God and Creation in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

The legacies of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth remain influential for contemporary theologians, who have increasingly put them into conversation on debated questions over analogy and the knowledge of God. However, little explicit dialogue has occurred between their theologies of God. This book offers one of the first extended analyzes of this fundamental issue, asking how each theologian seeks to confess in fact and in thought God's qualitative distinctiveness in relation to creation. Wittman first examines how they understand the correspondence and distinction between God's being and external acts within an overarching concern to avoid idolatry. Second, he analyzes the kind of relation God bears to creation that follows from these respective understandings. Despite many common goals, Aquinas and Barth ultimately differ on the subject matter of theological reason with consequences for their ability to uphold God's distinctiveness consistently. These mutually informative issues offer some important lessons for contemporary theology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-11-15
Mått:158 x 236 x 23 mm
Vikt:610 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108470674

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Tyler R. Wittman is Assistant Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. His research and writing concentrates on issues surrounding the theology of God's perfections, the Trinity, and Christology. His articles have appeared in International Journal of Systematic Theology, Modern Theology, and Pro Ecclesia. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion and the Evangelical Theological Society.

Recensioner i media

'The volume is an ambitious and demanding read that is full of rich insights into the theological method of its interlocutors. Wittman demonstrates a sensitivity to, and awareness of, the issues in the landscape of Aquinas and Barth scholarship, yet charts his own course by avoiding the temptation to become unduly entangled in them.' Charles C. Helmer, International Journal of Systematic Theology

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Confessing that God is God: the relation between theology and economy; Part I. God's Being and Activity According to Thomas Aquinas: 2. Aquinas on God's being and activity; 3. Aquinas on the creative act and God's relation to creation; Part II. God's Being in Act According to Karl Barth: 4. Barth on God's being in act; 5. God's self-correspondence and Barth's critique of nominalism; 6. Barth on the electing God's relation to creation; Conclusion; 7. Confessing God as God; Bibliography; Index.