1st Edition
Spirit and Sonship Colin Gunton's Theology of Particularity and the Holy Spirit
By David A. Höhne
Copyright 2010
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book weaves together an interpretation of Christian Scripture with a conversation between Colin Gunton and Dietrich Bonhoeffer concerning the role the Holy Spirit plays in shaping the person and work of Christ. The result is a theological description of human personhood grounded in a sustained engagement with, and critique of, Gunton's theological description of particularity - a topic... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Establishing an Exegetical Description; Chapter 2 Establishing a Theological Alternative; Chapter 3 The Spirit Enables Sonship; Chapter 4 The Spirit Opens Sonship; Chapter 5 The Spirit Preserves Sonship; conclusion Conclusion;
Biography
Having served as an Anglican priest in the Dioceses of Sydney and Canberra/Goulburn, David A. Höhne lectures in Theology and Philosophy at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia. He holds a doctorate in Systematic Theology from Cambridge University and contributed to The Faith Once for All Delivered: An Australian Evangelical Response to The Windsor Report (2001), and the volume Engaging with Calvin (2009).
'... we must be grateful to the author for an illuminating scholarly appraisal of Gunton's unique contributions to Christian Christology and Pneumatology.' Journal of Theological Studies '... thought-provoking... this comparison of his theology with Bonhoeffer's could benefit graduate students and theologians working in these areas.' Religious Studies Review
