Theology for the Future

Andrew Hollingsworth

doi:10.5771/9781978709614

Summary

Wolfhart Pannenberg was one of the most important theologians of the twentieth century, and his work has much to offer contemporary theologians. In this book, the contributors analyze and discusses a component of Pannenberg’s theology with an eye to demonstrating its enduring promise for contemporary and future theological construction. Topics discussed include Pannenberg’s theological method, defense of the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection, doctrine of God, doctrine of the Trinity, theory of time, doctrine of creation, doctrine of salvation, and public theology.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-0960-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-0961-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 232
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Note No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. Wolfhart Pannenberg: A Brief Biography No access
2. Pannenberg’s Major Theological Ideas No access
3. This Book No access
4. Notes No access
5. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Book No access
3. The Context No access
4. Enduring Promise: Epistemology as the Basis of Scientificity No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Anticipation in Pannenberg’s Thought No access
3. The Anticipatory Nature of Truth No access
4. The Anticipatory Structure of Tradition No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Hermeneutic in Pannenberg’s Theology No access
3. From Hermeneutic to Semiotic: Taking Pannenberg’s Method Further No access
4. Notes No access
5. Bibliography No access
1. Assessment of Pannenberg’s Argument No access
2. Conclusion No access
3. Notes No access
4. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Path to Systematic Theology No access
3. The Doctrine in Systematic Theology No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
6. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Pannenberg’s Most Astonishing Proposal: God Does Not Yet Exist No access
3. Pannenberg’s Philosophy: Reality Is History No access
4. Pannenberg’s Eschatological Ontology: The Future Is the Locus of Meaning and Being No access
5. Pannenberg’s Presupposition: Knowing and Being Are Inseparable No access
6. Pannenberg’s Principle: God’s Deity Is His Rule No access
7. Pannenberg’s Conclusion: God Does Not Yet Exist Because His Existence Can Be Doubted No access
8. Pannenberg’s Caveat: The Futurity of God Does Not Mean God “Becomes” No access
9. Pannenberg’s Problems No access
10. Notes No access
11. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Time in Eternity No access
3. Pannenberg on Infinity: From Hegel to Cantor No access
4. Pannenberg: Duration from Mind to Physics. No access
5. Notes No access
6. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Toward Omega via Retroactive Ontology No access
3. Thesis 1: God Creates from the Future, Not the Past No access
4. Thesis 2: God’s Creative Action within Nature and within History is Derivative from the Divine Act of Redeeming and Creating the Whole of the Cosmos No access
5. Thesis 3: The Concept of Creation out of Nothing (Creatio Ex Nihilo) Should be Combined with Continuous Creation (Creatio Continua) No access
6. Thesis 4: God is the Primary Cause of Nature’s Secondary Causes No access
7. Thesis 5: Our Human Nature is Not yet Fully Created. We Are Still Becoming No access
8. Thesis 6: Our Human Reality Is in Continuity with the Surrounding Natural World, Including Suffering and Sin No access
9. Thesis 7: The Theologian Needs to Think Epigenetically, Not Archonically No access
10. Thesis 8: Genesis Can Be Interpreted Eschatologically No access
11. Thesis 9: The Life of Beatitude Daily Anticipates Omega No access
12. Conclusion No access
13. Notes No access
14. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Why Comparative Theology? No access
3. Salvation and Plurality No access
4. Possibilities in Pannenberg’s Soteriology No access
5. The Salvation of Bodies No access
6. Possibilities for Comparative Reflection No access
7. Human History and Salvation History No access
8. Possibilities for Comparative Reflection No access
9. Salvation and God’s Own Being No access
10. Possibilities for Comparative Reflection No access
11. Conclusion No access
12. Notes No access
13. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Justice and Liberation No access
3. The Church and Political Activity No access
4. The Messianic Fellowship No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. Bibliography No access
1. Notes No access
2. Bibliography No access
Index No access Pages 225 - 228
About the Contributors No access Pages 229 - 232