The Logic Of God Incarnate

Author : Thomas V. Morris
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579106294

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The Logic of God Incarnate by Thomas V. Morris Pdf

This book is a philosophical examination of the logical problems associated with the claim that Jesus of Nazareth was one and the same person as God the Son, the Second Person of the divine Trinity. How can a being or person who is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, etc., have become human given that humans are limited in knowledge and beset with weaknesses? Unless this belief in the incarnation is to be dismissed as pious sentimentality, a philosophical case must be made for at least the possible rationality of the idea. Tom Morris makes such an attempt in this book. Indeed, although it claims only to be arguing that the idea of God Incarnate is not impossible, The Logic of God Incarnate confronts the preponderance of modem philosophical argumentation against the incarnation and manages to put the traditional doctrine in a quite plausible light.

Author : Thomas V. Morris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1987-12-01
Category : Incarnation
ISBN : 0801494745

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The Logic of God Incarnate by Thomas V. Morris Pdf

Author : Richard Swinburne
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199257454

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The Resurrection of God Incarnate by Richard Swinburne Pdf

Whether or not Jesus rose bodily from the dead is perhaps the most critical and contentious issue in the study of Christianity. Rather than depend on statements in the New Testament, Swinburne argues for a wider approach.

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664230377

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The Metaphor of God Incarnate by John Hick Pdf

In this groundbreaking work, John Hick refutes the traditional Christian understanding of Jesus of Nazareth. According to Hick, Jesus did not teach what was to become the orthodox understanding of him: that he was God incarnate who became human to die for the sins of the world. Further, the traditional dogma of Jesus' two natures--human and divine--cannot be explained satisfactorily, and worse, it has been used to justify great human evils. Thus, the divine incarnation, he explains, is best understood metaphorically. Nevertheless, he concludes that Christians can still understand Jesus as Lord and the one who has made God real to us. This second edition includes new chapters on the Christologies of Anglican theologian John Macquarrie and Catholic theologian Roger Haight, SJ.

Author : Thomas V. Morris
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1573831018

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Our Idea of God by Thomas V. Morris Pdf

Author : J. Hick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-04-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780230390232

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Disputed Questions in Theology and the Philosophy of Religion by J. Hick Pdf

Hick gives a personal account of how he has come to accept religious pluralism - that the major world faiths are different but equally valid responses to ultimate Reality. He considers how much Christians have to learn from Buddhism, discusses the ongoing dialogue among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and outlines a philosophy of religions - a conception of the relationship between world religions and between them and the ultimately Real. Finally he turns to the mystery of death and, using the resources of the world religions and of parapsychology, suggests a possible conception of life after death.

Author : J. P. Moreland,Chad V. Meister,Khaldoun A. Sweis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199755448

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Debating Christian Theism by J. P. Moreland,Chad V. Meister,Khaldoun A. Sweis Pdf

Comprising groundbreaking dialogues by many of the most prominent scholars in Christian apologetics and the philosophy of religion, this volume offers a definitive treatment of central questions of Christian faith. The essays are ecumenical and broadly Christian, in the spirit of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, and feature lucid and up-to-date material designed to engage readers in contemporary theistic and Christian issues. Beginning with dialogues about God's existence and the coherence of theism and then moving beyond generic theism to address significant debates over such specifically Christian doctrines as the Trinity and the resurrection of Jesus, Debating Christian Theism provides an ideal starting point for anyone seeking to understand the current debates in Christian theology.

Author : Neal DeRoo,Brian Lightbody
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556359699

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The Logic of Incarnation by Neal DeRoo,Brian Lightbody Pdf

With his Logic of Incarnation, James K. A. Smith has provided a compelling critique of the universalizing tendencies in some strands of postmodern philosophy of religion. A truly postmodern account of religion must take seriously the preference for particularity first evidenced in the Christian account of the incarnation of God. Moving beyond the urge to universalize, which characterizes modern thought, Smith argues that it is only by taking seriously particular differences--historical, religious, and doctrinal--that we can be authentically religious and authentically postmodern. Smith remains hugely influential in both academic discourse and church movements. This book is the first organized attempt to bring both of these aspects of Smith's work into conversation with each other and with him. With articles from an internationally respected group of philosophers, theologians, pastors, and laypeople, the entire range of Smith's considerable influence is represented here. Discussing questions of embodiment, eschatology, inter-religious dialogue, dogma, and difference, this book opens all the most relevant issues in postmodern religious life to a unique and penetrating critique.

Author : Stephen J. Wellum
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433517860

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God the Son Incarnate by Stephen J. Wellum Pdf

Nothing is more important than what a person believes about Jesus Christ. To understand Christ correctly is to understand the very heart of God, Scripture, and the gospel. To get to the core of this belief, this latest volume in the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series lays out a systematic summary of Christology from philosophical, biblical, and historical perspectives—concluding that Jesus Christ is God the Son incarnate, both fully divine and fully human. Readers will learn to better know, love, trust, and obey Christ—unashamed to proclaim him as the only Lord and Savior. Part of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.

