The Election of Grace: A Riddle without a Resolution? (Kantzer Lectures in Revealed Theology (KLRT)) - Softcover

Williams, Stephen N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802837808 ISBN 13: 9780802837806

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2015

Synopsis

Few issues in Christian theology have sparked as much controversy over the centuries as the question of election. In this book — the inaugural volume of the Kantzer Lectures in Revealed Theology series — Stephen Williams offers a rich and nuanced account of the doctrine of election, arguing that we should diminish the role of "system" in Christian theology. After expounding the Bible's teaching on election, Williams turns to questions of theological method and substance. He maintains that the subject of predestination must be considered in a wider biblical context than it often is and that we cannot expect to understand election within a comprehensive systematic framework. What matters is the relation of particular truths to the particulars of life, he says, not the systematic relation of truths to each other. Williams draws on and applies the insights of remarkable nineteenth-century Anglican leader Charles Simeon throughout his study, concluding the book with a cogent discussion of Karl Barth on election.

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About the Author

Stephen N Williams is Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological College, Belfast. His other books include The Shadow of the Antichrist: Nietzsches Critique of Christianity, for which he won a Christianity Today Book Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802837808
• ISBN 13: 9780802837806
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 229