Transforming Process Theism
Transforming Process Theism

Author: Lewis S. Ford

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2000-05-18

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780791445365

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Process theism, in a variety of manifestations and modifications stemming from Whitehead's original suggestions, dominates discussions of philosophical and natural theology in Europe and America. In Transforming Process Theism Ford argues that subsequent modifications of Whitehead's original line of thought mask a fundamental and unresolved aporia in that original proposal: since only past or "objectified" determinate events can influence present experiences and since God, as conceived by Whitehead, is never fully determinate or objectifiable as a "past event", it is difficult to see how this divine persuasive power can have any influence on the present as a source of creativity and genuinely new possibilities for enactment. Ford meticulously reconstructs and evaluates Whitehead's own versions of theism, and he critically appraises the most influential subsequent modifications of these unrecognized variants by other process thinkers. He recovers the original trajectory of Whitehead's continuous revision of his conception of God, and forges an appropriate solution to this central aporia. He concludes that -- consistent with Whitehead's overarching metaphysical principles, there is another kind of causal influence that does not require objectification, and is the opposite of past determinateness. The future, conceived as active, offers an account of subjectivity which is both universal and transcendent. God, according to Ford's revisions, must be understood as this particular but indefinite creativity or universal activity of the future, bestowing subjectivity on each present occasion of experience without ever becoming determinate.

Theology as History, History as Theology
Theology as History, History as Theology

Author: Scott Shauf

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-02-13

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 3110906201

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This monograph explores the theology of the Acts of the Apostles while taking seriously the status of the writing as ancient historiography: What does it mean to speak of theology in a historiographical work? How can this theology be apprehended? What does this theology have to do with the overall character of the writing and with how the writing functioned for its original audience? Acts 19 is both, case study and source to generate the answers.

The Zero Fallacy and Other Essays in Neoclassical Philosophy
The Zero Fallacy and Other Essays in Neoclassical Philosophy

Author: Charles Hartshorne

Publisher: Open Court Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780812693232

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For seven decades Charles Hartshorne has presented his philosophical themes with ingenuity and deep historical awareness, comparing his positions in illuminating fashion with those of major figures from Plato to Kant to Popper. Integral to Hartshorne's thinking have been bold, fresh interpretations of such notions as God, freedom, change, creativity, aesthetic meaning, the social character of experience, and generalized causal possibility with a place for probabilities and open possibilities.

Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed
Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Alan J. Spence

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-07-30

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0567666131

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Today Christology is of concern to both New Testament scholars and theologians alike and continues to provoke debate within the Church. Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed examines the key debates and defining moments in the early Church and the Reformation. After a brief introduction providing a basic definition of Christology, this historical background provides an essential foundation on which to outline later developments in Christology. Alan Spence then considers the Quest for the Historical Jesus, the work of the major theologians in this area including Barth and Schleiermacher, and from the present day, N.T. Wright and Pannenberg, and explores the contemporary arguments within the field of Christology.

Karl Barth on Faith
Karl Barth on Faith

Author: Brandon K. Watson

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2024-03-18

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 3111273385

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The present volume examines an underdeveloped component in the theology of Karl Barth. Specifically, the work asks: how, and to what extent, can faith be understood as ontologically proper to the trinitarian becoming of God? The work argues for an ontological grounding of faith in the becoming of God. To do so, Watson performs an in-depth examination of Barth's understanding of the concept of faith. Using Barth's threefold movement of revelation, the work contends God can be thought of as the subject (Glaubender), predicate (Glaube), and object (Geglaubte) of faith. Barth's theological exposition of Jesus as subject and object of election offers a promising proposal for how faith is ontologically understood. At the same time, the argument brings to the fore a crucial component of Barth's theological program, namely, the concept of recognition (Anerkennung). God's recognizing faith is then conceived as the condition of the possibility of human faith. Drawing on Barth's entire oeuvre, Watson offers an understanding of the divine becoming of faith that opens possibilities for thinking systematically about the realization of the corresponding human faith.

Paul’s Letter to the Romans and Roman Imperialism
Paul’s Letter to the Romans and Roman Imperialism

Author: Ian E. Rock

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2012-11-07

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1725246139

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This book seeks to demonstrate that the Letter to the Romans may be seen as an attempt by a subordinate group to redress actual and potential issues of confrontation with the Empire, and to offer hope, even in the crisis of facing death. Paul demonstrates that it is God's peace and not Rome's peace that is important; that loyalty to the exalted Jesus as Lord and to the kingdom of God--not Jupiter and Rome--leads to salvation; that grace flows from Jesus as Christ and Lord and not from the benefactions of the Emperor. If the resurrection of Jesus--the crucified criminal of the Roman Empire--demonstrates God's power over the universe and death, the very instrument of Roman control, then the Christ-believer is encouraged to face suffering and death in the hope of salvation through this power. Paul's theology emerges from and is inextricably bound to the politics of his day, the Scriptures of his people, and to the critical fact that the God who is one and Lord of all is still in charge of the world.

The Way, the Truth, and the Light According to the Gospel and Revelation of John
The Way, the Truth, and the Light According to the Gospel and Revelation of John

Author: Victor Pierobon

Publisher: Victor Pierobon

Published: 2021-10-10

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1005074305

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John best described the Way, the Truth, and the Light in the New Testament. Jesus Christ is the only sinless and selfless Man with the Holy Spirit of Truth and the Light and Breath of God residing in Him becomes our Lord and Judge most favored by God. The book is an analysis of all the works of John, line by line. John's Christ often contradicts many modern Christian denominations. This book points out these discrepancies. It also provides a clear trace of Adam and his fall to his lineage of Mankind as well as the divine evolutionary interventions that shaped our species' evolution of humanity and their divine souls. In the Final Days of Revelation and Matthew's Gospel both state to let Evil be evil and Good be good, Revelation reveals the harvest of the Good from Earth, as Earth slowly gets scorched and destroyed by God. God destroys the Evil ones that destroyed the Earth. A new City of God, along with a new Earth, and a New Heaven is created for those Good souls spared from the Second Death (the death of the soul). A complete summary of this book is presented in the third Chapter "The Christian Beliefs, Events, and Definitions". The Appendix also provides comparative ideas and facts from other religions, science, philosophy, spiritual works, and Near-Death accounts that verify John's New Testament writings. This book supersedes and replaces my other two previous books: "How to Believe in Christ According to the Gospel of John" and "The City of God, the Bride of Christ, and the Second Death According to Revelation of John"; and these two previous books will no longer be updated and could be unpublished later on or a nominal price will be added for those who are curious on how this book evolved from past editions.

Reader in Trinitarian Theology
Reader in Trinitarian Theology

Author: Henco van der Westhuizen

Publisher: UJ Press

Published: 2022-12-15

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 1776424212

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“Speaking God today … signifies assuming the task constitutive of the discipline of systematic theology. … A relational God who lives in ex-static self-giving, creates Christian communities of hospitality and generosity, and offers a healing vision of truth, goodness, and beauty. Speaking the Triune God extends the promise of the benediction, May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Spirit be with you all.” Rian Venter In this first volume on doing Theology in South Africa, Henco van der Westhuizen assembled an array of articles by South African theologians on Trinitarian Theology from 1976 to today.