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Reforming the doctrine of God / F. LeRon Shults.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2005.Description: x, 326 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802829880 (paper back : alk. paper)
  • 9780802829887
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 231 Shu 2005 22
LOC classification:
  • BT103 .S45 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction. The delightful terror of theology -- The philosophical turn to relationality -- Refiguring theological categories -- 2. God as immaterial substance? Cartesian anxiety -- Infinity in early modern theological projects -- Alterity in late modern philosophy -- Mathematics and linguistics in contemporary science -- Biblical experiences of infinity -- 3. God as single subject? Ockhamist anxiety -- Trinity in early modern theological projects -- Personality in late modern philosophy -- Feeling and acting in contemporary science -- Biblical experiences of trinity -- 4. God as first cause? Newtonian anxiety -- Eschatology in early modern theological projects -- Futurity in late modern philosophy -- Causality and temporality in contemporary science -- Biblical experiences of futurity -- 5. Retrieving divine infinity. Traditional resources -- Reformed reconstructions -- Lutheran reconstructions -- The ecumenical and reformative appeal of divine infinity -- Intensive infinity -- 6. Reviving Trinitarian doctrine. Traditional resources -- Reformed reconstructions -- Lutheran reconstructions -- The ecumenical and reformative appeal of Trinitarian doctrine -- Robust trinity -- 7. Renewing eschatological ontology. Traditional resources -- Reformed reconstructions -- Lutheran reconstructions -- The ecumenical and reformative appeal of eschatological ontology -- Absolute futurity -- 8. Omniscient faithfulness. Beyond the antinomy of divine foreknowledge -- A trembling delight in the name of God -- Jesus Christ and the spirit of wisdom -- Reconstructing the teleological argument -- The gospel of divine knowing -- 9. Omnipotent love. Beyond the antinomy of divine predestination -- A trembling delight in the reign of God -- Jesus Christ and the spirit of justice -- Reconstructing the cosmological argument -- The gospel of divine acting -- 10. Omnipresent hope. Beyond the antinomy of divine timelessness -- A trembling delight in the face of God -- Jesus Christ and the spirit of freedom -- Reconstructing the ontological argument -- The gospel of divine being.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-323) and index.

1. Introduction. The delightful terror of theology -- The philosophical turn to relationality -- Refiguring theological categories -- 2. God as immaterial substance? Cartesian anxiety -- Infinity in early modern theological projects -- Alterity in late modern philosophy -- Mathematics and linguistics in contemporary science -- Biblical experiences of infinity -- 3. God as single subject? Ockhamist anxiety -- Trinity in early modern theological projects -- Personality in late modern philosophy -- Feeling and acting in contemporary science -- Biblical experiences of trinity -- 4. God as first cause? Newtonian anxiety -- Eschatology in early modern theological projects -- Futurity in late modern philosophy -- Causality and temporality in contemporary science -- Biblical experiences of futurity -- 5. Retrieving divine infinity. Traditional resources -- Reformed reconstructions -- Lutheran reconstructions -- The ecumenical and reformative appeal of divine infinity -- Intensive infinity -- 6. Reviving Trinitarian doctrine. Traditional resources -- Reformed reconstructions -- Lutheran reconstructions -- The ecumenical and reformative appeal of Trinitarian doctrine -- Robust trinity -- 7. Renewing eschatological ontology. Traditional resources -- Reformed reconstructions -- Lutheran reconstructions -- The ecumenical and reformative appeal of eschatological ontology -- Absolute futurity -- 8. Omniscient faithfulness. Beyond the antinomy of divine foreknowledge -- A trembling delight in the name of God -- Jesus Christ and the spirit of wisdom -- Reconstructing the teleological argument -- The gospel of divine knowing -- 9. Omnipotent love. Beyond the antinomy of divine predestination -- A trembling delight in the reign of God -- Jesus Christ and the spirit of justice -- Reconstructing the cosmological argument -- The gospel of divine acting -- 10. Omnipresent hope. Beyond the antinomy of divine timelessness -- A trembling delight in the face of God -- Jesus Christ and the spirit of freedom -- Reconstructing the ontological argument -- The gospel of divine being.

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