Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume II

NOTE EDITORE

Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume II builds on Volume I, which established that no generic concept of action will suffice for understanding the character of divine actions explicit in the Christian faith. Volume II argues that in order to understand divine action, one must begin with the array of specific actions predicated of God in the Christian tradition. William J. Abraham argues that one must practice theology in order to analyze properly the concept of divine action. Abraham offers a careful review and evaluation of the particularities of divine action as they appear in the work of biblical, patristic, medieval, and Reformation-era theologians. Particular attention is given to the divine inspiration of scripture, creation, incarnation, transubstantiation in the Eucharist, predestination, and divine concurrence. The work does not simply repeat the doctrinal formulations found in the Christian tradition, but examines them in order to find fresh ways of thinking about these issues for our own time, especially with respect to the contemporary debates about divine agency and divine action.

SOMMARIO

1 - The Stamp of the Infinite: Divine Agency and Divine Action in Paul2 - Bearing with the Divine Wisdom of the Ages: the Divine Inspiration of Scripture3 - Actions, Agents, Agency, and Explanation in Athanasius4 - Divine Action and Pneumatology in the Cappadocians5 - Divine and Human Action in Salvation in Augustine6 - Agency and Action in Christ in Maximus the Confessor7 - Divine Action in Symeon the New Theologian8 - Blood, Bone, and Body: The Eucharist in Aquinas9 - Divine Action in the Christian Life in Teresa of Avila10 - Divine Action in Predestination in John Calvin11 - Divine Concurrence and Human Freedom in Louis de Molina12 - Epilogue

AUTORE

William J. Abraham is the Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies, and an Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. He is the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology (2017) and The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies (2011).

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198786511
• Dimensioni: 242 x 21.4 x 165 mm Ø 548 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 244