Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume II: Soundings in the Christian Tradition

by William J. Abraham

Overview

Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume II builds on Volume I, which established that no generic concept of action will suffice for understanding the character of divine actions explicit in the Christian faith. Volume II argues that in order to understand divine action, one must begin with the array of specific actions predicated of God in the Christian tradition. William J. Abraham argues that one must practice theology in order to analyze properly the concept of divine action. Abraham offers a careful review and evaluation of the particularities of divine action as they appear in the work of biblical, patristic, medieval, and Reformation-era theologians. Particular attention is given to the divine inspiration of scripture, creation, incarnation, transubstantiation in the Eucharist, predestination, and divine concurrence. The work does not simply repeat the doctrinal formulations found in the Christian tradition, but examines them in order to find fresh ways of thinking about these issues for our own time, especially with respect to the contemporary debates about divine agency and divine action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192517760
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	10/27/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	476 KB

About the Author

William J. Abraham is the Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies, and an Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. He is the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology (2017) and The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies (2011).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Orientation
1. The Stamp of the Infinite: Divine Agency and Divine Action in Paul
2. Bearing with the Wisdom of the Ages: the Divine Inspiration of Scripture
3. Actions, Agents, Agency, and Explanation in Athanasius
4. Divine Action and Pneumatology in the Cappadocians
5. Divine and Human Action in Salvation in Augustine
6. Agency and Action in Christ in Maximus the Confessor
7. Divine Action in Symeon the New Theologian
8. Blood, Bone, and Body: In the Eucharist in Aquinas
9. Divine Action in the Christian Life in Teresa of Avila
10. Divine Action in Predestination in John Calvin
Epilogue
Bibliography