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Ausgabe:

Mai/2022

Spalte:

498–499

Kategorie:

Systematische Theologie: Dogmatik

Autor/Hrsg.:

Peckham, John C.

Titel/Untertitel:

The Doctrine of God. Introducing the Big Questions.

Verlag:

London u. a.: Bloomsbury T & T Clark 2019. 272 S. Kart. £ 26,99. ISBN 9780567677846.

Rezensent:

Joshua Kira

The Doctrine of God, by John Peckham, is a survey of various posi-tions in systematics concerning theology proper. The subtitle, Introducing the Big Questions, is apt, as the book is organized around various interrogatives that have been asked in church history. In his selection of content, P. gives some preference to contemporary de-bates, with a particular focus on classical theism, defined as the view that God »is necessarily the perfect existent, self-sufficient, simple, eternal, immutable, impassible, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent« (4–5). The work, by design, is selective and quote-heavy, as P. is clear that he is providing an introduction and wants to allow the scholars mentioned speak for themselves (23). Each chapter is organized around a continuum ...


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