God Without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology: Volume 1: God and the Works of God

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In this two volume collection of essays, which forms a companion to The Domain of the Word, John Webster brings together studies of a range of topics in dogmatic and moral theology. This first volume, God and the Works of God, treats the themes of God’s inner being and God’s outer acts. After an overall account of the relation between God in himself and the economy of God’s external works, there are studies of the divine aseity and of the theology of the eternal Son. These are followed by a set of essays on creation out of nothing; the relation between God and God’s creatures; the nature of providence; the relation of soteriology and the doctrine of God; and the place of teaching about justification in Christian theology. Each of the essays explores the relation of theology proper to economy, and together they pose an understanding of Christian doctrine in which all theological teaching flows from the doctrine of the immanent Trinity. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Omnia . . . Pertractantur in Sacra Doctrina Sub Ratione Dei. On the Matter of Christian Theology Part I: God in Himself Chapter 2. Life in and of Himself Chapter 3. Eternal Generation Chapter 4. Christology, Theology, Economy. The Place of Christology in Systematic Theology Chapter 5. One Who is Son Part II: God’s Outer Works Chapter 6. Trinity and Creation Chapter 7. ‘Love is also a lover of life’: Creatio Ex Nihilo and Creaturely Goodness Chapter 8. Non Exaequo: God’s Relation to Creatures Chapter 9. On the Theology of Providence Chapter 10. ‘It was the will of the Lord to bruise him’: Soteriology and the Doctrine of God Chapter 11. Rector et iudex super Omnia Genera doctrinarum? The Place of the Doctrine of Justification Chapter 12. ‘In the society of God’: Some Principles of Ecclesiology Chapter 13. Purity and Plenitude: Reflect ions on Congar’s Tradition and Traditions Epilogue Chapter 14. What Makes Theology Theological? Index of Names Subject Index