The Certainty of Faith and the Probabilities of Salvation History: The Dialectic of Faith and History in Modern Theology - Softcover

Wood Dr, Laurence W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1609471083 ISBN 13: 9781609471088

Publisher: Emeth Press, 2017

Synopsis

“This book gives a comprehensive and fascinating account of the development of the idea of history in correspondence to changing conceptions of the divine reality, from its origin in Ancient Israel and in Greece all the way to the contemporary discussion. It focuses on the rise of critical historical investigation in modern times and on the struggle of modern theology to come to terms with it. It is an important contribution to this discussion. The split between fact and meaning is persuasively identified as a main obstacle and it is shown to be overcome in the reconstruction of history in the light of the eschatological future. Also very helpful is the final chapter on time (space-time) and eternity with its emphasis on Boethius and with its critical remarks on nontrinitarian theistic notions of a personal God.” 

    —Wolfhart Pannenberg, 
        University of Munich 

About this edition

• Publisher: Emeth Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1609471083
• ISBN 13: 9781609471088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354