The Lord, the Giver of Life

Aaron T. Smith

doi:10.5771/9781978707757

Summary

In The Lord, the Giver of Life: Spirit in Relation to Creation , Aaron T. Smith argues that the Spirit in which God exists is not a mode of being but a pattern of relation, which enfolds the world in each moment and gives it a life coordinated with God's. “God” and “world” find mutual determination in the eschatological achievement of covenantal existence, in the triumph of love.

Smith offers a new take on the biblical story of creation by bringing intricate interpretation of Genesis into productive dialogue with prominent voices of the Christian tradition as well as contributions from modern science and philosophy. The creation is not primarily a collection of discrete things, but the divinely-willed event of communion, which takes temporal shape within histories of generation, or the history of each generation. The human creature exists authentically in the time-framing of promise and fulfillment, coming to perceive the giving of life as good and right in the manner of the biblical covenant, and coming to desire it again - gladly consenting to life's interdependent generation.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-0774-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-0775-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 250
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
1. Twelve Theses No access
2. Notes No access
1. Exegesis of Gen. 2:4–7 No access
2. Exegetical Summary No access
3. Schleiermacher and the Feeling of Absolute Dependence upon God No access
4. Conclusion: Barth’s Critique of Schleiermacher No access
5. Notes No access
1. Exegesis of Gen. 2:8–17 No access
2. Schleiermacher and Humanity’s Liminal Existence No access
3. Excursus: Practical Applications of Biochemical Interdependence No access
4. Conclusion: Ethical Considerations No access
5. Notes No access
1. Exegesis of Gen. 2:18–25 No access
2. Human Assent in Context No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Notes No access
1. Exegesis of Gen. 3:1–12 No access
2. Discussion of Augustinian Anthropology I: Protological Concern No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Notes No access
1. Exegesis of Gen. 3:13–21 No access
2. The Intricate Connection between Humanity and Fault: Cancer as Paradigm No access
3. Paul Ricoeur on Fallible Humankind No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. Exegesis of Gen. 3:22–24 No access
2. Paul Ricoeur on the Symbolism of “Sin” No access
3. Schleiermacher on Impediment to God-Consciousness No access
4. Barth on Sin and Nothingness No access
5. Notes No access
Conclusion No access Pages 233 - 234
Bibliography No access Pages 235 - 242
Index No access Pages 243 - 248
About the Author No access Pages 249 - 250