Eschatological Economy

Author : Douglas H. Knight
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532691027

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"Douglas Knight has produced an ambitious, engaging, and creative account of the drama of redemption by changing the baseline terms in the discussion. This is constructive theology of a bold and fresh kind, taking seriously Israel, sacrifice, and an account of the problem of the human condition indebted to Irenaeus and Zizioulas. It is remarkable for its timely account of the church's destiny in the world of God's urgent, consummative work." --Christopher Seitz, University of St. Andrews "Knight combines a rigorous and scripturally disciplined dogmatic approach with fundamental analysis of metaphysical concepts. The result is an exciting and theologically motivated challenge to our modern assumptions about time and change, embodiment and identity." --R. R. Reno, Creighton University "No attentive reader of this book can fail to be impressed by its scope, boldness, and sheer theological energy. As he moves across the fields of historical and systematic theology, biblical studies, and philosophy, Knight demonstrates the resources within the Christian tradition for critical analysis and hopeful reconstruction of culture. This provocative book deserves to be read and debated very widely." --John Webster, University of Aberdeen "Douglas Knight is a free-flowing fountain of unexpected ideas and connections." --Robert W. Jenson, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton "In the tradition of Irenaeus's Against Heresies and in conversation with leading theologians and biblical scholars, this tour de force tells a grand narrative of all things coming together and coming to be in Israel, Jesus Christ, and the church. Douglas Knight displays an impressive imagination for pulling together a dizzying variety of voices. --Telford Work, Westmont College "Dense, erudite, and provocative, this work confirms the vitality of British, indeed European, doctrinal theology. . . . The reader opening to any page will be rewarded with startling and original theological insights." --Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen

Author : Douglas H. Knight
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532691003

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Author : Douglas Knight
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802863159

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Eschatological Economy by Douglas Knight Pdf

Much current theology is content with the modern account of humanity as all that it will ever be. A distinctively Christian theology, however, has a more sophisticated idea of time, a sense that both the individual and the world are works in progress, and neither will be settled until established in relationship with God. This substantive new work by Douglas Knight confronts the central trends of modern thought with the “eschatological economy” of the Christian tradition.,/p> Throughout The Eschatological Economy, Knight links Christian doctrine to an awareness of both being and becoming. He gives central place to the work of God and to the medium of that work, the creation and the cross; in so doing, he provides a clearer way to understand the traditional teaching that Christ died for us. An ambitious one-volume systematic theology, Knight’s The Eschatological Economy presents an invigorating discussion of Israel, of the atonement and the Trinity, and of time, progress, and secularity.

Author : Marius Nel
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781527540071

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African Pentecostalism and Eschatological Expectations by Marius Nel Pdf

The Pentecostalisation of African Christianity has been called the “African Reformation” of the past thirty years. African Pentecostalism is a diverse movement characterised by its emphases on Spirit baptism, divine healing, charismatic worship and eschatological expectations. This work investigates its eschatological systems in terms of its unrealised expectation of the second coming of Christ, and suggestions are presented for the movement to keep its eschatology at the heart of its impetus. This is accomplished through a hermeneutical awareness of the distinctiveness of Pentecostalism as a restorationist movement. Written for pastors, church leaders and believers, this book discusses the literalistic way of reading the Bible in most of the classical Pentecostal components of African Pentecostalism, supporting their premillennialist and even dispensational eschatological views. It suggests a new Pentecostal hermeneutics developed by scholarship in the past forty years, in line with significant elements of the way in which early Pentecostals read the Bible. This new hermeneutical awareness implies new and exciting ways of thinking about eschatology that will enrich and enlighten African Pentecostalism in its hope for the second coming of Christ.

Author : Andrew T. J. Kaethler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666733716

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The Eschatological Person by Andrew T. J. Kaethler Pdf

Both Alexander Schmemann and Joseph Ratzinger insist that the human person remains shrouded in mystery without God’s self-disclosure in the person of Jesus Christ. Like us, Jesus lived in a particular time and location, and therefore time and temporality must be part of the ontological question of what it means to be a human person. Yet, Jesus, the one who has time for us, ascended to the Father, and the bride of Christ awaits his return, and therefore time and temporality are conditioned by the eschatological. With this in mind, the ontological question of personhood and temporality is a question that concerns eschatology: how does eschatology shape personhood? Bringing together Schmemann and Ratzinger in a theological dialogue for the first time, this book explores their respective approaches and answers to the aforementioned question. While the two theologians share much in common, it is only Ratzinger’s relational ontological approach that, by being consistently relational from top to bottom, consistently preserves the meaningfulness of temporal existence.

