Metaphysics and the God of Israel seeks to put back on the theological agenda not merely a biblical theology but a systematic theology of the Old and New Testaments. Author Neil B. MacDonald argues against current trends in the academy that question a unified biblical theology of the entire Bible. In doing so he covers the theological and philosophical gamut, from Aristotle, Anselm, and Augustine to Nicholas Wolterstoff, N. T. Wright, and Christopher Seitz. Students and scholars of biblical, theological, and philosophy studies will appreciate this contribution to biblical theology.

Metaphysics and the God of Israel: Systematic Theology of the Old and New Testaments

MacDonald, Neil B.

History

Baker Academic

This is a new, major study of the twentieth-century theologian Karl Barth. Its chief strength is that it demonstrates the genuine intellectual force behind Barth’s approach to the Bible. Drawing on the history of biblical, theological and philosophical criticism originating in the Enlightenment - and most notably on the arguments of the Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein - it dares the thought that, if Barth is right, the Bible understood the Enlightenment better than it understood the Bible, and, indeed, better than the Enlightenment understood itself: according to its own canons of inquiry it ought not to have lost faith with the Bible in the way that it did.

Karl Barth and the Strange New World Within the Bible: Barth, Wittgenstein, and the Metadilemmas of the Enlightenment

Religion & Spirituality

Authentic Media

There can be little doubt that John Calvin and Karl Barth belong to the first rank of great theologians of the Church and both continue to exert profound influence on friend and foe alike. Both were theologians whose writings have particularly helped to shape the world of Reformed theology. Historically, there can be little doubt that Calvin's influence on Reformed doctrine has been much greater than that of Barth, and this continues to be so in the present day. In contract, Barth's Reformed credentials have at times been questioned - not least because of his distinctive reformulation of the doctrines of election and atonement. This raises the question: can there be a fruitful dialogue or engagement between those who seek to maintain the traditional, Calvin-orientated stance of the Reformed faith and those who are persuaded of the value of Barth's reconstruction of Reformed theology? This book offers an opportunity to assess how Calvin and Barth might help carry the mantle of Reformed theology into the future. Doctrinal areas of focus: the sacraments, the nature of atonement, and scripture.

Calvin, Barth, and Reformed Theology (Paternoster Theological Monographs)

World

Wipf and Stock

Calvin, Barth and Reformed Theology

Authentic UK

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