A Brief Systematic Theology Of The Symbol

Author : Joshua Mobley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567702524

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How do Christians understand the Trinity? How does this understanding relate to other Christian teachings? In conversation with key thinkers in contemporary and classical theology, particularly Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, Thomas Aquinas and Augustine, this book argues that a theology of symbols can help us glimpse the mystery of the Trinity and see how this central Christian teaching corresponds to Christian understandings of creation, humanity and the church. A symbol is not here understood as an arbitrary sign, but as a sign that mediates the presence of the symbolized. Joshua Mobley examines the understanding of the Father as “symbolized” in the Son who is the “symbol” of the Father by the “symbolism” of the Spirit, the personal agent of unity between Father and Son. These trinitarian relations then structure creaturely relations to God: God is symbolized in creation, which is a symbol of God by participation in the Son, and the church is symbolism, the union of creation with God by the power of the Spirit. Mobley thus argues that a theology of symbol helps coordinate trinitarian theology with key themes in Christian dogmatics.

Author : Joshua Mobley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567702531

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A Brief Systematic Theology of the Symbol by Joshua Mobley Pdf

How do Christians understand the Trinity? How does this understanding relate to other Christian teachings? In conversation with key thinkers in contemporary and classical theology, particularly Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, Thomas Aquinas and Augustine, this book argues that a theology of symbols can help us glimpse the mystery of the Trinity and see how this central Christian teaching corresponds to Christian understandings of creation, humanity and the church. A symbol is not here understood as an arbitrary sign, but as a sign that mediates the presence of the symbolized. Joshua Mobley examines the understanding of the Father as “symbolized” in the Son who is the “symbol” of the Father by the “symbolism” of the Spirit, the personal agent of unity between Father and Son. These trinitarian relations then structure creaturely relations to God: God is symbolized in creation, which is a symbol of God by participation in the Son, and the church is symbolism, the union of creation with God by the power of the Spirit. Mobley thus argues that a theology of symbol helps coordinate trinitarian theology with key themes in Christian dogmatics.

Author : Robert C. Neville
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521003539

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Symbols of Jesus by Robert C. Neville Pdf

Symbols of Jesus is a systematic theology focusing on what makes Jesus important in Christianity.

Author : Paul Tillich
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226162638

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Systematic Theology by Paul Tillich Pdf

In this volume, the third and last of his Systematic Theology, Paul Tillich sets forth his ideas of the meaning of human life, the doctrine of the Spirit and the church, the trinitarian symbols, the relation of history to the Kingdom of God, and the eschatological symbols. He handles this subject matter with powerful conceptual ability and intellectual grace. The problem of life is ambiguity. Every process of life has its contrast within itself, thus driving man to the quest for unambiguous life or life under the impact of the Spritual Presence. The Spritual Presence conquers the negativities of religion, culture, and morality, and the symbols anticipating Eternal Life present the answer to the problem of life.

Author : Augustus Hopkins Strong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Baptists
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024420895

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Systematic Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong Pdf

Author : Paul F. M. Zahl
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802847293

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A Short Systematic Theology by Paul F. M. Zahl Pdf

A user-friendly summary of the essentials of Christian belief. This short systematic theology is a refreshing alternative to works on Christian doctrine that are too large or demanding for personal or group study. Paul Zahl offers a concentrated summary of the whole Christian faith in three concise, biblically correct chapters at once serious and popular, scholarly and contemporary. Arranged around twenty-five theses that cover the core Christian beliefs, the book clearly explains the person and nature of Jesus Christ, the meaning of the atonement, and the life that results from Christian freedom. Encompassing a great wealth of knowledge in a user-friendly, easy-to-follow format, A Short Systematic Theology is one of the best resources available for church, group, and personal study.

Author : Paul Tillich
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226159997

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Systematic Theology by Paul Tillich Pdf

This is the first part of Paul Tillich's three-volume Systematic Theology, one of the most profound statements of the Christian message ever composed and the summation and definitive presentation of the theology of the most influential and creative American theologian of the twentieth century. In this path-breaking volume Tillich presents the basic method and statement of his system—his famous "correlation" of man's deepest questions with theological answers. Here the focus is on the concepts of being and reason. Tillich shows how the quest for revelation is integral to reason itself. In the same way a description of the inner tensions of being leads to the recognition that the quest for God is implied in finite being. Here also Tillich defines his thought in relation to philosophy and the Bible and sets forth his famous doctrine of God as the "Ground of Being." Thus God is understood not as a being existing beside other beings, but as being-itself or the power of being in everything. God cannot be made into an object; religious knowledge is, therefore, necessarily symbolic.

