Resurrection, Time, and Justification

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Taking to task brightest theological luminaries such as Barth and Pannenberg is not for the faint-hearted. It takes a lot of audacity-as well as analytic and theological skills combined with wide and deep learning. This is what the author of this brilliant book is doing. Building critically on the proposals of these and other Masters, he argues carefully for a constructive proposal as to how to think about time and eternity and what the implications to Christian doctrine might be. In fact, Sang Hoon Lee is match to his famous interlocutors-and makes a unique contribution to the continuing critical discussion of these vital topics. This is systematic theology at its best. -- Veli-Matti Kaerkkaeinen, Professor of Systematic Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary and Docent of Ecumenics, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Theology The contemporaneity of Jesus is a central axiom of Christian faith. But how should we think of this? In this study of recent proposals regarding the retroactivity of the future, Sang Hoon Lee skillfully negotiates some complex theological materials to suggest ways in which Jesus can be conceived as a past, present and future reality. -- David Fergusson, University of Cambridge The cosmic significance of Christ's resurrection has been a long-standing and fundamental Christian conviction, even as the full comprehension of it always extends beyond our theological grasp. In this careful and interesting study, Lee takes us some way towards further grasping just how wide-reaching and cosmic that significance really is. His engagement with Barth, Pannenberg, Jenson, and other significant Protestant theologians is judicious but critical, and Lee's creative appropriation of contemporary scientific insights on time left me with much to consider. -- Kent Eilers, Huntington University