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Ausgabe:

Dezember/2017

Spalte:

1363–1364

Kategorie:

Dogmen- und Theologiegeschichte

Autor/Hrsg.:

Crisp, Oliver D.

Titel/Untertitel:

Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians.

Verlag:

Grand Rapids u. a.: Wm. B. Eerdmans 2015. 218 S. Kart. US$ 25,00. ISBN 978-0-8028-7172-5.

Rezensent:

Ryan P. Hoselton

Oliver D. Crisp, Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theo-logical Seminary in California, offers a unique piece of art in his latest work on the New England theologian Jonathan Edwards (1703­–1758). Literally. He personally drew Edwards’ portrait for the cover. The essays behind the cover also display his craft, as he tackles the most difficult questions facing Edwards studies today. Was Edwards’ understanding of divine and human freedom a deviation from his Reformed tradition? Does his doctrine of God undermine divine simplicity and ultimately lead to panentheism? Did Ed­wards’ eclectic metaphysics – namely his embrace of philosophical idealism, Lockean faculty psychology, and occasionalism – push him to conclusions beyond the pale of orthodoxy? Does Edwards’ ...


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