The domestication of transcendence : how modern thinking about God went wrong / William C. Placher.
1996
BT98 .P55 1996
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Title
The domestication of transcendence : how modern thinking about God went wrong / William C. Placher.
Edition
1st ed.
First edition.
First edition.
ISBN
066425635X (acid-free paper)
066425635X (pbk.)
066425635X (pbk.)
Imprint
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c1996.
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, ©1996.
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, ©1996.
Language
English
Description
xii, 222 p. ; 23 cm.
xii, 222 pages ; 23 cm
xii, 222 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
BT98 .P55 1996
Review
"William Placher looks at "classical" Christian theology (Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Martin Luther) and contrasts it with the Christian discourse about God that evolved in the seventeenth century. In particular, he deals with the notion of transcendence that gained prominence in this era and its impact on modern theology and modern thinking today. He persuasively argues that useful lessons can be drawn from premodern thinking about God, especially when viewed within the context of contemporary objections to it. This reexamination, according to Placher, has practical and profound implications for modern theology."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : theology and modernity
Three premodern theologies
Aquinas on the unknowable God
Luther, the cross, and the hidden God
Calvin's rhetoric of faith
Modern turn : God
Domestication of God
Domestication of grace
Modern turn : God and the world
Nearer that we are to ourselves
Where God is and what God does : some modern problems
Grace and works in modern thought
Marginalization of the Trinity
Some critical retrievals
Image of the invisible God
Evil and divine transcendence.
Three premodern theologies
Aquinas on the unknowable God
Luther, the cross, and the hidden God
Calvin's rhetoric of faith
Modern turn : God
Domestication of God
Domestication of grace
Modern turn : God and the world
Nearer that we are to ourselves
Where God is and what God does : some modern problems
Grace and works in modern thought
Marginalization of the Trinity
Some critical retrievals
Image of the invisible God
Evil and divine transcendence.
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BT98 .P55 1996
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