Author : Christopher Asprey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199584703

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Eschatological Presence in Karl Barth's Göttingen Theology by Christopher Asprey Pdf

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Aberdeen University, 2008 under title: Eschatological presence: Karl Barth's theology in G'ottingen.

Author : Sarah Harding
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506406060

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Paul's Eschatological Anthropology by Sarah Harding Pdf

In this study, Sarah Harding examines Paul’s anthropology from the perspective of eschatology, concluding that the apostle’s view of humans is a function of his belief that the cosmos evolves through distinct aeons in progress toward its telos. Although scholars have frequently assumed that Paul’s anthropological utterances are arbitrary, inconsistent, or dependent upon parallel views extant in the first-century world, Harding shows that these assumptions only arise when Paul’s anthropology is considered apart from its eschatological context. That context includes the temporal distinction of the old aeon, the new aeon, and the significant overlap of aeons in which those “in Christ” dwell, as well as a spatial dimension that comprises the cosmos and the powers that dominate it (especially sin and the Holy Spirit). These eschatological dimensions determine the value Paul attaches to any particular anthropological “aspect.” Harding examines the cosmological power dominant in each aeon and the structures through which, in Paul’s view, these influence human beings, examining texts in which Paul discusses nous, kardia, and sōma in each aeon.

Author : Jeremy Kidwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317014324

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The Theology of Craft and the Craft of Work by Jeremy Kidwell Pdf

An important reconceptualisation is taking place in the way people express creativity, work together, and engage in labour; particularly, suggests Kidwell, a surprising resurgence in recent years of manual and craft work. Noting the wide array of outlets that now market hand-made goods and the array of popular books which advocate ‘making’ as a basis for activism or personal improvement, this book seeks to understand how the micro-politics of craft work might offer insights for a broader theology of work. Why does it matter that we do work which is meaningful, excellent, and beautiful? Through a close reading of Christian scripture, The Theology of Craft and the Craft of Work examines the theology and ethics of work in light of original biblical exegesis. Kidwell presents a detailed exegetical study of temple construction accounts in the Hebrew bible and the New Testament. Illuminating a theological account of craft, and employing the ancient vision of ‘good work’ which is preserved in these biblical texts, Kidwell critically interrogates modern forms of industrial manufacture. This includes a variety of contemporary work problems particularly the instrumentalisation and exploitation of the non-human material world and the dehumanisation of workers. Primary themes taken up in the book include agency, aesthetics, sociality, skill, and the material culture of work, culminating with the conclusion that the church (or ‘new temple’) is both the product and the site of moral work. Arguing that Christian worship provides a moral context for work, this book also examines early Christian practices to suggest a theological reconceptualisation of work.

Author : Sean Hand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317832492

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Facing the Other by Sean Hand Pdf

Emmanuel Levinas is one of the key philosophers in the post-Heideggerian field and an increasingly central presence in contemporary debates about identity and responsibility. His work spans and encapsulates the major philosophical and ethical concerns of the twentieth century, combining the insights of a basic phenomenological training with the demands of a Jewish culture and its basis in the endless exegesis of Talmudic reading. His concerns and subjects are wide: they include the Other, the body, infinity, women, Jewish-Christian relations, Zionism and the impulses and limits of philosophical language itself. This collection explicates Levinas's major contribution to these debates, namely the idea of the primacy of ethics over ontology or epistemology. It investigates how, in the wake of a post-structuralist orthodoxy, scholars and practitioners in such fields as literary theory, cultural studies, feminism and psychoanalysis are turning to Levinas's work to articulate a rediscovered concern with the ethical dimension of their discipline. Stressing the largely assumed but unexplored Jewish dimension of Levinas's work, this book is an important contribution to the field of Jewish studies and philosophy.

Author : Neal DeRoo,John Panteleimon Manoussakis
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0754667014

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Phenomenology and Eschatology by Neal DeRoo,John Panteleimon Manoussakis Pdf

Given the resurgence of eschatological thought in contemporary theology and the continued relevance of phenomenology in philosophy, this book brings together leading thinkers such as Lacoste, Romano, Kearney and Hart to explore the ways in which these two seemingly unrelated disciplines illuminate each other. Through a series of phenomenological analyses of key eschatological concepts and detailed readings in some of the key figures of both disciplines, this text reveals that phenomenology and eschatology are fundamentally inter-related, and that neither can be fully understood without the other: without eschatology, phenomenology would not have developed the ethical and temporal aspects that characterize it today; without phenomenology, eschatology would remain relegated to the sidelines of serious theological discourse. Along the way, such diverse themes as time, death, parousia, and the call are re-examined and redefined.

