Doxological theology : Karl Barth on divine providence, evil and the angels / Christopher C. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Christopher C., author.

Series:

T&T Clark studies in systematic theology ; Volume 13.

T&T Clark studies in systematic theology ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barth, Karl, 1886-1968. Kirchliche Dogmatik.

Barth, Karl.

Providence and government of God.

Doxology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark International, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In 1949, Karl Barth confidently upholds a high doctrine of divine providence, main-taining God''s control of every event in history. His argument is at once cheerful, but also defiant in the face of a Europe that is war-weary and doubtful of the full sovereignty of God. Barth''s movement to praise God shows his affin-ity for the Reformed theological tradition. While Barth often distances himself from his Calvinist predecessors in important ways, he sees his own view of providence to be a positive reworking of the Reformed position in order to maintain what he un-derstands as its most importa

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Karl Barth's "Radical Correction" of the Protestant Orthodox Doctrine in III/3; I: Introduction; II: Two Readings of Barth's "Radical Correction"; III: Conservatio in Göttingen Dogmatics, 20; IV: The "Radical Correction" in Church Dogmatics II/1 and II/2; V: The "Radical Correction" in 48 and its Implications for III/3; VI: The Fatherhood of God in the Rest of III/3; VII: Conclusion; 3 49.1, The Divine Preserving; I: Introduction; II: Preservation and the Atonement; III: Barth's Four Delineations for the Divine Preservation

IV: Conclusion4 49.2, The Divine Accompanying; I: Introduction; II: The Question of Concursus; III: Background to Concursus in 49.2; IV: Expositional Analysis of Concursus in 49.2; V: Analysis: The Holy Spirit's Role in 49.2; VI: Conclusion; 5 49.3, The Divine Ruling; I: Introduction; II: The Eschatological Tension of the Kingdom in 49.3; III: Extant Readings of the Eschatological Tension in 49.3; IV: Textual Analysis of Gubernatio in 49.3; V: An Engagement with Barth on the "Extent" of the Divine Government; VI: Two United Standpoints for Gubernatio in 49.3

VII: The Eschatological Tension in the Lord's PrayerVIII: Conclusion; 6 49.4, The Christian Under the Universal Lordship of God the Father; I: Introduction; II: The Position of 49.4 in III/3 and the Lord's Prayer; III: Faith, Obedience, and Prayer; IV: Prayer and the Lord's Prayer; V: Praying Through the Rest of III/3; 7 50, God and Nothingness; I: Introduction; II: The Temptation to Metaphysical "Confusion"; III: The Ordering of 50: Plan or Paradox?; IV: Barth's Straightforward Description of the Nihil; V: Election, the "Shadow Side," and Theological Temptation in 49.1

VI: Participation and the Nihil in 50VII: Conclusion; 8 51, The Kingdom of Heaven, the Ambassadors of God, and their Opponents; I: Introduction; II: Resurrection and Doxology; III: Angelic Praise; IV: "Analytic" Praise: The Content of Heavenly Doxology; V: Conclusion; 9 Conclusion: A Doxological Theology; I: The "Radical Correction" Revisited; II: Participation and the Father; III: Heavenly Praise and the Afterlife; IV: Sinking Peter, the Theologian; Bibliography; Index of Subjects; A; C; D; E; G; H; I; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R

ST; V; W

Notes:

"A Continuum imprint"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781472551160

1472551168

9780567217752

0567217752

OCLC:

893331161