The Shape of God's Providence: Some Reflections in Dialogue with Barth and Thomas
The Christian doctrine of providence involves God, but in what way? In this article, I engage in a broad comparative and reflective exercise on the theological function of providence, drawing primarily upon the insights of Karl Barth and Thomas Aquinas and, to a lesser extent, those of John Webster....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Pro ecclesia
Year: 2022, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 196-207 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Barth, Karl 1886-1968
/ Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ God
/ Providence
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Webster
B Creatureliness B Providence B Aquinas B Barth B Causality B God |
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| Summary: | The Christian doctrine of providence involves God, but in what way? In this article, I engage in a broad comparative and reflective exercise on the theological function of providence, drawing primarily upon the insights of Karl Barth and Thomas Aquinas and, to a lesser extent, those of John Webster. I show their broad agreement with respect to the nature of divine causality as well as the metaphysics of creatureliness, advancing a truly theocentric account of this key Christian doctrine. |
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| ISSN: | 2631-8334 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pro ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/10638512221084242 |
