The domain of the Word
Subtitle: Scripture and theological reason
By: John Webster
Series: T & T Clark theology; T & T Clark theology
Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780567212948; 9780567014252; 9780567313713
Subjects: Philosophical theology; Bible; Theology
Description: The book brings together a set of related studies on the nature of Scripture and of Christian theology by one of the most prominent representatives of Protestant theology of our time. After a brief introduction on the setting of the book and its major themes, the first part of the volume examines topics on the nature and interpretation of Scripture. A comprehensive proposal about Scripture and its interpretation is followed by a study of Scripture as the embassy of the risen Christ, and by three related chapters analyzing the ways in which widely different major modern theologians (Barth, T.F. Torrance and Rowan Williams) have understood the nature and interpretation of the Bible. The second part of the volume makes a cumulative proposal about the nature and tasks of Christian theology, examining the fundamental principles of systematic theology, the distinctive role and scope of reason in Christian theology, the relation of theology to the humanities, and the vocation of theology to promote the peace of the church.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The domain of the Word; title: Resurrection and Scripture; title: Illumination; title: Witness to the Word : Karl Barth's lectures on the Gospel of John; title: Verbum mirificum : T.F. Torrance on Scripture and hermeneutics; title: Biblical reasoning; title: Principles of systematic theology; title: Theology and the peace of the church; title: Regina artium : theology and the humanities; title: Curiosity.