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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821402403321

Autore

Anizor Uche

Titolo

Trinity and humanity : an introduction to the theology of Colin Gunton / / Uche Anizor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bletchley, [England] : , : Paternoster, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78078-335-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Disciplina

231.765092

Soggetti

Theology, Doctrinal

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.

Nota di contenuto

Half Title Page; Editorial Advisors; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Theology and the Theologian: An Introduction; A Prolegomena to Theology; Conversation Partners; On Reading Gunton: Major Motifs; The Structure of the Book; 2 Persons in Communion: The Triune God and the Divine Attributes; Polemics against Process Theology; Early Soundings in Barth's Theology; Augustine as Foil, or The Woes of the West; Towards a Fully Trinitarian Theology; On Persons and Particularity; 'The Difference the Trinity Makes'; Conclusion

3 'It Is Very Good': Creation, Providence and Human PersonhoodPlatonizing Creation: A Historical Sketch; Triune Creation: Its Basic Shape; The Being of the World; On Providence; On Human Being; Conclusion; 4 The Knowledge of Faith: Reason, Revelation and Scripture 82; Faith and Reason; A Theology of Revelation; A Stronger Doctrine of Scripture; Conclusion; 5 The Logic of Divine Saving Love: Jesus Christ; Issues in Christological Method; The Eternally Begotten One; In the Likeness of Sinful Flesh; Conclusion; 6 Metaphors and Atonement: The Work of Christ; On Metaphor

Atonement in Three MetaphorsAtonement and the Triune God: Towards a Theology of Reconciliation; Conclusion; 7 The Real and Ideal Community: The Church; In Search of an Ontology; The Transcendent Spirit and the Church; The Church's Christ-Shaped Orientation; The Humanity and Eschatology of the Church; The Sacraments; Conclusion;



8 Perfecting Cause and Perfected End: The Spirit and Last Things; Problems in Pneumatology; The Spirit in the Economy; The Eternal Spirit; The End of All Things; Conclusion; 9 A Concluding Commendation; Theology as Conversational and Creative; Theological High Points

Recommended ReadingBibliography; Endnotes