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The theological movement known as open theism is shaking the church
today, challenging the doctrines of God's sovereignty,
foreknowledge, and providence. This timely work clearly describes
open theism and evaluates it biblically. Frame addresses questions
such as How do open theists read the Bible? Is love God's most
important attribute? Is God's will the ultimate explanation of
everything? Do we have genuine freedom? Is God ever weak or
changeable? Does God know everything in advance? Frame not only
answers the objections of open theists but sharpens our
understanding of the relationship between God's eternal plan and
the decisions or events of our lives.
The Danish theologian-philosopher K. E. Logstrup is second in
reputation in his homeland only to Soren Kierkegaard. He is best
known outside Europe for his The Ethical Demand, first published in
Danish in 1956 and published in an expanded English translation in
1997. Beyond the Ethical Demand contains excerpts, translated into
English for the first time, from the numerous books and essays
Logstrup continued to write throughout his life. In the first
essay, he engages the critical response to The Ethical Demand,
clarifying, elaborating, or defending his original positions. In
the next three essays, he extends his contention that human ethics
"demands" that we are concerned for the other by introducing the
crucial concept of "sovereign expressions of life." Like Levinas,
Logstrup saw in the phenomenon of "the other" the ground for his
ethics. In his later works he developed this concept of "the
sovereign expressions of life," spontaneous phenomena such as
trust, mercy, and sincerity that are inherently other-regarding.
The last two essays connect his ethics with political life.
Interest in Logstrup in the English-speaking academic community
continues to grow, and these important original sources will be
essential tools for scholars exploring the further implications of
his ethics and phenomenology.
There are numerous books that offer an historical account of
Anglican theology or that detail the lives and work of particular
Anglican theologians. Books that focus on the nature and character
of Anglican theology itself, however, are hard to find. This volume
fills that gap. In The Shape of Anglican Theology, Scott MacDougall
examines what it is that makes Anglican theology Anglican.
Beginning with a treatment of the ways in which Anglican theology
is and is not distinct from other types of Christian theology, he
describes the theological features that mark the general boundaries
of Anglican theologizing before turning to consider a set of eight
interconnected characteristics that provide Anglican theology with
its distinctive profile. MacDougall argues that, by setting its
boundaries as widely as possible and requiring subscription to
specific theological propositions as little as possible, Anglican
theology is in essence a wisdom theology that seeks to build the
capacity for faithful Christian discernment in belief and practice.
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