Is God’s Triunity Constituted by His Decision for Election? Barth and the Current Discussion
This book, which began as a doctoral thesis at the University of Aberdeen, is an unabashed and unflinching attempt to prove that Bruce McCormack’s reading of Karl Barth on election is the only proper way to understand Barth’s view of the Trinity. Frick contrasts what he calls the ‘maximalist’ view o...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 340-354 |
| Review of: | Karl Barth's ontology of divine grace (Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2021) (Molnar, Paul D.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
McCormack, Bruce L. 1952-
/ Barth, Karl 1886-1968
/ Trinity
/ God
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | This book, which began as a doctoral thesis at the University of Aberdeen, is an unabashed and unflinching attempt to prove that Bruce McCormack’s reading of Karl Barth on election is the only proper way to understand Barth’s view of the Trinity. Frick contrasts what he calls the ‘maximalist’ view of the ontological significance of election for the Trinity held by Bruce McCormack with what he terms the ‘minimalist’ view held by George Hunsinger and me. The former view, labelled by Hunsinger as ‘revisionist’, requires rethinking Barth’s view of the Trinity in light of his view of election and his later theology. The latter view, which Hunsinger has termed ‘traditionalist’, acknowledges the importance of Barth’s view of election, but since that refers to God’s dealings with creation, it does not require a rethinking of his understanding of the Trinity (pp. 2-6). Each chapter is marked by the belief that God’s eternal triune existence is ‘shaped’ by God’s intention to be God for us in the economy. Toward that end we are presented with a lengthy bibliography related to the discussion of the relationship between election and the Trinity that has developed over the last 20 years or so. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flac152 |