"This is a creative scholarly argument revisiting the substance, understanding, and implications of the doctrine of creation ex nihilo for contemporary theology and philosophy. Paul DeHart examines the special mode of divine transcendence (God's infinity) and investigates areas where accep...

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Main Author:	DeHart, Paul J. 1964- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London T&T Clark 2021 London Bloomsbury Publishing
Subjects:	Christian theology / bicssc Creation Transcendence of God Christianity > Philosophy Philosophical theology Unendlichkeit Gottes Transzendenz Creatio ex nihilo Schöpfungslehre
Online Access:	BSB01 Volltext
Summary:	"This is a creative scholarly argument revisiting the substance, understanding, and implications of the doctrine of creation ex nihilo for contemporary theology and philosophy. Paul DeHart examines the special mode of divine transcendence (God's infinity) and investigates areas where accepting an infinite God presents challenging questions to Christian theology. He discusses what would 'saving knowledge' or 'faith' have to look like when confronted by such an unlimited conceptions of deity, and ponders on how can the doctrine of God's trinity be brought into harmony with radical notions of transcendence; as well as whether the doctrine of creation itself is threatened when the conception of creator's mind is not maintained. DeHart engages with a quite diverse range of figures: Jean-Luc Marion, Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Kathryn Tanner, John Milbank and Rowan Williams, to illustrate his conviction. This volume deals with deep conceptual issues, indicating that creation ex nihilo remains a lively topic in contemporary theology."
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index Can Pascal forgive Descartes? God's ambiguous infinity -- Absolute dependence or infinite desire : subjective alignment with God in Schleiermacher and Kierkegaard -- "The passage from mind to heart is so long ..." Kierkegaard's repetition and the ontology of agency -- f(S)I/s : the instance of pattern in Kathryn Tanner's theology -- On the contrary : Thomistic second thoughts on Eberhard Jüngel -- John Milbank's Divine comedy : not funny enough -- "Nothing in this book is true, but it's exactly how things are" -- Eclipse of the divine mind : the divine ideas as anti-Platonic epistemology -- The creature makes itself : the divine ideas as anti-Platonic soteriology -- Improvising the paradigms : the divine ideas as anti-Platonic ontology
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (320 Seiten)
ISBN:	9780567698728 9780567698711
DOI:	10.5040/9780567698728