Intellect and Action
Elucidations on Christian Theology and the Life of Faith
Intellect and Action
Elucidations on Christian Theology and the Life of Faith
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567043511
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 01/03/2005
Width: 13.8 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
An important collection of essays, including many hitherto unpublished studies. Professor Colin Gunton examines and illuminates a broad range of theological issues, including the nature of dogma and Christian knowledge claims; holiness and virtue; salvation according to Calvin and the doctrine of election; and freedom in the gospel. Mature reflections on some of the central questions in theology, this book will be essential reading for all scholars and students of systematic theology and Christian doctrine - and of modern theology in general. Colin Gunton was Professor of Christian Doctrine at King's College, London.
Preface; 1 Dogma, the Church and the Task of Theology; 2 A Rose by any other Name? From 'Christian Doctrine' to 'Systematic Theology'; 3 'I Know that my Redeemer Lives': A Consideration of Christian Knowledge Claims; 4 A Systematic Triangle: Hegel, Kierkegaard, Barth and the Question of Ethics; 5 Holinessm Difference and the Order of Creation; 6 The Church as a School of Virtue? Human Formation in Trinitarian Framework; 7 Aspects of Salvation: Some Unscholastic Themes from Calvin's 'Institutes'; 8 Election and Ecclesiology in the Post-Constantinian Church; 9 'Soli Deo Gloria'? Divine Sovereignty and Christian Freedom in the 'Age of Autonomy'; 10 God, Grace and Freedom
"'As we have come to expect from Gunton, this is academic theology that makes demands on the reader, but it is written from a clear commitment of faith and a pastoral heart, the warmth of which reaches us in every chapter.'- Church Times; 'Intellect and Action has something of the feel of a masterclass: following a well-versed thinker through his reflections on major issues as they were put by major thinkers.'-The Heythrop Journal"
