The Task of Dogmatics: Explorations in Theological Method (Los Angeles Theology Conference Series) - Softcover

Zondervan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310535492 ISBN 13: 9780310535492

Publisher: Zondervan Academic, 2017

Synopsis

Defining the Nature, Process, and Mission of Dogmatic Discourse.

Theologians often discuss method in a remote and preliminary way that suggests they are not yet speaking theologically when speaking methodologically. But it is also possible to reflect on the work of Christian dogmatics in a way that is self-consciously nourished by biblical reasoning, resourced by tradition, joined up with ecclesial practice, and alert to spiritual dynamics.

Bringing together theologians who are actively engaged in the writing and editing of extended dogmatics projects, The Task of Dogmatics represents the proceedings of the 2017 Los Angeles Theology Conference and seeks to provide constructive accounts of the nature of the dogmatic task.

The eleven diverse essays in this collection include discussions on:

• Identifying theology's pattern and norm.
• The validity and relativity of doctrinal statements.
• The Apostle Paul and the task of dogmatics.
• The retrieval of patristic and medieval theology.

Each of the essays collected in this volume engage with Scripture as well as with others in the field—theologians both past and present, from different confessions—in order to provide constructive resources for contemporary systematic theology and to forge a theology for the future.

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About the Authors

Oliver D. Crisp (PhD, University of London; DLitt University of Aberdeen) is Professor of Analytic Theology at the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology, St. Mary's College, the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is author of numerous books in analytic and systematic theology, including Analyzing Doctrine: Toward a Systematic Theology; Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology; Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered; God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology; Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology; and Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition. Together with Fred Sanders, he is co-founder of the Los Angeles Theology Conference.

Fred Sanders?(PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is professor of theology in the Torrey Honors College at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is author of numerous books including?The Triune God?in the New Studies in Dogmatics series;?The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything;?Union with Christ and the Life of Faith;?The Holy Spirit: An Introduction; and Fountain of Salvation: Trinity and Soteriology. He is coeditor of?Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology?and?Retrieving Eternal Generation. He is also the co-founder of the Los Angeles Theology Conference. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0310535492
• ISBN 13: 9780310535492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Crisp Oliver D., Sanders Fred