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The Eternal Act of Creation

Author : Northrop Frye
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253325167
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book The Eternal Act of Creation written by Northrop Frye and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... twelve essays in which this visionary literary critic speaks specifically to the eternal act of creation, addressing the incessant need for literary revisioning." --Studies in Religion These essays, four of which are published here for the first time, reveal one of the most extraordinary minds of our time engaging a wide range of literary, cultural, and religious issues. Frye gave these addresses during the last decade of his life, and they reveal this distinguished critic speaking with wit and wisdom about the permanent forms of human civilization and engaging in the eternal act of creation.

The Genesis of God

Author : Thomas J. J. Altizer
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664221638
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book The Genesis of God written by Thomas J. J. Altizer and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1993-04-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Altizer, one of America's premier theologians, searches for a proper understanding of the Christian God, which he believes can only be explicated when the question of origin is raised. He begins with an investigation of Hegelian thinking, develops his insights in dialogue with such thinkers as Augustine and Nietzsche, and then focuses on notions generated by the Christian epic poetry of Dante, Milton, and Blake. By explicating the absolute origin of God that only Christianity knows, Altizer discloses the origin of a uniquely Christian freedom while also touching upon such important themes as predestination, the fall, evil, and eternity.

Aquinas and the Metaphysics of Creation

Author : Gaven Kerr OP
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190941316
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Aquinas and the Metaphysics of Creation written by Gaven Kerr OP and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Gaven Kerr expands on the brief treatment of creation offered in his 2015 volume, Aquinas's Way to God: The Proof in De Ente et Essentia. Aquinas does not offer one cohesive treatment on the issue of creation; Kerr synthesizes discussions from across his works in order to present a unified Thomistic metaphysics of creation. Kerr argues that Aquinas's metaphysics of creation, wherein God is conceived as the absolute source of all that exists, is the backbone of his philosophical theology. Throughout his writings, the framework of the absolute dependence of creatures on God and of the independence of God as existence itself is ever present. Without understanding this aspect of Aquinas's philosophical thought, Kerr suggests, it is impossible to understand his philosophy of God. When it comes to metaphysics, Thomas is committed to thinking through the issues involved therein on the basis of natural reason. Aquinas and the Metaphysics of Creation demonstrates Aquinas's belief that we must arrive at an affirmation of the existence of God on the basis of a wider metaphysical view as to the constitution of reality, a view that does not presuppose divine truths but can indeed establish them.

The End of the Timeless God

Author : R. T. Mullins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191071447
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The End of the Timeless God written by R. T. Mullins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The claim that God is timeless has been the majority view throughout church history. However, it is not obvious that divine timelessness is compatible with fundamental Christian doctrines such as creation and incarnation. Theologians have long been aware of the conflict between divine timelessness and Christian doctrine, and various solutions to these conflicts have been developed. In contemporary thought, it is widely agreed that new theories on the nature of time can further help solve these conflicts. Do these solutions actually solve the conflict? Can the Christian God be timeless? The End of the Timeless God sets forth a thorough investigation into the Christian understanding of God and the God-world relationship. It argues that the Christian God cannot be timeless.

Systematic Theology

Author : Wolfhart Pannenberg
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567084663
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Systematic Theology written by Wolfhart Pannenberg and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biographica Literaria

Author : Samuel T Coleridge
Publisher : Zauber Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781909054783
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (547 download)

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Download or read book Biographica Literaria written by Samuel T Coleridge and published by Zauber Editions. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sprawling work from the fluent pen of S T Coleridge was first published in 1817. It began as a preface to a collected volume of his poems, but grew to become a literary autobiography. Coleridge's philosophical views gain prominence in this work, which also has several chapters on William Wordsworth's theory of poetry. Wordsworth believed that the language of ordinary speech was a proper vehicle for poetry and Coleridge departs from this view. Coleridge held to the concept of genius, which he believed could transcend mere talent, although the boundary between the two was no more than that between "an egg and an egg-shell". He was much influenced by German philosophers, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling in particular, and he presents many of their ideas in this work. Finally, Coleridge adds much to the development of literary criticism and the critical concept of the "willing suspension of disbelief" derives from this book. The original publication was printed in two volumes. This paperback edition is a single volume.

