God the eternal contemporary : Trinity, eternity, and time in Karl Barth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langdon, Adrian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.

Barth, Karl.

Trinity.

Eternity.

Time--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Time.

Physical Description:

viii, 222 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Or. : Wipf & Stock Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

The relation of the eternal God to time and history has perplexed theologians and philosophers for centuries. How can Christians describe a God who is distinct from time but acts within it? This book presents one creative and profound approach to this perennial theme by examining the theology of Karl Barth. Contrary to interpretations of Barth that suggest he held a view of eternity as abstracted from time and history, this comprehensive study suggests that he provides a more complex and fruitful understanding. Rather than defining eternity in a negative relation to time, Barth relates eternity and time with reference to such doctrines as the Trinity and incarnation. This ensures overcoming what he saw as the "Babylonian Captivity" of an abstract philosophical definition of eternity that developed in the Western tradition. The central argument of the book suggests an analogia trinitaria temporis, a basic analogy between the eternal being of God and God's creating and activity within time. Also, implicit in Barth's view is a narrative view of time, similar to the view of Paul Ricoeur, which unfolds as the Church Dogmatics develops.

Contents:

Eternity, narrative time, and analogy

pt. 1. Overcoming the Babylonian captivity. Eternity as the dissolution of time

Rethinking eternity and time

pt. 2. Barth's Analogia trinitaria temporis. The theatre of divine glory : the Father and time

Anticipatio et recapitulatio : christology and time

The vinculum of contemporaneity : the Holy Spirit and the time of the community.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index.

ISBN:

1610979982

9781610979986

OCLC:

793419156

Publisher Number:

99949278624