The One, the Three and the Many
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 1993
978-1-316-03977-9 (ISBN)
Description
This study offers a theological analysis of, and response to, the modern world, and is at once a theology of culture and of creation. In the first half of the book, Gunton expounds some of the distinctive and often contradictory features of modern culture. It emerges that modern culture, far from being unique in its difficulties, reflects similar inadequacies in ancient thought. The distinctive pathos of modernity is to be found in one unique feature, namely the displacement of God that is a mark of all realms of life. The roots of the problem are sought beyond the Enlightenment, where they are often located, in the combination of platonism and Christian theology which dominated medieval Christian thought. At the heart of the matter is a deficient - because of an inadequately trinitarian - understanding of creation and creation's God. The second half of the book develops a powerful theology of creation where due weight can be given to both universal and particular, both society and the individual.
Reviews / Votes
"By suggesting that many of the ills of modernity reflect the displacement of God, Colin Gunton helps us to see our problem in a new light. Anyone concerned with theology and with its relation to the modern predicament must read The One, the Three and the Many." Stanley Hauerwas "[Gunton's] work merits wide and careful consideration. His study is meticulously structured, replete with signposts that enhance its readability as well as sturdily conveying his vigorous and thoroughly theological intellectual program." Nancy A. Dallavalle, Theological StudiesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Worked examples or Exercises
File size
13,35 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-316-03977-9 (9781316039779)
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Content
Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Displacement of God: 1. From Heraclitus to Havel. The problem of the one and the many in modern life and thought; 2. The disappearing other. The problem of the particular in modern life and thought; 3. A plea for the present. The problem of relatedness in modern life and thought; 4. The rootless will. The problem of meaning and truth in modern life and thought; Part II. Rethinking Createdness: 5. The universal and the particular. Towards a theology of meaning and truth; 6. 'Through whom and in whom ...' Towards a theology of relatedness; 7. The Lord who is the Spirit. Towards a theology of the particular; 8. The triune Lord. Towards a theology of the one and the many; Bibliography; Index.
