Theology in the democracy of the dead
Subtitle: a dialogue with the living tradition
By: Matt Jenson
Publisher: Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780801049439; 9781540962393
Subjects: Theology; History
Description: G. K. Chesterton wrote, "Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead." This book pays homage to major theologians of the Christian tradition that tell the history of theology. Matt Jenson engages in charitable yet critical exposition and dialogue with eleven select thinkers, offering a lucid, synthetic account of their theology with a view to ongoing systematic theological issues. He engages directly with core primary texts and treats individual theologians in greater depth and nuance than most overview textbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: A king of a fox? : Irenaeus of Lyons and the theology of Scripture; title: The word who became flesh : the center and circumference of Athansius's theology; title: "The lovely things kept me far from you" : the wayward loves of Augustine; title: "That most biblical of theologians" : Denys the Areopagite and the brilliant darkness of God; title: Faith seeking understanding, or understanding seeking faith : Anselm of Canterbury and the logic of God; title: "St. Thomas of the Creator" : Aquinas and the beginning and end of all things in God; title: "One little word shall fell him" : the word of God and the faith of Martin Luther; title: "What do you have that you did not receive?" : John Calvin on having God as father; title: The beauty of holiness : Jonathan Edward's religion of the heart; title: A pietist of a higher order : Schleiermacher, Jesus, and the heart of religion; title: "The happiest theologian of our age" : Karl Barth on the one word of God that we have to hear