Author : R.A. Varghese
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781365489785

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incarnaTe by R.A. Varghese Pdf

incarnaTe - How We Know That Jesus is God and Man/Top 10 Reasons seeks to show that Jesus of Nazareth can be understood only as the human locus of the Divine. Today not just skeptics but many theologians have rejected the traditional affirmation that Jesus is God and man. Yet neither group is aware of the infrastructure of hard facts that testifies to the truth of divine incarnation. The insight that Jesus is God incarnate imposes itself on the human mind once it considers the various phenomena explored here. Once the dots are connected, we cannot but see the picture. But we cannot see the picture if we ignore the relevant dots. You have the see the trees to see the forest! All applicable evidence - the world religions, world history, Jewish history, the experience of Christians through the centuries, the Gospel narratives, the practice of the first Christian communities, the logical coherence of saying that a certain Person is both divine and human - must be submitted and studied as one whole.

Author : James Anderson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556352713

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Paradox in Christian Theology by James Anderson Pdf

Does traditional Christianity involve paradoxical doctrines, that is, doctrines that present the appearance (at least) of logical inconsistency? If so, what is the nature of these paradoxes and why do they arise? What is the relationship between paradox and mystery in theological theorizing? And what are the implications for the rationality, or otherwise, of orthodox Christian beliefs? In 'Paradox in Christian Theology', James Anderson argues that the doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation, as derived from Scripture and formulated in the ecumenical creeds, are indeed paradoxical. But this conclusion, he contends, need not imply that Christians who believe these doctrines are irrational in doing so. In support of this claim, Anderson develops and defends a model of understanding paradoxical Christian doctrines according to which the presence of such doctrines is unsurprising and adherence to paradoxical doctrines cannot be considered as a serious intellectual obstacle to belief in Christianity. The case presented in this book has significant implications for the practice of systematic theology, biblical exegesis, and Christian apologetics.

Author : M. D. Goulder
Publisher : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Bible
ISBN : UCAL:B3878110

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Incarnation and Myth by M. D. Goulder Pdf

"The Myth of God Incarnate" proved to be a controversial book second only to "Honest to God" in the interest it caused. In order to take the questions discussed in it a stage further, the seven original contributors arranged an extended meeting with a group of their leading critics. This book is the result of their discussion.

Author : Vern S. Poythress
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433532320

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Logic by Vern S. Poythress Pdf

For the well-rounded Christian looking to improve their critical thinking skills, here is an accessible introduction to the study of logic (parts 1 & 2) as well as an in-depth treatment of the discipline (parts 3 & 4) from a professor with 6 academic degrees and over 30 years experience teaching. Questions for further reflection are included at the end of each chapter as well as helpful diagrams and charts that are appropriate for use in high school, home school, college, and graduate-level classrooms. Overall, Vern Poythress has undertaken a radical recasting of the study of logic in this revolutionary work from a Christian worldview.

Author : Thomas V. Morris
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0195101197

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God and the Philosophers by Thomas V. Morris Pdf

Brings together a series of essays by a group of highly regarded philosophers on the role of God and spirituality in their lives and in their philosophies.

Author : C. Stephen Evans
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199283222

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Exploring Kenotic Christology by C. Stephen Evans Pdf

This collection of essays, by a team of Christian philosophers, theologians, and biblical scholars, explores the viability of a kenotic account of the incarnation. Such an account is inspired by Paul's lyrical claims in Philippians 2:6-11 that Christ Jesus, though God in nature, 'emptied himself' or 'made himself nothing' by becoming human. The biblical support for such a view can be found throughout the four gospels and the book of Hebrews, as well as in other places. A kenotic account takes seriously the possibility that Christ, in becoming incarnate, temporarily divested himself of such properties as omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. Several of the contributors argue that this view is fully orthodox, and that it has great strengths in giving us a picture of a God who is willing to become completely vulnerable for the sake of human beings, and one that is completely consistent with the very human portrait of Jesus in the New Testament. The proponents of kenotic Christology argue that the philosophical accounts of God's nature that have led to rejection of this theory ought themselves to be subjected to criticism in light of the biblical data. Some essays test the theory by raising critical questions and arguing that traditional accounts of the incarnation can achieve the goals of kenotic theories as well as kenotic theories can. The book also explores the implications of a kenotic view of the incarnation for philosophical theology in general and the doctrine of the Trinity in particular, and it concludes with essays that examine the validity of the ideal of kenosis for women, and a challenge to traditional Christology to take a kenotic theory seriously. Book jacket.