Freedom Necessity And The Knowledge Of God
Download Freedom Necessity And The Knowledge Of God full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Freedom Necessity And The Knowledge Of God ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Freedom Necessity and the Knowledge of God
Author | : Paul D. Molnar |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2021-12-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780567700162 |
Download Freedom Necessity and the Knowledge of God Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Paul D. Molnar discusses issues related to the concepts of freedom and necessity in trinitarian doctrine. He considers the implications of “non-conceptual knowledge of God” by comparing the approaches of Karl Rahner and T. F. Torrance. He also reconsiders T. F. Torrance's “new” natural theology and illustrates why Christology must be central when discussing liberation theology. Further, he explores Catholic and Protestant relations by comparing the views of Elizabeth Johnson, Walter Kasper and Karl Barth, as well as relations among Christians, Jews and Muslims by considering whether it is appropriate to claim that all three religions should be understood to be united under the concept of monotheism. Finally, he probes the controversial issues of how to name God in a way that underscores the full equality of women and men and how to understand “universalism” by placing Torrance and David Bentley Hart into conversation on that subject.
Freedom and Necessity in Modern Trinitarian Theology
Author | : Brandon Gallaher |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780198744603 |
Download Freedom and Necessity in Modern Trinitarian Theology Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Freedom and Necessity in Modern Trinitarian Theology examines the tension between God and the world through a constructive reading of the Trinitarian theologies and Christologies of Sergii Bulgakov (1871-1944), Karl Barth (1886-1968), and Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988). It focuses on what is called "the problematic of divine freedom and necessity" and the response of the writers. "Problematic" refers to God being simultaneously radically free and utterly bound to creation. God did not need to create and redeem the world in Christ. It is a contingent free gift. Yet, on the other side of a dialectic, he also has eternally determined himself to be God as Jesus Christ. He must create and redeem the world to be God as he has so determined. In this way the world is given a certain "free necessity" by him because if there were no world then there would be no Christ. A spectrum of different concepts of freedom and necessity and a theological ideal of a balance between the same are outlined and then used to illumine the writers and to articulate a constructive response to the problematic. Brandon Gallaher shows that the classical Christian understanding of God having a non-necessary relationship to the world and divine freedom being a sheer assertion of God's will must be completely rethought. Gallaher proposes a Trinitarian, Christocentric, and cruciform vision of divine freedom. God is free as eternally self-giving, self-emptying and self-receiving love. The work concludes with a contemporary theology of divine freedom founded on divine election.
The Freedom of God for Us
Author | : Brian D. Asbill |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2014-12-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780567301468 |
Download The Freedom of God for Us Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume provides an analysis of divine aseity in Karl Barth's thought and appreciates the vital role that this doctrine can play in contemporary theology. Brian D. Asbill begins by setting the general theological context, first through a broad sketch of the development of Barth's understanding of the relationship between the life of God pro nobis (pronobeity) and a se (aseity), and secondly through the examination of the basic theological convictions that guide his approach to the divine being in Church Dogmatics II/1. The second section, 'The Love and Freedom of God', turns to the dialectical pairings which guide Barth's accounts of the divine reality in his earliest dogmatic cycle (The Göttingen Dogmatics §§16-7) as well as in his most mature treatment (Church Dogmatics §§28-31). Particular attention is given to how these themes arise from revelation and relate to one another. In the final section, 'The Aseity of God', Asbill identifies this doctrine's basic features and primary functions. Divine aseity is characterized as the self-demonstration and self-movement of God's life, a trinitarian and entirely unique reality, a primarily positive and dynamic concept, and the manner and readiness of God's love for creatures. Divine aseity is said to indicate God's lordship in the act of self-binding, God's uniqueness in the act of self-revelation, and God's sufficiency in the act of self-giving.
Freedom and Necessity
Author | : Gerald Bonner |
Publsiher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2007-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780813214740 |
Download Freedom and Necessity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book seeks to explain this paradox in Augustine's theology by tracing how these different emphases arose in his thought, and speculating as to why he endorsed, in the end, his theology of predestination. T
Divine Freedom and the Doctrine of the Immanent Trinity
Author | : Paul D. Molnar |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2017-02-23 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780567657411 |
Download Divine Freedom and the Doctrine of the Immanent Trinity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Divine Freedom and the Doctrine of the Immanent Trinity is widely acclaimed by scholars in the field of Christian systematic theology. Molnar's quest to place the doctrine of the immanent Trinity on the agenda of the Christian doctrine of God has proven to be a signal contribution to the debate in contemporary Christian theology. The material in this second edition has been thoroughly updated: it contains a new preface and a new introduction, as well as a revised bibliography. The book includes a brand new chapter titled 'Divine Freedom Revisited' which addresses those questions that have arisen in connection with Molnar's original presentation of the divine freedom. Molnar re-visits here his discussion of the Logos Asarkos, the theologies of Karl Rahner and Wolfhart Pannenberg. He sheds new light on Rahner's and Torrance's discussions of the Resurrection; and incorporates modern discussions by contemporary theologians to offer new insights into Eberhard Jüngel's thinking.
Middle Knowledge
Author | : John D. Laing |
Publsiher | : Kregel Academic |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2018-04-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780825443305 |
Download Middle Knowledge Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Most Christians believe God is in control, but they are unsure of how to reconcile that control with their struggles with sin, the command to evangelize, and the immense suffering in the world and their own lives. Laing offers an introduction to the doctrine of providence based on the theory of middle knowledge, first articulated in the sixteenth century. This view describes how creatures have true free will and God has perfect knowledge of what each creature could and would do in any circumstance. Middle knowledge helps answer the most perplexing theological questions: predestination and salvation, the existence of evil, divine and human authorship of Scripture, and science and the Christian faith. Laing provides extensive biblical support as well as practical applications for this theology.
Divine Will and Human Choice
Author | : Richard A. Muller |
Publsiher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2017-05-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781493406708 |
Download Divine Will and Human Choice Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This fresh study from an internationally respected scholar of the Reformation and post-Reformation eras shows how the Reformers and their successors analyzed and reconciled the concepts of divine sovereignty and human freedom. Richard Muller argues that traditional Reformed theology supported a robust theory of an omnipotent divine will and human free choice and drew on a tradition of Western theological and philosophical discussion. The book provides historical perspective on a topic of current interest and debate and offers a corrective to recent discussions.
Human Freedom Divine Knowledge and Mere Molinism
Author | : Timothy A. Stratton |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2020-10-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781725276130 |
Download Human Freedom Divine Knowledge and Mere Molinism Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Does humanity possess the freedom to think and act, or are we always caused and determined to think and act--exactly how we think and act--by things outside of our control? If we are always causally determined to think and act by things outside of our control, then how can humans be genuinely responsible for any of our thoughts or following actions? However, if humanity is genuinely free and responsible for at least some of our thoughts and actions, then how can the Christian rationally affirm the doctrine that God is totally sovereign and predestines all things? In Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism, Timothy A. Stratton surveys the history of theological thought from Augustine to Edwards and reaches surprising historical conclusions supporting what he refers to as "limited libertarian freedom." Stratton goes further to offer multiple arguments appealing to Scripture, theology, and philosophy that each conclude humanity does, in fact, possess libertarian freedom. He then appeals to the work of Luis de Molina and offers unique arguments concluding that God possesses middle knowledge. If this is the case, then God can be completely sovereign and predestine all things without violating human freedom and responsibility.