Theological theology : essays in honour of John B. Webster

"The areas of discussion include the nature and method of theology, Scripture and its interpretation, Christology and the doctrine of the Trinity, moral theology, and the reading and use of theological dialogue partners. The essays are written by eminent systematic theologians, theological ethicists, and biblical scholars from a wide range of Christian traditions. The contributors to this volume appraise, extend and apply different aspects of the conception of "theological theology". That theology should in fact be thoroughly theological means that theological discourse gains little by conforming to the canons of inquiry that govern other disciplines; it should rather focus its attention on its own unique subject, God and all things in relation to God, and should follow procedures that allow it to access and bear witness to these realities"-- Provided by publisher Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Contributions 1. Theological Theology, Darren Sarisky 2. John, Ivor J. Davidson 3. The Word Answering the Word: Opening the Space of Catholic Biblical Interpretation, Lewis O. Ayres 4. Divine Sufficiency: Theology in the Presence of God, Ivor J. Davidson 5. The Last Judgement, David Fergusson 6. Proportion and Topography in Ecclesiology: A Working Paper on the Dogmatic Location of the Doctrine of the Church, Tom Greggs 7. How to be Caught by the Holy Spirit, Stanley Hauerwas 8. Some Riffs on Thomas Aquinas' De Ente et Essentia, Robert Jenson 9. New - Old - New: Theological Aphorisms, Eberhard Jüngel 10. God's Hiddennness and Belief in His Power, Wolf Krötke 11. What is the Gospel?, Matthew Levering 12. Barth Critique of Schleiermacher Reconsidered, Bruce McCormack 13. Aristotle's Saviour, Francesca A. Murphy 14. Webster and Ebeling on Christian Texts: A Placeholder for a Theological Theology of Language, R. David Nelson 15. What is Truth? McLeod Campbell Revisited, George Newlands 16. The Divine Perfections and the Economy: The Atonement, Kenneth Oakes 17. A Prolegomenon to an Account of Theological Interpretation of Scripture, Darren Sarisky 18. The Sinlessness of Christ, Katherine Sonderegger 19/ Unconditional Love: Creation ex Nihilo and the Covenant of Grace, Justin Stratis 20. "Exegesis I know, and Theology I know, But Who Are You?" Acts 19 and the Theological Interpretation of Scripture, Kevin J. Vanhoozer 21. Does Historical Criticism Exist? A Contribution to Debate on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture, Francis Watson 22. The Transcendence of Apophaticism, A. N. Williams 13. The Fourfold Chord: Theology and the Plurality of the Gospel Witness, Rowan Williams John B. Webster - Chronology of Publications Index. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Contributors 1. Theological Theology 2. John 3. The Word Answering the Word: Opening the Space of Catholic Biblical Interpretation 4. Divine Sufficiency: Theology in the Presence of God 5. The Last Judgement 6. Proportion and Topography in Ecclesiology: A Working Paper on the Dogmatic Location of the Doctrine of the Church 7. How to be Caught by the Holy Spirit 8. Some Riffs on Thomas Aquinas’s De ente et essentia 9. New – Old – New: Theological Aphorisms 10. God’s Hiddenness and Belief in His Power 11. What is the Gospel? 12. Barth’s Critique of Schleiermacher Reconsidered 13. Aristotle’s Saviour 14. Webster and Ebeling on Christian Texts: A Placeholder for a Theological Theology of Language 15. What is Truth? McLeod Campbell Revisited 16. The Divine Perfections and the Economy: The Atonement 17. A Prolegomenon to an Account of Theological Interpretation of Scripture 18. The Sinlessness of Christ 19. Unconditional Love: Creatio ex Nihilo and the Covenant of Grace 20. ‘Exegesis I know, and Theology I know, but who are you?’ Acts 19 and the Theological Interpretation of Scripture 21. Does Historical Criticism Exist? A Contribution to Debate on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture 22. The Transcendence of Apophaticism 23. The Fourfold Chord: Theology and the Plurality of the Gospel Witness John Webster – Chronology of Publications Index