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The election of grace : a riddle without a resolution? /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Kantzer lectures in revealed theologyPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, ©2015Description: viii, 221 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802837806 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0802837808 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 234 W721E
LOC classification:
  • BT810.3 .W55 2015
Contents:
Election in the Old Testament -- New Testament election -- Dogmatic limits -- Dogmatic difficulties -- Appendix: Karl Barth on election.
Summary: Few issues in Christian theology have sparked as much controversy over the centuries as the question of election ... After expounding the Bible's teaching on election, Williams turns to questions of theological method and substance. He maintains that the subject of predestination must be considered in a wider biblical context than it often is and that we cannot expect to understand election within a comprehensive systematic framework. What matters is the relation of particular truths to the particulars of life, he says, not the systematic relation of truths to each other. Williams draws on and applies the insights of remarkable nineteenth-century Anglican leader Charles Simeon throughout his study, concluding the book with a cogent discussion of Karl Barth on election.--Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Election in the Old Testament -- New Testament election -- Dogmatic limits -- Dogmatic difficulties -- Appendix: Karl Barth on election.

Few issues in Christian theology have sparked as much controversy over the centuries as the question of election ... After expounding the Bible's teaching on election, Williams turns to questions of theological method and substance. He maintains that the subject of predestination must be considered in a wider biblical context than it often is and that we cannot expect to understand election within a comprehensive systematic framework. What matters is the relation of particular truths to the particulars of life, he says, not the systematic relation of truths to each other. Williams draws on and applies the insights of remarkable nineteenth-century Anglican leader Charles Simeon throughout his study, concluding the book with a cogent discussion of Karl Barth on election.--Provided by publisher

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