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The doctrine of creation [electronic resource] : essays in dogmatics, history and philosophy / edited by Colin E. Gunton for the Research Institute in Systematic Theology, King's College, London.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 179 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780567229700 (electronic bk.)
  • 056722970X (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Doctrine of creation.DDC classification:
  • 231.765 22
LOC classification:
  • BT695 .D63 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Aspects of a doctrine of creation / Robert W. Jenson -- Eternal creation : the doctrine of the two standpoints / Paul Helm -- Between allegory and myth : the legacy of the spiritualising of Genesis / Colin E. Gunton -- The end of causality? : the reformers and their predecessors / Colin E. Gunton -- Creatio ex nihilo and the spatio-temporal dimensions with special reference to J�urgen Moltmann and D.C. Williams / Alan J. Torrance -- Creation and eschatology / Daniel W. Hardy -- Divine and human creativity / Brian Horne -- God, creation and the Christian community : the dogmatic basis of a Christian ethic of createdness / Christoph Schw�obel.
Summary: 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 Ho
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aspects of a doctrine of creation / Robert W. Jenson -- Eternal creation : the doctrine of the two standpoints / Paul Helm -- Between allegory and myth : the legacy of the spiritualising of Genesis / Colin E. Gunton -- The end of causality? : the reformers and their predecessors / Colin E. Gunton -- Creatio ex nihilo and the spatio-temporal dimensions with special reference to J�urgen Moltmann and D.C. Williams / Alan J. Torrance -- Creation and eschatology / Daniel W. Hardy -- Divine and human creativity / Brian Horne -- God, creation and the Christian community : the dogmatic basis of a Christian ethic of createdness / Christoph Schw�obel.

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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 Ho

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