Problem and Promise in Colin E. Gunton's Doctrine of Creation

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25031-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Studies in Reformed Theology

While much dialogue has focused on aspects of Colin Gunton’s Trinitarian theology, there has been a need for a full-scale study of Gunton's doctrine of creation that locates the significance of his understanding of creation within the wider spectrum of his theology. Problem and Promise demonstrates how Gunton's doctrine of creation cannot be read in abstraction from his Trinitarian theology and argues that creation remains a central feature in Gunton’s writing that holds lasting importance for understanding ethical and moral aspects of Gunton’s theology. William B. Whitney establishes how this Trinitarian account of creation goes beyond offering a theological description of the created realm and also provides the basis for understanding human involvement in creation through the enterprises of culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

B Whitney, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 1

1. Gunton’s Critique of the Christian Doctrine of Creation. 11
Introduction. 11
1.1. The Effects of Platonism. 12
1.2. The Effects of Later Greek Cosmology: Plotinus and the Gnostics. 14
1.3. The Influence of Irenaeus. 17
1.4. Augustine and the Influence of Platonism. 23
1.5. Comments on Gunton’s Interpretation of Augustine. 29
1.6. Evaluation. 37
1.7. Concluding Remarks. 40

2. The Contours of Modernity: The Enlightenment and the Doctrine of Creation. 45
Introduction. 45
2.1. Gunton’s Account of Modernity. 46
2.2. Modernity and Christology. 51
2.3. Modernity and Metaphor. 54
2.4. Modernity and Theological Language. 55
2.5. The Effects of Modernity on the Doctrine of Creation. 59
2.6. The Effects of Modernity on Theological Anthropology. 62
2.7. Evaluation. 65
2.8. Conclusion: Refashioning the Doctrine of Creation. 72

3. The Triune Creator: The Shape of Colin E. Gunton’s Doctrine of Creation. 74
Introduction. 74
3.1. Creatio Ex Nihilo. 75
3.2. God’s “Two Hands”: A Trinitarian Mediation of Creation. 78
3.3. Christ and Creation. 87
3.4. The Spirit as the Perfector and the Project of Creation. 90
3.5. The Correlation between the Doctrine of Creation and Soteriology. 93
3.6. Evaluation. 98

4. Personhood and Relation: Colin E. Gunton’s Theological Anthropology. 110
Introduction. 110
4.1. Imago Dei. 111
4.2. Christ and the Image. 119
4.3. Sin and the Imago Dei. 125
4.4. Evaluation. 136
4.5. Concluding Remarks. 144

5. Creation, Christ and Culture: The Conception of Culture in Karl Barth and Colin E. Gunton. 146
Introduction. 146
5.1. Barth and Culture: An Orientation. 147
5.2. Barth and Culture: An Overview. 148
5.3. The Limits of Natural Theology. 150
5.4. Culture as Sign. 153
5.5. Jesus Christ, The Light of Life. 158
5.6. Gunton and Culture: An Orientation. 162
5.7. The Inter-Relation of Divine and Human Agency in Perfecting. 169
5.8. An Ethic of Createdness. 174
5.9. Correlations and Divergences. 177
5.10. Evaluation. 183
5.11. Closing Remarks. 191

Conclusion. 194

Bibliography. 203
Index. 211

Über Autor(innen)

William B. Whitney, Ph.D. (2011, Fuller Theological Seminary), teaches Systematic Theology at Fuller Seminary and Psychology at Azusa Pacific University.