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The analogy of faith : the quest for God's speakability / Archie J. Spencer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spencer, Archie J., 1959- author.
- Series:
- Strategic initiatives in evangelical theology.
- Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
- Jesus Christ.
- Analysis (Philosophy).
- Analogy (Religion).
- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion).
- God (Christianity).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (447 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- If God is transcendent, how can human beings speak meaningfully about him? The answer lies in analogy, which recognizes both similarity and dissimilarity between God and our God-talk. In his erudite study, Archie Spencer argues for a christological account of analogy as the answer to the problem of God's speakability.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- The Problem: Establishing a Basis for Thinking and Speaking About God Analogically
- A Brief Outline
- 1 The Classical Christian Roots of the Problem of Analogy
- The Primitive and Platonic Origins of "Theology" and Analogy
- Aristotle on Metaphysics of Being, Psychology and Analogy
- Cause-Effect-Resemblance and Analogy: The Neoplatonic Connection
- The Augustinian Appropriation of Cause-Effect-Resemblance
- 2 Thomas Aquinas and the Medieval Appropriation of Analogy
- Aquinas's Conception of Analogy in His Major Works
- Medieval Appropriations of Aquinas's Use of Analogy
- 3 Analogy in Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics
- Understanding Barth's Rejection of the Analogia Entis
- Barth's Analogia Fidei
- 4 Eberhard Jüngel: Appropriating the Analogy of Faith as Analogy of Advent
- Jüngel: The Context of His Theological Enterprise
- Jüngel's Proposal for an Analogy of Advent
- 5 The Christological Content of Theology as Analogia Fidei
- Jesus Christ as Electing and Elected God and Man
- The Possibility of Analogia Fidei as Christological Correspondence
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Chapter 1: The Classical Christian Roots of the Problem of Analogy
- Chapter 2: Thomas Aquinas and the Medieval Appropriation of Analogy
- Chapter 3: Analogy in Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics
- Chapter 4: Eberhard Jüngel: Appropriating the Analogy of Faith as Analogy of Advent
- Chapter 5: The Christological Content of Theology as Analogia Fidei
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
- Praise for Analogy of Faith
- About the Author
- More Titles from InterVarsity Press
- Copyright
- Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology (SIET).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780830897094
- 0830897097
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