God the Eternal Contemporary

Author : Adrian Langdon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610979982
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book God the Eternal Contemporary written by Adrian Langdon and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relation of the eternal God to time and history has perplexed theologians and philosophers for centuries. How can Christians describe a God who is distinct from time but acts within it? This book presents one creative and profound approach to this perennial theme by examining the theology of Karl Barth. Contrary to interpretations of Barth that suggest he held a view of eternity as abstracted from time and history, this comprehensive study suggests that he provides a more complex and fruitful understanding. Rather than defining eternity in a negative relation to time, Barth relates eternity and time with reference to such doctrines as the Trinity and incarnation. This ensures overcoming what he saw as the "Babylonian Captivity" of an abstract philosophical definition of eternity that developed in the Western tradition. The central argument of the book suggests an analogia trinitaria temporis, a basic analogy between the eternal being of God and God's creating and activity within time. Also, implicit in Barth's view is a narrative view of time, similar to the view of Paul Ricoeur, which unfolds as the Church Dogmatics develops.

Nature of Religious Language

Author : Stanley E. Porter
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781850755807
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Nature of Religious Language written by Stanley E. Porter and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1996-02-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume were presented at a conference held at the Roehampton Institute London, in February 1995, and are concerned with either theological or literary issues related to the nature of religious language. The papers offer different interpretations of a range of issues and suggest further issues that are still unresolved about the nature of religious language, from its early usage in the biblical texts to its recent use in contemporary writing and religious discourse, as well as many points in between.

Creation: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author : Simon Oliver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 056765611X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Creation: A Guide for the Perplexed written by Simon Oliver and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This addition to our popular Guides for the Perplexed series tackles a subject that is enjoying renewed debate: Christianity, along with Judaism and Islam, claims that the universe is not a brute fact. It is 'created'. But what do we mean by 'creation'? Do we mean that the universe is 'designed'? Is it the product of an evolutionary process? How are creatures related to God, and does God act within creation? Simon Oliver begins with the background to the Christian theology of creation in Greek philosophy and the Old Testament. This provides a route into understanding the claim that we are part of a created order that is also the theatre of God's providential action. He examines different understandings of creation, including creation out of nothing and the analogy of being, with close reference to the work of patristic and medieval theologians such as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. This leads to an historical overview of the relationship between theological, philosophical and scientific approaches to creation in the modern period. Some of the ethical issues concerning humanity's place within, and treatment of, creation and our environment are also examined. A distinctive yet traditional theology of creation is proposed focused on the concepts of gift and participation as ways of understanding more fully the meaning and implications of the claim that the universe is created.

Genesis and Apocalypse

Author : Thomas J. J. Altizer
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664221836
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Genesis and Apocalypse written by Thomas J. J. Altizer and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1990-12-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Altizer's Genesis and Apocalypse" engages a theological history of Western culture through the works of Augustine, Luther, Barth, and other important figures in theology, as well as critical theorists such as Hegel and Nietzsche, to ultimately offer a Christology for our modern times.

Interpreting Neville

Author : J. Harley Chapman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791498743
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Interpreting Neville written by J. Harley Chapman and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1999-05-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpreting Neville provides the first book-length treatment of the thought of Robert Cummings Neville, one of the most important and wide-ranging scholars working across the fields of philosophy, theology, and comparative studies today. Contributors assess the systematic structure and methodological unity of Neville's trilogy Axiology of Thinking, provide a postmodern contextualization of Neville's philosophy, and evaluate the critical relation of Neville to the history of Western philosophy. Metaphysical questions crucial to Neville's project are critiqued from different vantage points, theological problems are examined, and the comparative issues outstanding in Neville's understanding of Chinese philosophy are assessed. Enhancing the book is a rich concluding essay written by Neville himself in response to each author. [Contributors include George Allan, Delwin Brown, J. Harley Chapman, Chung-ying Cheng, Patricia Cook, Robert Corrington, Hermann Deuser, Lewis S. Ford, Nancy K. Frankenberry, David L. Hall, George R. Lucas, Jr., Robert C. Neville, Sandra Rosenthal, Marjorie Suchocki, Carl G. Vaught, and Edith Wyschogrod.]

