The father's will : Christ's crucifixion and the goodness of God / Nicholas E Lombardo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lombardo, Nicholas E. (Nicholas Emerson)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Crucifixion.

Jesus Christ.

Christian life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on philosophical analysis and historical-critical exegesis, this study sets out to clarify the Father's will for Christ and how it relates to his death on the cross.

Contents:

Cover ; The Father's Will: Christ's Crucifixion and the Goodness of God; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Introduction; THE PROBLEM OF GOD'S WILL AND CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION; GOD'S WILL AND THE FATHER'S WILL; OVERVIEW AND METHOD; OUTLINE OF THE ARGUMENT; Part I: Philosophical Prolegomena; Part II: New Testament Evidence; Part III, Theological Evaluation; Note to the Reader; Part I: Philosophical Prolegomena; 1: Intending and Willing; THE ONTOLOGY OF INTENTION; THE LOGIC OF INTENTION; Nonintended Effects; INTENTION AND RATIONAL INTENTION; Intending and Willing

ISOLATING INTENTION FROM INTENTIONAL ACTIONDetermining Intention from Physical Observation; Determining Intention from the Agent's Description; Isolating Intention in Tricky Cases; CONCLUSION; 2: Moral Value and Moral Obligation; MORAL VALUE; Natural Inclination as the Measure of Moral Value; Rational Desire, Rational Choice, and the Possibility of Moral Evil; Nonintended Effects and Moral Value; The Plausibility of This Account of Moral Value; MORAL OBLIGATION; CONCLUSION; 3: Double Effect Reasoning; HISTORICAL ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS

DOUBLE EFFECT AND MORAL VALUE: A PROPOSALThe Ethics of Self-Defense; Military Targets and Hostage Situations; A Worry about Double Effect Reasoning; CONCLUSION; 4: The Ethics of Self-Sacrifice; SACRIFICE AND SELF-SACRIFICE; SACRIFICING ONE'S LIFE FOR OTHERS; CONCLUSION; 5: God's Will, Moral Evil, and the Crucifying of Christ; GOD'S WILL AND MORAL EVIL; RULING OUT HUMAN ACTIONS AS INCOMPATIBLE WITH GOD'S WILL; Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac; GOD'S WILL AND THE CRUCIFYING OF CHRIST; CONCLUSION; Part II: New Testament Evidence; 6: Jesus' Attitude Toward His Death; METHOD AND APPROACH

THE GOSPEL PORTRAYALS IN OVERVIEWJESUS' PROPHETIC EXPECTATION OF HIS DEATH IN THE GOSPELS; Predictions of Suffering and Death; Allusions to a Violent Death; The Sign of Jonah; References to Departure and Return; The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple; Jesus' Experience of Rejection and Persecution before the Passion; Ethical Teachings and Warnings about Persecution; Allusions to the Passion Specific to John's Gospel; JESUS' INTERPRETATION OF HIS DEATH IN THE GOSPELS; Jesus' Interpretation of Prophecy; The Necessity of Jesus' Suffering; Jesus' Deliberate Provocation of His Opponents

HISTORICITY OF THE GOSPEL PORTRAYALSThe Literary Genre of the Gospels; Evaluating the Historical Claims of the Gospels; The Gospels, Their Sources, and Degrees of Historical Reliability; Jesus' Historical Attitude toward His Death; CONCLUSION; 7: The Crucifixion in God's Plan of Salvation; THE FATHER'S WILL AND CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION; GOD'S INTENTIONS AND CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION; God's Intentions in Sending His Son; God's Intentions in Giving Over His Son; THE NECESSITY OF THE CRUCIFIXION; CONCLUSION; Part III: Theological Evaluation; 8: Anselm and Cur Deus homo

THE CONCERNS DRIVING ANSELM'S THEORY OF REDEMPTION

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 14, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-100228-3

OCLC:

868923830