Synopses & Reviews
An important collection, including many hitherto unpublished studies.
Professor Colin Gunton discusses for example the nature of dogma and Christian knowledge claims; holiness and virtue; salvation according to Calvin and the doctrine of election; and freedom in the gospel.
Mature reflections on some of the central questions in theology, this book will be essential reading for all scholars and students of systematic theology and Christian doctrine - and of modern theology in general.
Synopsis
An important collection, including many hitherto unpublished studies.
Table of Contents
Preface1 Dogma, the Church and the Task of Theology2 A Rose by any other Name? From 'Christian Doctrine' to 'Systematic Theology'3 'I Know that my Redeemer Lives': A Consideration of Christian Knowledge Claims4 A Systematic Triangle: Hegel, Kierkegaard, Barth and the Question of Ethics5 Holinessm Difference and the Order of Creation6 The Church as a School of Virtue? Human Formation in Trinitarian Framework7 Aspects of Salvation: Some Unscholastic Themes from Calvin's 'Institutes'8 Election and Ecclesiology in the Post-Constantinian Church9 'Soli Deo Gloria'? Divine Sovereignty and Christian Freedom in the 'Age of Autonomy'10God, Grace and FreedomIndex