Theology for Liberal Protestants: God the Creator
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Theology for Liberal Protestants presents a comprehensive theology for Christians who are willing to rethink and revise traditional doctrines in face of contemporary challenges. It is Augustinian, claiming that we belong to the God of grace who creates, judges, and renews. It is Protestant, affirming the priority of the Bible and the fallibility of church teaching. It is liberal, recognizing the importance of critical arguments and scientific inquiries, a deeply historical consciousness, and a commitment to social criticism and engagement. This volume contains sections on method and creation. Douglas F. Ottati’s method envisions the world and ourselves in relation to God as creator, judge, and redeemer. The bulk of the book offers an in-depth discussion of God as creator, the world as creation, and humans as good, capable, and limited creatures.
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- Contains sections on method and creation
- Offers an in-depth discussion of God as creator
- Presents a comprehensive theology for those willing to rethink traditional doctrines
- Introduction: Point of View
- A Conception of Christian Theology
- The Formation and Arrangement of Theological Statements
- The Constitution of the Dynamic World: Cosmic Ecology
- The Dynamic Continuation of the World: Cosmic Passage
- Human Life
- God as Creator and Provider
Theology for Liberal Protestants is a much-needed book by a master teacher. In it Doug Ottati recovers something in danger of being lost—a systematic account of contemporary life in relation to God as creator-judge-redeemer. He succeeds admirably. . . . Engagingly written and accessible to a wide range of readers.
—Roger J. Gench, senior pastor, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
In this stunning volume Douglas Ottati presents a historically rich and religiously nuanced account of Christian faith that decisively reorients contemporary theology.
—William Schweiker, Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics, University of Chicago Divinity School
If you’ve ever feared that American liberal theology was down for the count, you’ll be cheered by Douglas Ottati’s careful and accessible work. Drawing on distinctive themes from Augustinian, Protestant, and liberal traditions, Ottati puts forward a robust and unapologetic liberal theology in the Reformed tradition.
—Rebekah Miles, professor of ethics and practical theology, Southern Methodist University
An intellectually rich and utterly compelling constructive liberal theology. Addressing real problems associated with the term ‘liberal,’ Ottati provides a groundbreaking alternative to many caricatures of liberal theology as he draws upon a vast array of classic and modern theologians to expand our theological imagination.
—Mary McClintock Fulkerson, professor of theology, Duke Divinity School
- Title: Theology for Liberal Protestants: God the Creator
- Author: Douglas F. Ottati
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 377
- Resource Type: Topical
- Topic: Theology