barth, Forschungen zur systematischen und ökumenischen Theologie 174
ISBN/EAN: 9783525567357
Umbreit-Nr.: 6258861
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 208 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 12.12.2022
Auflage: 1/2022
- Zusatztext
- Christianity claims that the incarnation provides reliable knowledge about God but also that the incarnation was undertaken freely and thus need not have happened. Alexander Garton-Eisenacher resolves this tension between epistemological reliability and divine freedom, building particularly from the work of Karl Barth. Garton-Eisenacher offers a fresh reading of the Church Dogmatics that demonstrates how Barths theology provides a promising starting point but notes that his argument is ultimately undermined by the doctrine of eternity within which it is framed. The author overcomes this issue by showing how the promising motifs employed by Barth can be authentically derived from the classical doctrine of eternity instead. In so doing, this work shows that reading classical eternity against a Barthian background also serves to draw out a more temporal interpretation of the doctrine than its contemporary characterization, reclaiming it as a viable Christian understanding of Gods relationship to time.
- Kurztext
- Gods eternity is crucial in demonstrating the trustworthiness of the Christian faith.
- Autorenportrait
- Alexander D. Garton-Eisenacher completed a PhD in Systematic Theology at the University of Cambridge in 2021. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in Christian Theology, also from the University of Cambridge. He has conducted research as a visiting scholar at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
- Schlagzeile
- Christianity claims that the incarnation provides reliable knowledge about God but also that the incarnation was undertaken freely and thus need not have happened. Alexander Garton-Eisenacher resolves this tension between epistemological reliability and divine freedom, building particularly from the work of Karl Barth. The author offers a fresh reading of the Church Dogmatics that demonstrates how Barths theology provides a promising starting point but notes that his argument is ultimately undermined by the doctrine of eternity within which it is framed.