Persons, powers, and pluralities : toward a Trinitarian theology of culture /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flett, Eric Gordon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke, 2012, ©2011.
Temas:
Torrance, Thomas F. > (Thomas Forsyth), > 1913-2007.
Christianity and culture.
Theological anthropology > Christianity.
Trinity.
Anthropologie théologique > Christianisme.
Trinité.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Life > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front-cover
  • Title-page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • "Following the Line"
  • 1. Torrance's Doctrine of God: The Triune Creator
  • The Tri-unity of God as the Basis for the Creativity of God
  • The Creativity of God Is Signified by the Fatherhood of God
  • The Father Signifies the Triune Being of God
  • The Father Signifies the Eternal Being of God
  • The Father Signifies the Creative Being of God
  • The Father Signifies the Personal Being of God
  • The Identity of God as Father and Creator is Signified by God the Son
  • The Son's Unity in Being and Action with the Father: Homoousion
  • The Epistemological Significance of the Homoousion
  • The Soteriological Significance of the Homoousion
  • The Eschatological Significance of the Homoousion
  • The Son's Differentiation in Identity and Operation from the Father: Perichoresis
  • The Work of God the Father, Mediated through God the Son, Is Signified by God the Holy Spirit
  • The Being and Identity of the Spirit
  • The Spirit Is Divine: The Spirit of God
  • The Spirit Is Translucent: The Spirit of Christ
  • The Spirit Is Lord: The Holy Spirit
  • The Agency and Activity of the Spirit
  • The Spirit Creates and Sustains the Created Order: The Creative Work of the Spirit
  • The Spirit Orients and Directs the Created Order: The Eschatological Work of the Spirit
  • The Spirit Transforms and Consummates the Created Order: The Sanctifying Work of the Spirit
  • 2. Torrance's Doctrine of Creation I: Order as Contingent
  • The Inner-Logic of Order
  • Order as a Theological Concept: The Ground and Purpose of Order in God the Father
  • Contingence: Introducing and Defining the Concept
  • Contingence: Its Interlocking Nature and Dynamic
  • Contingence: Its Reflective Purpose
  • The Creation of the Powers: The Legislative Activity of God
  • The Language of the Powers: Structures and Patterns.
  • The Function of the Powers: Mediating and Maintaining Order
  • The Purpose of the Powers: Temporal Analogues, Empirical Correlates, and Social Coefficients
  • 3. Torrance's Doctrine of Creation II: Order as Redeemed
  • Order as a Relational Concept: The Revelation and Reconciliation of Order in God the Son
  • Order as Fallen: Human Agency and the Subversion of Order
  • Order as Redeemed: The Divine Economy and the Redemption of Order
  • The Ultimate and Penultimate Function of the Law
  • The Divine Economy and the New Covenant
  • Restoration and New Creation in Christ
  • The Incarnation and the Power of Identification
  • The Resurrection and the Power of Love and Grace
  • The Ascension and the Power of Pentecost
  • The Ascension and the Power of Pentecost
  • Order as an Eschatological Concept: The Orientation and Sanctification of Order in God the Spirit
  • A Pneumatological Order: The Participatory and Sanctifying Work of the Spirit
  • The Eschaton as Based upon a Relation with the Eschatos
  • The Cosmic Sphere
  • The Corporate Sphere
  • The Individual Sphere
  • The Eschaton as the Sphere of the Spirit's Sanctifying Work
  • An Ecclesiological Order: Through the Agency and Mission of the Church
  • An Ambiguous Order: Relating Actual Order to the Order that Ought to Be
  • A Sacramental Order: A Doxological Response to the Lord of Space and Time
  • A Heavenly and Earthly Order: In Anticipation of His Final Act
  • 4. Torrance's Doctrine of Humanity: Priests of Creation, Mediators of Order
  • Part 1: Humanity as a Multi-Stringed Instrument
  • String #1: Humanity as Embodied Being
  • String #2: Humanity as Personal Being
  • String #3: Humanity as Relational Being
  • From Creation to Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection
  • From Resurrection to Ascension and Glorification
  • Part 2: Tuning Up and Knowing the Score.
  • Humanity as an Eschatological Being
  • Humanity as a Cultural Being
  • 5. Torrance's Theology of Culture: A Social Coefficient of Knowledge
  • Torrance's Social Coefficient of Knowledge
  • Introducing the Term
  • Defining the Term
  • The Social Coefficient as a Multiplier and Measure
  • The Social Coefficient as Signifying a Relation that is Constant
  • The Social Coefficient as a Joint Agent or Factor
  • The Social Coefficient and Cultural Plurality
  • Developing the Term for Use in a Theology of Culture
  • The Formation and Function of Social Coefficients
  • Social Coefficients are Formed Around Knowing Relations Established with Objective Reality
  • The Social Coefficient of Knowledge as a Centered Set
  • The Objective Pole Determines the Means by Which Reality is Engaged and Known
  • The Subjective Pole Determines the Means by Which Reality is Received and Reflected
  • Social Coefficients Are Socially Constructed Matrices Formed through a Historical Process
  • Externalization
  • Objectivation
  • Internalization
  • Social Coefficients are Socially Constructed Matrices Oriented toward a Specific Telos
  • Social Coefficients Mediate and Sustain Meaning through Correlation, Congruence, and Translucence: Semantic Intentionality
  • Social Coefficients Require an Archimedean Pointin Order to Fulfill Their Distinctive Telos: The Transcendent Ground of Meaning
  • The Archimedean Point as a Tuning Fork: Its Function
  • The Archimedean Point as the Triune God of Jesus Christ: Its Identity
  • Social Coefficients Orient, Mediate, and Sustain Our Knowing Relations
  • By Providing Semantic Structures: A Symbolic Environment
  • By Providing Participatory Structures: A Ritualized Environment
  • By Providing Multi-Leveled Structures: A Textured Environment
  • Social Coefficients Express and Embody Our Knowing Relations.
  • By Integrating the Subjective and the Objective
  • By Orienting and Aggregating Human Relations
  • By Ordering the Social and Material World
  • 6. Toward a Trinitarian Theology of Culture: Persons, Powers, and Pluralities
  • The Social Coefficient of Knowledge: Examples
  • The Social Coefficient as Embodied Truth: The Church as Culture
  • Israel as the Womb of Christ
  • The Church as a Royal Priesthood
  • The Social Coefficient as Transforming Matrix: The Church Transforming Culture
  • The Doctrine of the Trinity and the Concept of Person
  • Western Science and the Three Masterful Ideas
  • Project Summary and Accomplishments
  • The Persons of the Trinity and the Purpose of Human Culture: A Design for Living
  • The Contingency of Creation and the Powers of Human Culture
  • The Identity and Agency of Humanity and the Plurality of Human Culture: Designs for Living
  • Appendix: Project Outline
  • Bibliography
  • Back-cover.

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