Author : Bruce W. Longenecker,Kelly D. Liebengood
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780802864147

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Engaging Economics by Bruce W. Longenecker,Kelly D. Liebengood Pdf

'Emerging Economics' reveals the economic dimentisons of the theology of the early Jesus movement & explains how this is reflected in the texts of the New Testament & the reception of those texts within the patristic era.

Author : G. C. Tympas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317800170

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Carl Jung and Maximus the Confessor on Psychic Development by G. C. Tympas Pdf

In what ways does psychological development differ from spiritual development and psychological experience from spiritual experience? Bringing together two disparate theories under a trans-disciplinary framework, G. C. Tympas presents a comparison of Carl Jung’s theory of psychic development and Maximus the Confessor’s model of spiritual progress. An ‘evolutional’ relationship between the ‘psychological’ and the ‘spiritual’ is proposed for a dynamic interpretation of spiritual experience. Carl Jung and Maximus the Confessor on Psychic Development offers a creative synthesis of elements and directions from both theories and further explores: - Jung’s views on religion in a dialogue with Maximus’ concepts - The different directions and goals of Jung’s and Maximus’ models - Jung’s ‘Answer to Job’ in relation to Maximus’ theory of ‘final restoration’. Tympas argues that a synthesis of Jung’s and Maximus’ models comprises a broader trans-disciplinary paradigm of development, which can serve as a pluralistic framework for considering the composite psycho-spiritual development. Constructively combining strands of differing disciplines, this book will appeal to those looking to explore the dialogue between analytical psychology, early Christian theology and Greek philosophy.

Author : Steven D. Aguzzi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317111900

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Israel, the Church, and Millenarianism by Steven D. Aguzzi Pdf

Since the calls of the Second Vatican Council, Roman Catholic theologians have sought to overcome an overarching problem facing Jewish–Christian relations, the concept of "supersessionism"; the idea that God has revoked the spiritual and historical promises made to the Jewish people in favour of granting those same privileges to a predominantly Gentile Church. Israel, the Church, and Millenarianism breaks new ground by applying an ancient principle to the problem of Israel’s "replacement": the early Church’s promotion of millennialism. Utilizing the best in Patristic research, Aguzzi argues that these earliest Christian traditions made room for the future of Israel because Christ’s reign in the Church was viewed as provisional to his historical reign on earth—Israel’s role in salvation history was and is not yet complete. Aguzzi’s research also opens the door for a greater Catholic understanding of the millennial principle, not shying away from its validity and relevance for understanding the importance of safeguarding Jewish particularity, while concluding that the Synagogue and the Church are indeed on a parallel trajectory; "...what will their...[Israel’s]...acceptance be but life from the dead?" (Romans 11:15). Ultimately, the divine will is fulfilled through both Christian and Jewish means, in history, while each community is dependent, in different ways, upon the unfolding of God’s future and the coming Parousia of Christ.

Author : Timothy Harvie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317109983

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Jürgen Moltmann's Ethics of Hope by Timothy Harvie Pdf

This book develops a thorough account of the sphere of human moral action in sustained dialogue with Jürgen Moltmann. By examining God's role as promise-giver, particularly in the Christian understanding of resurrection, this work describes the occupancy of both history and space in moral terms. This leads to an understanding of Jesus' description of 'the kingdom of God' to feature prominently in describing both the possibility and content of human moral action. By offering an account of each of the main doctrines found in Moltmann's corpus - the role of the future, the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, and anthropology - this book locates how each contributes to the understanding of ethics from a Christian perspective and subsequently applies these findings to the contemporary issue of poverty and global economics.

Author : Eric Gregory
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226307510

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Politics and the Order of Love by Eric Gregory Pdf

Augustine—for all of his influence on Western culture and politics—was hardly a liberal. Drawing from theology, feminist theory, and political philosophy, Eric Gregory offers here a liberal ethics of citizenship, one less susceptible to anti-liberal critics because it is informed by the Augustinian tradition. The result is a book that expands Augustinian imaginations for liberalism and liberal imaginations for Augustinianism. Gregory examines a broad range of Augustine’s texts and their reception in different disciplines and identifies two classical themes which have analogues in secular political theory: love—and related notions of care, solidarity, and sympathy—and sin—as well as related notions of cruelty, evil, and narrow self-interest. From an Augustinian point of view, Gregory argues, love and sin constrain each other in ways that yield a distinctive vision of the limits and possibilities of politics. In providing a constructive argument for Christian participation in liberal democratic societies, Gregory advances efforts to revive a political theology in which love’s relation to justice is prominent. Politics and the Order of Love will provoke new conversations for those interested in Christian ethics, moral psychology, and the role of religion in a liberal society.