'In God's Changelessness There Is Rest': The Existential Doctrine of God's Immutability in Augustine and Kierkegaard
This article establishes a specific point of agreement between St Augustine and Søren Kierkegaard: for both thinkers the doctrine of God's immutability is an existential doctrine. Specifically, Augustine and Kierkegaard agree that God's immutability functions as a condition to preserve the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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International journal of systematic theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-83 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | This article establishes a specific point of agreement between St Augustine and Søren Kierkegaard: for both thinkers the doctrine of God's immutability is an existential doctrine. Specifically, Augustine and Kierkegaard agree that God's immutability functions as a condition to preserve the existential integrity of the human creature across the vicissitudes of time and change. This article describes the existential role of God's immutability in Augustine and Kierkegaard, and it establishes this point of agreement between the two thinkers. Afterward, this article briefly considers some implications of this point of agreement for the interpretation of Augustine and Kierkegaard and some implications for the doctrine of God's immutability. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2400 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of systematic theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/ijst.12270 |