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Atonement, Christology And The Trinity: Making Sense Of Christian Doctrine - Couverture souple

Brmmer, Vincent

 
9780754652304: Atonement, Christology And The Trinity: Making Sense Of Christian Doctrine
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0754652300 ISBN 13 : 9780754652304
Editeur : Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

For many believers today the doctrines of Atonement, Christology and the Trinity seem like puzzling constructions produced by academic theologians. They are cast in unintelligible forms of thought derived from Platonism or from feudal society, and for many their existential relevance for life today remains unclear. This book introduces these doctrines and proposes a reinterpretation in the light of the claim of many Christian mystics that ultimate happiness is to be found in enjoying the loving fellowship of God. This claim is amatrix of faith in terms of which these doctrines are shown to be relevant for the life of faith of believers today. Furthermore, since this matrix can be defended within all three Abrahamic traditions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the proposed understanding of these doctrines can also contribute usefully to the necessary dialogue between these traditions in a globalised world.

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À propos de l'auteur

Vincent Brummer is a philosopher of religion who takes systematic theology seriously. In his new book he uses his philosophical acumen to elucidate central topics of Christian doctrine: the Atonement, Christology, and the Trinity. For him they are not mere theological constructions but have their meaning and function in the context of the believer's search for ultimate happiness. There is much to be learned from his clear and careful philosophical reworking of classical views of Reformed theology. New and controversial is the idea of a 'matrix of faith' by which Christians claim to attain ultimate happiness and which Brummer believes can be defended not only within the Christian, but also the Jewish and Islamic traditions. This will no doubt provoke discussion, and it should.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0754652300
ISBN 13 
9780754652304
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
134
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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