Bøger af Colin E. Gunton

Colin Gunton was a world renowned scholar, systematic theologian and Reformed Church minister. This book offers an analysis, derived from the annual lecture/seminar course he gave to MA students at King's College London.

This study offers a theological analysis of, and response to, the modern world, and is at once a theology of culture and of creation. In the first half of the book, Gunton expounds some of the distinctive and often contradictory features of modern culture. It emerges that modern culture, far from being unique in its difficulties, reflects similar inadequacies in ancient thought. The distinctive pathos of modernity is to be found in one unique feature, namely the displacement of God that is a mark of all realms of life. The roots of the problem are sought beyond the Enlightenment, where they are often located, in the combination of platonism and Christian theology which dominated medieval Christian thought. At the heart of the matter is a deficient - because of an inadequately trinitarian - understanding of creation and creation's God. The second half of the book develops a powerful theology of creation where due weight can be given to both universal and particular, both society and the individual.

Barth, Calvin, Coleridge, Dale, Forsyth, Irving, J├╝ngel, Luther, Newman, Niebuhr, Owen, Zizioulas - through this engagement with major theologians, Colin Gunton enables the reader to address some of the central questions of theology. The book begins by treating the nature of Christian theology and the doctrine of God, leading to discussions on christology, pneumatology, atonement, creation and the church. Professor Gunton''s study will be invaluable for all scholars and students of systematic theology and Christian doctrine - and of modern theology in general.

This is a carefully chosen collection of some thirty sermons by Colin Gunton with a foreword by Christoph Schw├╢bel. Together, they provide a broad overview of the Christian faith. An introduction by Professor Christoph Schw├╢bel includes a sustained reflection on the importance of theological preaching. These sermons and their theological significance, by one of the world''s foremost theologians, will be of interest not only to preachers, professional and lay, but also to theologians and students.

Addresses the thorny question of the defining characteristics of the deity - or what God is. Gunton discusses the nature of theological language, the difference the Trinity makes to discussion of the divine absolutes, and the relationship between Greek and Hebrew understandings of the topic.

Colin Gunton develops themes he first introduced in "The Promise of Trinitarian Theology" in 1992. Each essay addresses a topic of central importance in Trinitarian theology, ranging from the knowledge of God to the Christian sacraments.

Presents an exposition of the "Apostles' Creed" by some of the world's leading scholars and preachers. This book includes essays and sermons to assist exploration and proclamation of the Creed. It identifies biblical sources, traces how the doctrine was perceived and interpreted in Christian history, and reflects theologically on the confessions.

An important collection, including many hitherto unpublished studies.Professor Colin Gunton discusses for example the nature of dogma and Christian knowledge claims; holiness and virtue; salvation according to Calvin and the doctrine of election; and freedom in the gospel.Mature reflections on some of the central questions in theology, this book will be essential reading for all scholars and students of systematic theology and Christian doctrine - and of modern theology in general.

This study by leading scholars from around the world engages with central hermeneutical, philosophical and theological dimensions of the doctrine of creation.Particular prominence is given to discussion of creation ''out of nothing''m the relation of eternal creator to temporal creation, the Trinitarian construction of the doctrine and its ethical implications.The essays comprise:-Robert Jenson on the doctrine of creation-Paul Helm on eternal creation-Colin Gunton on Genesis and on the Reformers-Alan Torrance on spatio-temporal dimensions-Daniel Hardy on creation and eschatology-Brian Horne on divine and human creativity-Christoph Schwobel on God, creation and the Christian communityThese expert contributions open up new dimensions to an important topic currently receiving renewed attention.Colin E. Gunton was Professor of Christian Docrtine at King''s College London.

Colin Gunton placed significant value on the preaching ministry, of the connection he saw between that ministry and the work of theology, and of his own conviction that preaching was a necessary task. This book explores through essay and example how these intellectual convictions were worked out in his own life.