Systematic theology . Volume 2 The works of God / / Robert W. Jenson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784745303321
• Autore: Jenson Robert W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999
• ISBN: 0-19-987977-X; 1-280-44223-9; 0-19-534474-X; 1-4237-6494-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 pages)
• Disciplina: 230
• Soggetti: Theology, Doctrinal; Theology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: The works of God -- Part IV / The Creation -- Chapter Fifteen. The Act of Creation -- Chapter Sixteen. The Character of Creation -- Chapter Seventeen. Time, Created Being, and Space -- Part V / The creatures-- Chapter Eighteen. The Image of God -- Chapter Nineteen. Politics and Sex -- Chapter Twenty. Human Personhood -- Chapter twenty-one. The Other Creatures -- Chapter twenty-two. Sin -- Chapter twenty-Three. God's Speech in Creation -- Part VI / The CHURCH -- Chapter twenty-four. The Church's Founding -- twenty-FIVE. The Polity of God -- twenty-SIX. The Great Communion -- twenty-SEVEN. The Office of Communion -- Chapter twenty-Eight. The Mysteries of Communion -- Chapter twenty-Nine. The Word and The Icons -- Chapter Thirty. Anima Ecclesiastica -- Part VII. The fulfillment -- Chapter thirty-one. The Promise -- Chapter thirty-two. The Last Judgment -- Chapter thirty-three. The Great Transformation -- Chapter thirty-four. The Saints -- Chapter thirty-five. Telos -- Index of Topics -- Index of Names
• Sommario/riassunto: Systematic Theology is the capstone of Robert Jenson's long and distinguished career as a theologian, being a full-scale systematic/dogmatic theology in the classic format. This is the second and concluding volume of the work. Here, Jenson considers the works ; of God, examining such topics as the nature and role of the Church, and God's works of creation.