
Story and Promise
Robert W. Jenson(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 2. December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4982-0082-0 (ISBN)
Description
The respected American theologian Robert Jenson here, in brief compass, presents his uncluttered understanding of the Christian message in a form ideal for beginning students, laypeople, and clergy. Professor Jenson sees the heart of the gospel as ""the unconditional promise of the ultimate triumph of the love of Jesus of Nazareth."" This gospel is based on the story of Jesus and is worked out in the lives of men and of nations as the promise it brings moves towards fulfillment.
Story and Promise--we dare to call it a ""one-volume dogmatics""--leaves no element of the Christian faith untouched: the classical doctrines concerning God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, man, the church; the clearly radical implications of these doctrines for personal and social transformation; the focus of Christian vision on the future as the time when God comes and man becomes what God intends. This book clarifies the traditional problems of faith, and also raises the revolutionary issues marking the end of this century. It is a thoughtful and satisfying piece of systematic theology in a time of shattered understandings of the faith.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
231 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4982-0082-0 (9781498200820)
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Robert W. Jenson was a Professor of Systematic Theology at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He held a doctorate in Theology from the University of Heidelberg. He was an editor of Dialog, a contributor to many theological publications, and the author of Alpha and Omega: A Study in the Theology of Karl Barth, and A Religion against Itself.