Divine Freedom and Revelation in Christ

The Doctrine of Eternity with Special Reference to the Theology of Karl Barth
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-525-56735-7
Verlag: Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 174, 208 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 456 g

Reihe: Forschungen zur systematischen und ökumenischen Theologie

Christianity claims that the incarnation provides reliable knowledge about God but also that the incarnation was undertaken freely and thus need not have happened. Alexander Garton-Eisenacher resolves this tension between epistemological reliability and divine freedom, building particularly from the work of Karl Barth. Garton-Eisenacher offers a fresh reading of the Church Dogmatics that demonstrates how Barth’s theology provides a promising starting point but notes that his argument is ultimately undermined by the doctrine of eternity within which it is framed. The author overcomes this issue by showing how the promising motifs employed by Barth can be authentically derived from the classical doctrine of eternity instead. In so doing, this work shows that reading classical eternity against a Barthian background also serves to draw out a more temporal interpretation of the doctrine than its contemporary characterization, reclaiming it as a viable Christian understanding of God’s relationship to time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garton-Eisenacher, Alexander

Axt-Piscalar, Christine

Fergusson, David

Tietz, Christiane

Weitere Mitwirkende

Axt-Piscalar, Christine

Fergusson, David

Tietz, Christiane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Tietz, Christiane
Christiane Tietz ist Ordentliche Professorin für Systematische Theologie am Institut für Hermeneutik und Religionsphilosophie der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Zürich.

Garton-Eisenacher, Alexander
Alexander D. Garton-Eisenacher completed a PhD in Systematic Theology at the University of Cambridge in 2021. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in Christian Theology, also from the University of Cambridge. He has conducted research as a visiting scholar at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Since 2022, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Zhejiang University City College, China.

Fergusson, David
David Fergusson ist Professor der Theologie an der Universität von Edinburgh.

Axt-Piscalar, Christine
Christiane Axt-Piscalar ist Professorin für Systematische Theologie und Leiterin des Institutum Lutheranum an der Universität Göttingen.