Christ, power and Mammon : Karl Barth and John Howard Yoder in dialogue / Scott Thomas Prather.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prather, Scott Thomas, author.

Series:

T & T Clark theology.

T & T Clark theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.

Barth, Karl.

Yoder, John Howard.

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Jesus Christ.

Power (Christian theology)--Biblical teaching.

Power (Christian theology).

Power (Christian theology)--History of doctrines--20th century.

Powers (Christian theology)--Biblical teaching.

Powers (Christian theology).

Powers (Christian theology)--History of doctrines--20th century.

Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Wealth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thisbook examines the role of the New Testament concept of the 'principalities andpowers' in the thought of Karl Barth and John Howard Yoder, showing how thisbiblical concept of power is central to the fundamental theological convictionsof each thinker. Prather offers a scholarly account of the underexploredtheological and ethical import of a major biblical theme and the book addressesquestions and concerns from a wide range of academic and lay theologicalinterest. He brings Barth and Yoder into dialogue here and examines the threecrucial areas: the 'confessional' distinction of church and wor

Contents:

Karl Barth's theology of the powers

John Howard Yoder's exousiology

Barth and Yoder : eschatology as the end of 'worldly' power(s)

The pre-eminence of Leviathan and Mammon

Naming and resistance.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567599230

056759923X

9781472551139

1472551133

9780567110435

0567110435

OCLC:

856869969