The Faithful Creator
Affirming Creation And Providence In An Age Of Anxiety
1st Edition
Published on 16. October 2015
396 pages
978-1-78359-421-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this scholarly and accessible volume, Ron Highfield presents an overview of creation, providence and the problem of evil. He explores a wide range of issues, including the biblical accounts of creation, the dialogue between theology and science, models of providence, philosophical problems of evil and the proposals of open theism and process theism.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Edition type
Digital original
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Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78359-421-4 (9781783594214)
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Person
Ron Highfield (PhD, Rice University) is professor of religion at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He is the author of Great is the Lord: Theology for the Praise of God, Barth and Rahner: Toward an Ecumenical Understanding of Sin and Evil, God, Freedom & Human Dignity and coauthor (with Gregory Boyd, William Lane Craig, and Paul Helseth) of Four Views on Divine Providence. His published chapters and articles have covered subjects ranging from theological anthropology to open theism to Christian higher education.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One: Creation
- 1 "Let There Be Light": Creation in the Old Testament
- The Old Testament Sources
- Old Testament Theology of Creation
- 2 "In the Beginning Was the Word: Creation in the New Testament
- New Testament Theology of Creation
- Christ and Creation
- 3 "Creator of Heaven and Earth"
- One God Beginning and End
- The Trinity and Creation
- Divine Freedom
- 4 How God Creates the World (Part One): Probing a Mystery or Solving a Problem?
- Creation as Divine Action
- The How of Divine Creating
- Ancient Theories of Mediation
- John Polkinghorne-A Contemporary Theorist of Mediation
- 5 How God Creates the World (Part Two): Assessing the Quest
- Creation and Causation
- Creation and Relationality
- The Quest for How-An Assessment
- Why God Made the World
- 6 Jesus Christ as Creator
- Hellenistic Jewish Background
- Two Models for a Theology of Creation
- Jesus Christ in Modern Theology of Creation
- Christ and Creation
- 7 Creation from Nothing: Creation as an Act of Sovereign Generosity
- Development of the Doctrine of Creation from Nothing
- The Biblical and Theological Meaning of Creatio ex Nihilo
- Divine Ideas and Possible Worlds
- Matter-The Third Principle
- 8 Divine Creation and Modern Science
- Ancient Science
- Early Modern Science
- The Competence and Limits of Natural Science
- Relating Natural Science and Christian Theology
- Big Bang Cosmology and Evolutionary Biology
- Gould, Dawkins and Dembski
- Why the Controversy?
- Augustine or Bellarmine?
- 9 Creation and Time
- The Bible and Time
- Augustine and Aquinas on Time
- Christ and Time
- Part Two: Divine Providence
- 10 Biblical Theology of Divine Providence
- Providence in the Old Testament
- Providence in the New Testament
- Biblical Theology of Providence
- Interpretation of the Bible in the Theology of Providence
- 11 All Things Work Together
- Defining Providence
- Unfolding the Doctrine of Providence
- 12 Models of Perfect Providence: Foreknowledge
- The Foreknowledge Models
- The Problem with Molinism (And Other Foreknowledge Models)
- 13 Models of Perfect Providence: Omnipotence Models
- Thomas Aquinas
- Post-Reformation Reformed Orthodox Theologians
- Karl Barth
- 14 The Open Theist Model of Providence
- Open Theism's Revisions to the Traditional Doctrine of Providence
- Gregory Boyd on Divine Providence
- Critical Observations on the Open Theist Model
- 15 Creation, Providence and Freedom
- The Biblical and Theological Idea of Freedom
- The Compatibility of Providence and Freedom
- Part Three: The Challenge of Evil
- 16 Creation, Providence and Evil
- Dualism-Moral or Metaphysical?
- Sin, Error and Corruption
- The Fall and Original Sin
- How Do We Know Sin and Evil?
- 17 The Philosophical Problems of Evil
- Ancient Forms of the Problem
- The Modern Problem of Evil
- The Logical Problem of Evil
- The Evidential Problem of Evil
- 18 The Rhetorical Argument from Evil
- Leibniz's Theodicy and Voltaire's Satire
- Ivan Karamazov and Protest Atheism
- The Karamazov Argument After Dostoevsky
- Responses to the Rhetorical Problem of Evil
- Responding to the "Rhetorical Argument from Evil"
- 19 "Do Not Be Afraid"
- The Faith of Jesus
- Faith in Jesus
- Notes
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: "Let There Be Light": Creation in the Old Testament
- Chapter 2: "In The Beginning Was the Word": Creation in the New Testament
- Chapter 3: "Creator of Heaven and Earth"
- Chapter 4: How God Creates the World (Part One) Probing a Mystery or Solving a Problem?
- Chapter 5: How God Creates the World (Part Two): Assessing the Quest
- Chapter 6: Jesus Christ as Creator
- Chapter 7: Creation from Nothing: Creation as an Act of Sovereign Generosity
- Chapter 8: Divine Creation and Modern Science
- Chapter 9: Creation and Time
- Chapter 10: Biblical Theology of Divine Providence
- Chapter 11: All Things Work Together
- Chapter 12: Models of Perfect Providence: Foreknowledge
- Chapter 13: Models of Perfect Providence: Omnipotence Models
- Chapter 14: The Open Theist Model of Providence
- Chapter 15: Creation, Providence and Freedom
- Chapter 16: Creation, Providence and Evil
- Chapter 17: The Philosophical Problems of Evil
- Chapter 18: The Rhetorical Argument from Evil
- Chapter 19: "Do Not Be Afraid"
- Selected Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
- Praise for The Faithful Creator
- About the Author
- Copyright
