Paths not taken
Subtitle: fates of theology from Luther to Leibniz
By: Paul R. Hinlicky.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780802845719
Subjects: Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, -- Freiherr von, -- 1646-1716; Luther, Martin, -- 1483-1546; Barth, Karl, -- 1886-1968; Philosophical theology; Theology -- History; Postmodern theology; Postmodernism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Leibniz : a modern alternative to dualism; title: After dualism : why Spinoza, not Kant, is the true antagonist of our story; title: Theological optimism : how Barth appropriated Leibniz's teaching on the divine decree; title: Luther tamed : how the Holy Spirit disappeared in Lutheranism and never reappeared in Barth; title: General pneumatology : the sublimation of the spirit into progressive Christian culture; title: Protological dilemmas : two versions of Leibniz's failure.