Doctrine of Creation

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Bloomsbury Publishing, 9 juil. 2004 - 224 pages
This study by leading scholars from around the world engages with central hermeneutical, philosophical and theological dimensions of the doctrine of creation. Particular prominence is given to discussion of creation 'out of nothing'm the relation of eternal creator to temporal creation, the Trinitarian construction of the doctrine and its ethical implications. The essays comprise: -Robert Jenson on the doctrine of creation -Paul Helm on eternal creation -Colin Gunton on Genesis and on the Reformers -Alan Torrance on spatio-temporal dimensions -Daniel Hardy on creation and eschatology -Brian Horne on divine and human creativity -Christoph Schwobel on God, creation and the Christian community These expert contributions open up new dimensions to an important topic currently receiving renewed attention.
 

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INTRODUCTION
1
1 ASPECTS OF A DOCTRINE OF CREATION
17
THE DOCTRINE OF THE TWO STANDPOINTS
29
THE LEGACY OF THE SPIRITUALISING OF GENESIS
47
4 THE END OF CAUSALITY? THE REFORMERS AND THEIR PREDECESSORS
63
5 CREATIO EX NIHILO AND THE SPATIOTEMPORAL DIMENSIONS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JÜRGEN MOLTMANN AND D C WI...
83
6 CREATION AND ESCHATOLOGY
105
7 DIVINE AND HUMAN CREATIVITY
135
THE DOGMATIC BASIS OF A CHRISTIAN ETHIC OF CREATEDNESS
149
INDEX
177
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Colin E. Gunton was Professor of Christian Doctrine at King's College London, UK.

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