The One, the Three, and the many: God, creation, and the culture of modernity
This study offers a theological analysis of, and response to, the modern world, and is at once a theology of culture and of creation. In the first half of the book, Gunton expounds some of the distinctive and often contradictory features of modern culture. It emerges that modern culture, far from be...
| Subtitles: | The One, the Three & the Many |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1993.
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| In: | Year: 1993 |
| Reviews: | REVIEWS (1994) (Wiles, Maurice F., 1923 - 2005)
The One, the Three and the Many: God, Creation and the Culture of Modernity. Colin E. Gunton (1995) (McDougall, Joy Ann) |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Trinity History of doctrines 20th century B Trinity History of doctrines, 20th century B Trinity ; History of doctrines ; 20th century B Christianity and culture B Modernism (Christian theology) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780521420303 |
| Summary: | This study offers a theological analysis of, and response to, the modern world, and is at once a theology of culture and of creation. In the first half of the book, Gunton expounds some of the distinctive and often contradictory features of modern culture. It emerges that modern culture, far from being unique in its difficulties, reflects similar inadequacies in ancient thought. The distinctive pathos of modernity is to be found in one unique feature, namely the displacement of God that is a mark of all realms of life. The roots of the problem are sought beyond the Enlightenment, where they are often located, in the combination of platonism and Christian theology which dominated medieval Christian thought. At the heart of the matter is a deficient - because of an inadequately trinitarian - understanding of creation and creation's God. The second half of the book develops a powerful theology of creation where due weight can be given to both universal and particular, both society and the individual. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1139166549 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139166546 |