The Doctrine of Creation: Essays in Dogmatics, History and Philosophy
Overview
This study, by leading scholars from around the world, engages with central hermeneutical, philosophical and theological dimensions of the doctrine of creation. Particular prominence is given to discussion of creation “out of nothing,” the relation of eternal creator to temporal creation, the Trinitarian construction of the doctrine and its ethical implications. Opens up new dimensions to an important topic.
This book is also part of the Theology and Doctrine Collection (16 Vols.)
Top Highlights
“The fourth aspect is what can generally be referred to as the moral” (Page 5)
“Reality other than God has not only a beginning but a termination” (Page 22)
“Because we confuse making and creating, there is a common tendency, across a broad theological spectrum, to think of creation as a process, which it cannot be. Processes can only occur as changes to what is created. (Neither the sequence of days in Genesis 1 (as interpreted by some) nor the theory of evolution by natural selection are possible modes of creation, but of change and development.” (Page 32)
“For our purposes, however, all that is required is that we reiterate Moltmann’s comment that the phrase ‘ex nihilo’ intends to say nothing more than that ‘the world was created neither out of pre-existent matter, nor out of the divine Being itself’.” (Page 84)
“creation and the Creator by contrasting the relationship of God to the world with the inner-trinitarian relations” (Page 156)
- Title: The Doctrine of Creation: Essays in Dogmatics, History and Philosophy
- Editor: Colin E. Gunton
- Publisher: T & T Clark
- Publication Date: 1997
- Pages: 224