All Things New
Subtitle: the Trinitarian Nature of the Human Calling in Maximus the Confessor and Jurgen Moltmann
By: Brock Bingaman ; foreword by Jürgen Moltman
Contributors: Moltmann, Jürgen
Series: Princeton theological monograph series -- 213; Princeton theological monograph series -- 213.
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781610974202; 9781244103726
Subjects: Theological anthropology; Trinity; Christianity
Description: For both Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) and Jürgen Moltmann (B. 1926), understanding what it means to be human springs from a contemplative vision of God. This comparative study explores surprising parallels between the theological anthropology of the seventh-century Byzantine monk and the contemporary German Protestant. Bingaman argues that Maximus and Moltmann root their understanding of the human calling in their Trinitarian and christological reflection, in contrast to many modern theologies that tend to devise an account of human being first, and then try to find ways in which Christ and the Trinity are somehow relevant to this human being. In this constructive work, Bingaman demonstrates the intrinsic connection between Maximus and Moltmann's views of human being, Christ and the Trinity, the church, and the human calling in creation. Illustrating the richness of the ancient and postmodern theologies in conversation, All Things New lay out future trajectories in theological anthropology, patristic ressourcement, ecologically attuned theology and spirituality, and Orthodox-Protestant dialogue. --back.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Introduction -- -- 2.; title: The trinitarian matrix of he human calling -- -- 3.; title: The christological basis of the human calling -- -- 4.; title: The redemptive goal of the human calling -- -- 5 . The trinitarian-christocentric practice of the human calling -- 6.; title: Conclusion: the human calling in creation -- rooted in God.