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God Without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology : Volume 2: Virtue and Intellect by John Webster (2018, Trade Paperback)

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These are followed by a set of essays on creation out of nothing; the relation between God and God's creatures; the nature of providence; the relation of soteriology and the doctrine of God; and the place of teaching about justification in Christian theology.

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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

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Number of Pages200 Pages

Publication NameGod Without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology : Volume 2: Virtue and Intellect

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

SubjectTheology, Christian Theology / Systematic, Christian Theology / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Christian Theology / Ethics

TypeTextbook

AuthorJohn Webster

Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy, Psychology

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ReviewsWritten with the luminous clarity, scholarly depth and intellectual rigour for which John Webster is renowned, this collection reflects on the practical and ethical settings of the Christian life. Pursuing a resolutely theological approach to the dispositions and practices of faith, the various essays here will repay careful study and consideration., Webster's untimely death prevented him from completing his larger systematic project, and these two volumes can only whet the appetite of those who looked forward to that project. Yet, they may also stir up a thirst for something much greater than his dogmatics or any work of pilgrim theology for that matter. They may stir up a thirst for the living waters, and in so doing encourage pilgrims on their journey toward the visio Dei., Despite the diversity of the topics covered there is a very clear and distinctive unity of argument that is exhibited here., These "working papers", though originally composed for a variety of purposes, exhibit an extraordinary consistency and coherence. Christian theology has a distinct shape, order and proportion. It is concerned with "God and all things in relation to God", and the order implied in this phrase - God first, all things in relation to God second - is key. Webster returns again and again to these simple convictions about the nature of theology, and shows in a patient and quiet but rather powerful way the consequences they have across a whole range of theological loci, and the resistance they suggest to some of the most prominent stances in contemporary Protestant theology., Webster's commitment to comment on the nature of theology, the place of each doctrine as well as its content, and to wrestle with people who disagree on both topics, makes for a read which is, in a particular sense of the word, entertaining. ... [God Without Measure, Vol. 1] offers an appeal to most every theologically minded reader regarding where theology has been and where it is going., "Well worth reading, dwelling upon, and discussing." -- Princeton Theological Review "Webster's untimely death prevented him from completing his larger systematic project, and these two volumes can only whet the appetite of those who looked forward to that project. Yet, they may also stir up a thirst for something much greater than his dogmatics or any work of pilgrim theology for that matter. They may stir up a thirst for the living waters, and in so doing encourage pilgrims on their journey toward the visio Dei." -- Theology and History "John Webster has few peers, and this book serves further notice to the extraordinary breadth and calibre of his theological project. Always in service to Jesus Christ, Webster lays our basic components of the moral life, seamlessly and astutely drawing upon the Fathers, Aquinas, Calvin, John Owen, and Barth. One reads Webster with amazement and appreciation that theology, in a time of much superficiality, can again be so deeply and richly theocentric. This is a work of a contemporary master to whom all Christians must attend." -- Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary, USA "Written with the luminous clarity, scholarly depth and intellectual rigour for which John Webster is renowned, this collection reflects on the practical and ethical settings of the Christian life. Pursuing a resolutely theological approach to the dispositions and practices of faith, the various essays here will repay careful study and consideration." -- David Fergusson, University of Edinburgh, UK "Despite the diversity of the topics covered there is a very clear and distinctive unity of argument that is exhibited here." -- Reviews in Religion and Theology "These articles are indeed those of a genuine Christian theologian at his prime." -- Regent's Reviews, John Webster has few peers, and this book serves further notice to the extraordinary breadth and calibre of his theological project. Always in service to Jesus Christ, Webster lays our basic components of the moral life, seamlessly and astutely drawing upon the Fathers, Aquinas, Calvin, John Owen, and Barth. One reads Webster with amazement and appreciation that theology, in a time of much superficiality, can again be so deeply and richly theocentric. This is a work of a contemporary master to whom all Christians must attend., God Without Measure is a mature work of theological revival. Many of these essays are jewels in their own right, yet when read together they reveal the working of a first-class theological mind in its prime developing a consistent conception of the task of systematics and directed at matters of first theology: God's life in itself and then towards the world., These essays are essential reading for anyone wishing to think through moral theology on their way to pressing practical considerations., The late John Webster had an impressive grasp of the scope of theological science. He believed that theology involved the contemplation of God and of all things in relation to him. In his own words, 'Theology is about everything...it is the science of all things'(Virtue). [God without Measure] is perhaps his single most comprehensive illustration of this claim.

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Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: agere sequitur esse 2. 'Where Christ is': Christology and Ethics 3. The Dignity of Creatures 4. Mercy 5. Dolent gaudentque : Sorrow in the Christian Life 6. Courage 7. Mortification and Vivification 8. Sins of Speech 9. On the Theology of the Intellectual Life 10. God, Theology, Universities 11. Intellectual Patience Index

SynopsisIn this two volume collection of essays, which forms a companion to The Domain of the Word , John Webster brings together studies of a range of topics in dogmatic and moral theology. This first volume, God and the Works of God , treats the themes of God's inner being and God's outer acts. After an overall account of the relation between God in himself and the economy of God's external works, there are studies of the divine aseity and of the theology of the eternal Son. These are followed by a set of essays on creation out of nothing; the relation between God and God's creatures; the nature of providence; the relation of soteriology and the doctrine of God; and the place of teaching about justification in Christian theology.Each of the essays explores the relation of theology proper to economy, and together they pose an understanding of Christian doctrine in which all theological teaching flows from the doctrine of the immanent Trinity., In this second volume, Webster progresses the discussion to include topics in moral theology, and the theology of created intellect. An opening chapter sets the scene by considering the relation of christology and moral theology. This is followed by a set of reflections on a range of ethical themes: the nature of human dignity; mercy; the place of sorrow in Christian existence; the nature of human courage; dying and rising with Christ as a governing motif in the Christian moral life; the presence of sin in human speech. Webster closes with studies of the nature of intellectual life and of the intellectual task of Christian theology.

LC Classification NumberBJ1278