T&T Clark Handbook of Analytic Theology

by James Turner; James M. Arcadi

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2021

Overview

This handbook provides theological and philosophical resources that demonstrate analytic theology's unique contribution to the task of theology. Analytic theology is a recent movement at the nexus of theology, biblical studies, and philosophy that marshals resources from the analytic philosophical tradition for constructive theological work. Paying attention to the Christian tradition, the development of doctrine, and solid biblical studies, analytic theology prizes clarity, brevity, and logical rigour in its exposition of Christian teaching.

Each contribution in this volume offers an overview of specific doctrinal and dogmatic issues within the Christian tradition and provides a constructive conceptual model for making sense of the doctrine. Additionally, an extensive bibliography serves as a valuable resource for researchers wishing to address issues in theology from an analytic perspective.

Key Features

• Provides a brief history of analytic theology as another version of a long-standing methodological approach
• Offers a portrayal of analytic theology as an intellectual culture in which certain sensibilities, tools, and characteristics are borrowed from analytic philosophy for theological ends
• Follows a fairly standard list of topics in systematic theology

Contents

Methods and Sources

• The Importance of Model Building in Theology, Oliver D. Crisp
• Modelling Inspiration: Perspicuity After Pentecost, Adam Green
• Religious Epistemology, Erik Baldwin
• Norma Normata: The Role of Tradition in Analytic Theology, R. Lucas Stamps
• Analytic Theology and Philosophy of Science: Towards and All-Encompassing Theory of God, the World, and Human Life, Benedikt Paul Göcke
• The Fellowship of the Ninth Hour: Christian Reflections on the Nature and Value of Faith, Daniel Howard-Snyder

Doctrine of God

• A Model of Classical Theism, R. T. Mullins
• An Anselmian Approach to Divine Omnipotence, Katherine Rogers
• Maximal Greatness and Perfect Knowledge, Benjamin Arbour
• Retrieving Divine Immensity and Omnipresence, Ross Inman
• Divine Goodness and Love, Jordan Wessling
• Divine Providence, David Fergusson
• Divine Aseity and Abstract Objects, Lindsay K. Cleveland
• The Trinity, Thomas H. McCall

Person and Work of Christ

• The Incarnation, Timothy J. Pawl
• Christ's Impeccability, Johannes Grössl
• Philosophical Issues in the Atonement, William Lane Craig
• Election, Grace, and Justice: Analyzing an Aporetic Tetrad, James N. Anderson

Pneumatology

• The Indwelling of Holy Spirit, Adonis Vidu
• Deification and Union with God, Carl Mosser
• Towards an Analytic Theology of Charismatic Gifts: Preliminary Questions, Joanna M. B. Leidenhag

Creation and Humans

• Creatio Ex Nihilo, Andrew Ter Ern Loke
• The Soul as Imago Dei: Modernizing Traditional Theological Anthropology, Joshua R. Farris
• The Fall and Original Sin, Olli-Pekka Vainio
• Sin as Self-Deception, William Wood
• Analytic Theological Ethics, Kent Dunnington
• Willie Jennings on the Supersessionist Pathology of Race: A Differential Diagnosis, Sameer Yadav
• Goodness, Embodiment and Disability: Lessons from the Then for Now, Hilary Yancey
• Gender and Justice: Human and Divine Gender in Analytic Theological Discourse, Michelle Panchuk
• Analytic Theology and Animals, Faith Glavey Pawl
• Analytic Theology and The Sciences, Aku Visala
• The End of Things: Resurrection and New Creation, James T. Turner

Experiences and Practices

• Analytic Spirituality, David Efird
• Christian Baptism: A Reformed Account, Nathaniel Gray Sutanto
• On the Intelligibility of Eucharistic Doctrine(s) in Analytic Theology, James M. Arcadi
• Analytic Theology and Liturgy, Joshua Cockayne
• Prayer, Scott Davison

Praise for the Print Edition

The project of “Analytic Theology” is still young and developing, and that is why this compendium of essays is so fresh and energizing, conjoining biblical, theological and philosophical insights. Emerging young scholars join hands with senior professors to chart what it means to reconsider classic Christian doctrine and ethics in the face of the most demanding contemporary challenges, whether philosophical, scientific or social. Each of these essays provides an entry into a realm of intense discussion and debate, often contentious, but always faith-enhancing.

--Professor Sarah Coakley, FBA, University of Cambridge, UK

Analytic Theology is increasingly recognised as one of the most important and exciting developments in contemporary academic theology. One of its primary concerns is to model and to encourage the commitment to analytic rigour, lucidity and transparency that is de rigueur in academic philosophy. In this impressive volume, Arcadi and Turner have gathered together leading representatives of the field who exemplify these virtues in addressing a wide range of key loci in philosophical, systematic and spiritual theology. It will be evident from the diverse range of essays that ‘analytic theology’ does not represent a single system of thought or doctrine. What should be no less clear, however, is the extent to which their transparency facilitates critical engagement. This exemplifies the commitment to the truth question and open accountability that analytic theologians are so eager to encourage.

--Alan J Torrance, University of St Andrews, UK

A theological edifice is only as strong as its philosophical foundation. This collection is proof that the conceptually and logically rigorous analytic method in philosophy provides a solid framework in which theological problems can be presented and addressed using clear and distinct ideas.

--Godehard Brüntrup, S.J., Executive Vice President, Munich School of Philosophy, Germany

Product Details

• Title: T&T Clark Handbook of Analytic Theology
• Authors: James Turner, James M. Arcadi
• Series: T&T Clark Handbooks
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Philosophical theology; Theology; Analitic theology
• ISBNs: 9780567681331, 9780567681300, 9780567681294, 0567681335, 0567681300, 0567681297
• Resource ID: LLS:TTCLRKHNNLYTCTH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-07T22:08:14Z