Waiting and Being: Creation, Freedom, and Grace in Western Theology (Emerging Scholars)

The Problem Of Creation And Grace Has A Long History Of Contention Within Protestant And Catholic Theology, Involving Not Only Internecine Conflict Within The Traditions But Fueling, As Well, Ecumenical Debates That Have Continued A Dogmatic Divide. This Volume Traces Out That Conflict In Modern Catholic And Protestant Dogmatics And Provides A Historical Genealogy That Situates The Origin Of The Problem Within Different Emphases In The Thought Of St. Augustine. The Author Puts Forward An Argument And Reconstruction Of The Problem That Overcomes The Longstanding Abstractions, Elisions, And Divisions That Have Characterized The Theological Discussion. What Is Called For Is A Reclamation Of The Reading Of Augustine In Aquinas And Luther, A Recovery Of An Ethical Metaphysics, And A Christological Reconstruction Of Being And Otherness As The Path Toward A Concrete Union Of Creation And Grace -- Publisher Description. Introduction -- The Intransigent Division: The Illusory Union Of Creation And Grace In Contemporary Theology -- Nature And The Supernatural: Catholic Theologies Of Creation And Grace -- Sin And Election: Protestant Theologies Of Creation And Grace -- Metaphysics And Social Relations: Creation And Grace In Augustine, Aquinas, And Luther -- A Reconstruction: The Union Of Creation And Grace As A Social Relation. Joshua B. Davis. Revision Of Author's Thesis (ph. D.)--vanderbilt University, 2010. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Joshua B. Davis is assistant professor of systematic theology at The General Theological Seminary in New York. He earned a Ph.D. in theology at Vanderbilt University. Davis co-founded the Theology and Apocalyptic working group at AAR and is co-editing a forthcoming volume, Apocalyptic and the Future of Theology, with Douglas Harink. The present volume is a revision of a dissertation completed at Vanderbilt University under the supervision of Paul DeHart.