Barth, Origen, and universal salvation
Subtitle: restoring particularity
By: Tom Greggs.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; OUP Oxford
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780199560486
Subjects: Origen; Barth, Karl, -- 1886-1968; Universalism
Description: A bold new presentation of universal salvation via comparative analysis of the thought of Origen and Karl Barth. Greggs offers a defence of universalism as rooted in Christian theology, showing this belief does not have to be at the expense of human particularity, freedom, and Christian faith.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Universalism in the Son. The eternal election of humanity in Jesus Christ (Barth); title: Pre-existence and restoration: Logos and Logika (Origen); title: Dialogue: the restoration of humanity in Christ; title: pt. 2. Particularity through the Holy Spirit. The present work of God: subjectivity and the Spirit (Barth); title: Spiritual growth: the work of the Spirit in the saints of God (Origen); title: Dialogue: restoring particularity through the Holy Spirit; title: Conclusion.