Christ Unabridged

Author : George Westhaver
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334058287
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Christ Unabridged written by George Westhaver and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title ‘the Son of Man’ evokes the different aspects of the whole Christ: the humanity and divinity of Christ, his earthly ministry, his sacramental presence, and the eschatological consummation of his work. It is also a term of relationship, suggestive of both the relations constitutive of the life of the Holy Trinity, and also of the way that our knowing and loving the Son of Man is always an invitation to communion - with the Triune God, as the Body of Christ, and for the life of the world. Contributors to this collection explore some of the many registers of the mystery of Christ, both historically and thematically. Contributors include some of today’s leading theological thinkers, including N.T. Wright, Rowan Williams, Lydia Schumacher, Kallistos Ware and Oliver O’Donovan. With poetic reflections from Malcolm Guite. Chapters include: "Son of Man and the New Creation" (N.T. Wright), "The Son of Man in the Gospel of John" (John Behr), "Sound and Silence in Augustine’s Christological Exegesis" (Carol Harrison), "According to the Flesh?: The Problem of Knowing Christ in Chalcedonian Perspective" (Ian Mcfarland), "Christ and the Moral Life" (Oliver O'Donovan), "Christ and the Poetic Imagination" (Malcolm Guite)

Kierkegaard

Author : V. Tsakiri
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230505740
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Kierkegaard written by V. Tsakiri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-07-05 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work uses the writings of Kierkegaard to offer a novel and challenging way of approaching the concepts of anxiety, repetition, freedom and contemporaneity. Pivotal to this project is a reinterpretation of Kierkegaard's notion of 'taking notice' and its elevation to the status of a central principle which opens up new interpretive dimensions.

Aristotle East and West

Author : David Bradshaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139455800
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Aristotle East and West written by David Bradshaw and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development of conceptions of God and the relationship between God's being and activity from Aristotle, through the pagan Neoplatonists, to thinkers such as Augustine, Boethius and Aquinas (in the West) and Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor and Gregory Palamas (in the East). The result is a comparative history of philosophical thought in the two halves of Christendom, providing a philosophical backdrop to the schism between the Eastern and Western Churches.

The Unity of Nature and History in Pannenberg's Theology

Author : Cornelius A. Buller
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780822630555
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Unity of Nature and History in Pannenberg's Theology written by Cornelius A. Buller and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1996 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unity of Nature and History in Pannenberg's Theology addresses the problematic relationship of humans to the non-human world by analyzing Wolfhart Pannenberg's theology and ethics.

Ecclesial Exegesis

Author : Gregory Vall
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813235227
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Ecclesial Exegesis written by Gregory Vall and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2022-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is broad support today for the idea that biblical scholarship ought to be informed by the faith of the Church and serve the life of the Church. In a word, it should be ecclesial. There is far less agreement, however, when one asks how this goal is to be achieved and what ecclesial exegesis ought to look like. In 1988, Joseph Ratzinger put forth his "Method C" proposal, calling for the development of a new exegetical and hermeneutical synthesis. This would be neither a retreat to the patristic-medieval approach (Method A) nor the continued hegemony of the historical-critical approach (Method B). The latter must be purified of its positivism through a transformational encounter with the former, so that the gifts of both might be released for the life of the Church. Such a synthesis, Ratzinger claimed, would require the philosophical, theological, exegetical, and hermeneutical work of "at least a whole generation" of scholars. Gregory Vall has devoted over thirty years to the development of ecclesial exegesis, and the present volume represents the mature fruit of his labor. Over against those who treat Dei Verbum as Vatican II's endorsement of the historical-critical method, he demonstrates that the dogmatic constitution actually points to something very much like Ratzinger's Method C. Employing a dialogic movement between the inductive-exegetical and the deductive-dogmatic, Vall offers nine studies that bring to the surface issues such as the relationship between Old Testament and New Testament, literal sense and spiritual sense, and Scripture and Tradition. While Vall brings theological knowledge and hermeneutical skill to the quest for Method C, he also provides a great deal of valuable exegesis of both testaments. Ecclesial Exegesis is not simply another book of theory. It demonstrates how Method C can be done.

Eternity

Author : Yitzhak Y. Melamed
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199781869
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Eternity written by Yitzhak Y. Melamed and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume aims at providing a history of the philosophical explorations of eternity, alongside a series of short essays, called reflections, on the role of eternity and its representations in literature, religion, language, liturgy, science, and music. In doing so, it reveals philosophy to be a discipline in constant conversation with various other domains of human thought and exploration.