The Triumph of God Contributor(s): Beker, Johan Christiaan (Author), Beker, J. Christiaan (Author), Stuckenbruck, Loren T. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0800624386 ISBN-13: 9780800624385 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1990 Annotation: The special character of Paul's interpretation is marked by his ability to embody in his thought and praxis the movement of the incarnation, that is, the condescension of God into the depth of the human condition, so that the eternal Word of the gospel is able to become ever anew a word on target for the people to whom the gospel is addressed. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General - Religion | Theology |
Dewey: 225.92 |
LCCN: 90035463 |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.52" W x 8.5" (0.53 lbs) 168 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: This book posits two pillars as the foundations of Paul's thought: 1) the interaction between coherence and contingency in Paul's interpretation of the gospel and 2) the apocalyptic character of his gospel. The author ventures to demonstrate how Paul's interpretation of the gospel as coherent is integral with Paul's communication of the gospel as situationally contingent. These ostensibly opposing perspectives actually combine to form a fluid Pauline hermeneutic. The centrality of Christological apocalyptic in Paul's interpretation is posited and involves a radical shift in traditional conceptions of Paul's theology. The author is recasting Paul's theology as a theocentric theology of hope rather than as a Christocentric salvation-history (O. Cullmann) or as an existentialist theology of the cross (R. Bultmann). A theology of hope views the present as the dawn of the future and the future as the full actualization of the present. Examining the implications of this approachthe ultimacy of God's sovereignty and triumph beside the Christ-event, the formation of a biblical-theology, a rethinking of traditional concepts of salvation and ethicsthe author intends to reveal a fresh and most enlightening view of Paul's theology. |