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Title

Jesus' revelation of his Father : a narrative-conceptual study of the Trinity with special reference to Karl Barth / Damon Wai Kwan So ; foreword by Daniel W. Hardy.

Author

So, Damon W. K.

Publication

Milton Keynes ; Waynesboro, GA : Paternoster, 2006.

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Details

Description

xvi, 348 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Paternoster Theological monographs

Uniform Title

Paternoster theological monographs.

Subject

• Barth, Karl, 1886-1968
• Bible > Criticism, Narrative
• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Conceptualism
• Trinity > Biblical teaching

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D) - Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and University of Wales, 2003.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-335) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction. The importance of the doctrine of the Trinity in Christian theology ; The context of the present narrative-conceptual study of the Trinity ; Comments on methodology ; Summary -- The concept of Jesus' revelation of His Father. Kingdom of God and Messiah ; Jesus as the coming Lord ; The identity of Jesus Christ, revelation and Trinity ; A non-linear concept of revelation : exegesis of Mt. 11:25-30 ; Concluding summary -- Jesus' revelation of His Father through His words. Introduction ; The Fatherhood of God ; The righteousness of God in the Sermon on the Mount ; Jesus' Lordship and His revelation of His Father's Lordship ; Jesus' humanity in knowing His Father's will -- Jesus' revelation of His Father through His actions. The radical liberating acts of Jesus ; Comments on Jesus' liberating acts and radical teachings ; The climax of revelation : the passion of Jesus ; Concluding summary ; Excursus A : emphasis on Jesus' life only or on His death only : Schleiermacher and Calvin -- Christ and the Spirit. Jesus and the Spirit ; Jesus and the Spirit in Matthew and Luke ; The evangelists' communicative strategy ; Excursus B : Barett's second reason for the paucity of the reference to the Spirit ; Excursus C : Barrett's third reason for the paucity of the references to the Spirit ; Excursus D : Jesus and the Spirit in healings and exorcisms in Acts -- A theology of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Issues raised in previous chapters ; A theology of the Trinity ; Spirit as the agent of communion and 'spirit' as the content of communion -- The humanity and divinity of Jesus Christ. Introduction ; Spirit/spirit, the humanity and divinity of Jesus Christ ; The kenotic Christology of G. Thomasius ; How can the genuinely human Jesus exercise divine sovereign power? ; The mystery of incarnation ; Beyond Chalcedon : refined Christology with a paradigmatic shift -- Conclusions.

ISBN

• 184227323X
• 9781842273234

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library