God is a communicative being
Subtitle: divine communicativeness and harmony in the theology of Jonathan Edwards
By: William M. Schweitzer
Series: T & T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology -- vol. 14; T & T Clark studies in systematic theology -- v. 14.
Publisher: T & T Clark
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780567195227; 9780567057556; 9780567539335
Subjects: Doctrines; Reformed Church; Communication; History of doctrines; Trinity; Christianity
Description: Over the past half century, there has been a proliferation of scholarship on the great American theologian Jonathan Edwards. However, the vast majority of this output confines itself to the details of his work. With some welcome exceptions, the forest has often been missed for the trees. In this study William Schweitzer presents a new reading of Edwards. He starts with the question: what is distinctive in Edwards theology? The answer comes in Edwards' insight into Trinitarian life. God is eternally communicative of his knowledge, love, and joy among the three persons of the Trinity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-193) and index.
Table of contents: title: The communicative God; title: Nature; title: Special revelation; title: Scripture; title: History; title: Edwards' project.