God's presence : a contemporary recapitulation of early Christianity / Frances Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Frances M. (Frances Margaret)

Series:

Current issues in theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Theology.

History.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

xiv, 474 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Summary:

In 2011, Frances Young delivered the Bampton Lectures in Oxford to great acclaim. She offered a systematic theology with contemporary coherence, by engaging in conversation with the fathers of the church -- those who laid down the parameters of Christian theology and enshrined key concepts in the creeds -- and exploring how their teachings can be applied today, despite the differences in our intellectual and ecclesial environments. This book results from a thorough rewriting of those lectures in which Young explores the key topics of Christian doctrine in a way that is neither simply dogmatic nor simply historical. She addresses the congruence of head and heart, through academic and spiritual engagement with God's gracious accommodation to human limitations. Christianity and biblical interpretation are discussed in depth, and the book covers key topics including Creation, anthropology, Christology, soteriology, spirituality, ecclesiology and Mariology, making it invaluable to those studying historical and constructive theology.

Contents:

From pondering scripture to the first principles of Christian theology

From cosmology to doxology: reading genesis alongside Plato and Darwin

From creation to re-creation: nature and the naked ape

From image to likeness: incarnation and theosis

From Adam and Eve to Mary and Christ: sin, redemption, atonement

From inspiration to sanctification: discerning the work of the Holy Spirit

From the church to Mary: towards a critical ecumenism

From dogma to theoria : the Christian God.

Notes:

"The Bampton Lectures for 2011."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107038370

1107038375

9781107642782

1107642787

OCLC:

840462889