Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics: The Los Angeles Theology Conference Collection (3 vols.)

by Oliver D. Crisp; Fred Sanders

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2016–2018

Overview

Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics Collection includes the conference proceedings of The Los Angeles Theology Conference (LATC) which invites theologians across Christian traditions to contribute their constructive accounts and proposals to this fundamental Christian doctrinal complex. The volumes in this collection cover The Voice of God in the Text of Scripture (2016), The Task of Dogmatics (2017), and The Christian Doctrine of Humanity (2018)

Key Features

• Brings together theologians from a number of different schools and confessions
• Addresses important areas in theology
• Provides a resource for theologians, pastors, and students as they seek to engage these challenging theological topics

Product Details

• Title: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics: The Los Angeles Theology Conference Series (3 vols.)
• Editors: Oliver D. Crisp and Fred Sanders
• Series: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics: The Los Angeles Theology Conference Series
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication Date: 2016–2018
• Volumes: 3
• Pages: 720
• Resource Type: Collected Essays
• Topic: Theology

The Christian Doctrine of Humanity

• Editors: Oliver D. Crisp and Fred Sanders
• Series: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics: The Los Angeles Theology Conference Series
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Pages: 256

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Theological anthropology is a vast and complex doctrinal subject that needs to be elaborated with careful attention to its relation to other major doctrines. It must confess the glory and misery of humanity, from creation in the image of God to the fall into a state of sin. It must reckon with a holism that spans distinctions between body, soul, and spirit, and a unity that encompasses male and female, as well as racial and cultural difference. The Christian Doctrine of Humanity represents the proceedings of the sixth annual Los Angeles Theology Conference, which sought constructively and comprehensively to engage the task of theological anthropology.

The Task of Dogmatics

• Editors: Oliver D. Crisp and Fred Sanders
• Series: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics: The Los Angeles Theology Conference Series
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Pages: 256

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Theologians often discuss method in a remote and preliminary way that suggests they are not yet speaking theologically when speaking methodologically. But it is also possible to reflect on the work of Christian dogmatics in a way that is self-consciously nourished by biblical reasoning, resourced by tradition, joined up with ecclesial practice, and alert to spiritual dynamics.

Bringing together theologians who are actively engaged in the writing and editing of extended dogmatics projects, The Task of Dogmatics represents the proceedings of the 2017 Los Angeles Theology Conference and seeks to provide constructive accounts of the nature of the dogmatic task.

The Voice of God in the Text of Scripture

• Editors: Oliver D. Crisp and Fred Sanders
• Series: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics: The Los Angeles Theology Conference Series
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Pages: 208

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Scholars from biblical studies and theology have recently been engaged in various ways in the project of theological interpretation of Scripture. This literature has raised issues about the theological content of the biblical material, authorial intention, the reception and formation of the Bible as Christian Scripture, the importance of the canonical form of the text, and the relationship between Scripture and the Rule of Faith. With this recent interdisciplinary debate in mind, the fourth annual Los Angeles Theology Conference focuses on the theological and doctrinal dimensions to the biblical texts drawing on scholars of biblical studies and theology in order to do so. The question that frames it is, “How does the voice of God come to us in the text of Scripture?”

About the Editors

Oliver D. Crisp (PhD,University of London; DLitt University of Aberdeen) is Professor of Analytic Theology at the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology, St. Mary’s College, the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is author of numerous books in analytic and systematic theology, including Analyzing Doctrine: Toward a Systematic Theology; Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology; Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered; God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology; Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology; and Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition. Together with Fred Sanders, he is co-founder of the Los Angeles Theology Conference.

Fred Sanders (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is professor of theology in the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is author of numerous books including The Triune God in the New Studies in Dogmatics series; The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything; and Dr. Doctrines’ Christian Comix. He is coeditor of Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology and Retrieving Eternal Generation. Fred is a core participant in the Theological Engagement with California’s Culture Project and a popular blogger at The Scriptorium Daily.