Freedom from Fatalism: Samuel Rutherford's 1600-1661 Doctrine of Divine Providence - Couverture rigide

Sturdy, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3525568630 ISBN 13 : 9783525568637

Editeur : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG, 2022

Synopsis

Samuel Rutherford’s (1600-1661) scholastic theology has been criticized as overly deterministic and even fatalistic, a charge common to Reformed Orthodox theologians of the era. This project applies the new scholarship on Reformed Orthodoxy to Rutherford’s doctrine of divine providence. The doctrine of divine providence touches upon many of the disputed points in the older scholarship, including the relationship between divine sovereignty and creaturely freedom, necessity and contingency, predetermination, and the problem of evil. Through a close examination of Rutherford’s Latin works of scholastic theology, as well as many of his English works, a portrait emerges of the absolutely free and independent Creator, who does not utilize his sovereignty to dominate his subordinate creatures, but rather to guarantee their freedom. This analysis challenges the older scholarship while making useful contributions to the lively conversation concerning Reformed thought on freedom.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rev. Dr. Robert C. Sturdy serves as the Anglican Chaplain to St. Alban's Chapel, a ministry for college students in Charleston, South Carolina. He is an affiliated researcher in the Department of Historical Theology at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium. He is also an assistant professor of theology at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Dr. Christopher B. Brown is Associate Professor of Church History at Boston University. Dr. Günter Fran ist Direktor der Europäischen Melanchthon-Akademie Bretten und außerplanmäßiger Professor am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie. Dr. phil. Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer ist Professorin em. für „Neuere deutsche Literatur“ an der Universität Bern. Tarald Rasmussen ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Universität Oslo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3525568630
• ISBN 13: 9783525568637
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 357
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht; https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/; ; Robert-Bosch-Breite 10; Göttingen; Niedersachsen; 37079; Allemagne