The dialectics of creation
Subtitle: creation and the creator in Edward Schillebeeckx and David Burrell
By: Martin G. Poulsom
Series: T & T Clark theology; T & T Clark theology
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New Delhi; New York; Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780567356529; 9780567575920; 9780567018014; 9780567664983
Subjects: Philosophical theology; Philosophische Theologie; Ontology; Dialectical theology; Schöpfungslehre; God (Christianity); Creation
Description: "This book investigates the philosophical components of Christian faith in creation, by analyzing the distinction and the relation between creation and its Creator.The writings of Edward Schillebeeckx and David Burrell supply a terminology of distinction and relation that shapes the discourse, following in the footsteps of Aquinas. Poulsom elucidates the relational dialectic in the thought of Schillebeeckx as a way of thinking about the Creation and offers a helpful comparison with the thought of David Burrell. Relational dialectic is an organizing principle, not only of Schillebeeckx's account of creation, but of his philosophical theology more generally. It can operate as a hermeneutic for his material on praxis and humanism, in a way that resolves some problems noted by other Schillebeeckx scholars. Poulsom's interpretation of Schillebeeckx enriches current approaches to this thinker and offers a significant contribution to thinking on the doctrine of Creation and issues surrounding the 'ontological distinction' which is of major concern in philosophical theology today."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 2007 under title 'The distinction' and 'the relation' : creation and the creator in Burrell and Schillebeeckx.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: The structure of discourse; title: Investigating complementarity I : common ground; title: Investigating complementarity II : complemantary emphases and dialectic; title: Relational dialectic in Schillebeeckx's philosophical theology; title: Schillebeeckian relational dialectic I : Aquinas on analogy; title: Schillebeeckian relational dialectic II : prospects for philosophical theology.