Predestination has been the subject of perennial controversy among
Christians, although in recent years theologians have shied away
from it as a divisive and unedifying topic. In this book Matthew
Levering argues that Christian theological reflection needs to
continue to return to the topic of predestination, for two reasons:
Firstly, predestinarian doctrine is taught in the New Testament.
Reflecting the importance of the topic in many strands of Second
Temple Judaism, the New Testament authors teach predestination in a
manner that explains why Christian theologians continually recur to
this topic.
Secondly, the doctrine of predestination provides a way for
Christian theologians to reflect upon two fundamental affirmations
of biblical revelation. The first is God's love, without any
deficiency or crimp, for each and every rational creature; the
second is that God from eternity brings about the purpose for which
he created us, and that he permits some rational creatures freely
and permanently to rebel against his love. When theologians reflect
on these two key biblical affirmations, they generally try to unite
them in a logical synthesis. Instead, Levering argues, it is
necessary to allow for the truth of each side of the mystery,
without trying to blend the two affirmations into one.
Levering pairs his discussion of Scripture with ecumenically
oriented discussion of the doctrine of predestination in through
the ages through the figures of Origen, Augustine, Boethius, John
of Damascus, Eriugena, Aquinas, Ockham, Catherine of Siena, Calvin,
Molina, Francis de Sales, Leibniz, Bulgakov, Barth, Maritain, and
Balthasar. He concludes with a constructive chapter regarding the
future of the doctrine.
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