Author : Robert C. Neville
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791427412

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The Truth of Broken Symbols by Robert C. Neville Pdf

This book provides a cross-cultural analysis of how religious symbols function from a theological and philosophical perspective. Showing how religious symbols can be true in various qualified senses, Neville presents a theory of religious symbolism in the American pragmatic tradition extending and elaborating Tillich's claim that religious symbols participate in the divine realities to which they refer and yet must be broken in order not to be idolatrous or demonic. The Truth of Broken Symbols offers a theory of religious symbolism treating reference, meaning, and interpretation, and discussing different functions of religious symbols in theological, practical, and devotional contexts. It shows that religious symbols are to be properly understood as true or false and that symbol-systems such as myths, theologies, or liturgical symbols are to be used to engage divine realities while internally exhibiting semiotic structures of reference, meaning, and interpretation.

Author : Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451407921

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Systematic Theology by Francis Schüssler Fiorenza Pdf

Unique among contemporary resources, the landmark Systematic Theology and its distinguished contributors present the major areas or loci of Roman Catholic theology in light of contemporary developments--especially the sea-change since Vatican II thought, the best new historical studies of traditional doctrines and scripture, and the diverse creative impulses that come from recent philosophy and hermeneutics, culture and praxis, and ecumenical contacts.

Author : Fred R. Sanders,Fred Sanders
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0820467103

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The Image of the Immanent Trinity by Fred R. Sanders,Fred Sanders Pdf

If the economic Trinity is the immanent Trinity , as Karl Rahner said, then what difference does it make for how we read the Bible? This book takes up the discussion that has dominated the last several decades of Trinitarian theology - that of Rahner's Rule - and brings it into dialogue with the longer history of the doctrine, particularly with the history of interpretation of scripture. The history of Trinitarianism is the history of complex interpretive moves, a long conversation in which the Christian church has sought to learn how to ask the right questions of scripture. Surveying recent theological projects and learning from their successes and failures, The Image of the Immanent Trinity argues that the eternally perfect fellowship of Father, Son, and Spirit is truly present for our salvation in Christ who, as the image of the invisible God, secures God's presence in the economy of salvation as the image of the immanent Trinity.

Author : Avery Dulles
Publisher : Crossroad Publishing Company
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0824511646

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The Craft of Theology by Avery Dulles Pdf

"Avery Dulles's theological career has spanned one of the most creative and confusing periods in the history of the church. With the goal of integrating new information from philosophy and the sciences into a deeper understanding of the world and society, the many theological schools pursued independent agendas, with the net effect of a loss of coherence. It is Fr. Dulles's contention that theological schools have drifted so far apart that what seems false and dangerous to one school seems almost self-evident to another. Theologians lack a common language, common goals, and common norms." "Exploring the possibilities for greater consensus, The Craft of Theology illustrates how a "post-critical" theology can draw on the riches of Scripture and tradition as it reflects on the faith of the church in new contexts. Fr. Dulles discusses the freedom of theology within the university and sets forth principles for a fresh dialogue with philosophy, the sciences, and other Christian churches."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Charles C. Ryrie
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781575674988

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Basic Theology by Charles C. Ryrie Pdf

Theology is for everyone. Everyone is a theologian of sorts. Theology simply means thinking about God and expressing those thoughts in some way. But sloppy theology is a problem. As Christians, our thoughts about God need to coincide with what He has said about Himself in the Bible. With his clear understanding of the Scriptures and unpretentious writing style, Charles Ryrie has written Basic Theology for every student of God's Word, from the devotional student to the seminary student. Ryrie's name has become synonymous with dispensational theology and his texts on the subject invaluable to the Bible scholar. Now Ryrie's Basic Theology is available to you from Moody Press, the company that brings you the Ryrie Study Bible. Featuring charts, definitions, and Scripture and subject indices, Basic Theology will give you a clear and comprehensive picture of Ryrie's approach to systematic theology. Its 94 chapters are arranged in outline style for easy reference. Considerable emphasis is given to explaining the dispensational view of the end times.

Author : Jon Sobrino,Ignacio Ellacuria
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608332717

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Systematic Theology by Jon Sobrino,Ignacio Ellacuria Pdf

Author : Roger Haight
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608332564

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Jesus, Symbol of God by Roger Haight Pdf

Already hailed as a landmark in contemporary Catholic theology, Jesus Symbol of God surveys scriptural data, the key moments in the development of doctrine, and the distinctive horizons of our contemporary world to develop a comprehensive and systematic christology for our time. The task of christology is to explain what it means to say that Jesus is the bearer and revealer of God in the Christian community, the decisive mediation of God's salvation -- or, in other words, the symbol of God.

Author : Augustus Hopkins Strong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Baptists
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR59986948

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Systematic Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong Pdf