The Defeat of Satan
Karl Barth's Three-Agent Account of Salvation
1st Edition
Published on 27. January 2022
176 pages
978-0-567-69824-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers an innovative, critical, and constructive exploration of Barth's theology, one which demonstrates the radicality of his thought and which underscores the continued contribution he might make to theological reflection on a central element of the Christian tradition.
Declan Kelly uncovers the promise of viewing Barth's account of salvation as a "three-agent drama"-a drama involving God, humanity, and anti-God powers. Kelly demonstrates and examines Barth's cosmological portrayal of God's saving event as a defeat of the lordship of Satan in the cosmos-and, bound up with this, as an ending of God's "left handed" activity-and as the bringing into existence of a new creation under the rule of God's right hand. Barth's doctrines of election, the atonement, and the resurrection receive a fresh reading as the book explores his apocalyptic grasp of God's eschatological deed of salvation and as it puts forward the claim-with and against Barth-that the climax of this deed of salvation is best located in the event of God's raising of Christ from the dead.
Declan Kelly uncovers the promise of viewing Barth's account of salvation as a "three-agent drama"-a drama involving God, humanity, and anti-God powers. Kelly demonstrates and examines Barth's cosmological portrayal of God's saving event as a defeat of the lordship of Satan in the cosmos-and, bound up with this, as an ending of God's "left handed" activity-and as the bringing into existence of a new creation under the rule of God's right hand. Barth's doctrines of election, the atonement, and the resurrection receive a fresh reading as the book explores his apocalyptic grasp of God's eschatological deed of salvation and as it puts forward the claim-with and against Barth-that the climax of this deed of salvation is best located in the event of God's raising of Christ from the dead.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-567-69824-7 (9780567698247)
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Person
Declan Kelly holds a PhD in systematic theology from the University of Aberdeen, UK.
Content
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Election and the Defeat of Satan
Chapter 3
The Judgement of Satan's World
Chapter 4
God's Covenant with Death
Chapter 5
God's Eschatological Justification
Chapter 6
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Election and the Defeat of Satan
Chapter 3
The Judgement of Satan's World
Chapter 4
God's Covenant with Death
Chapter 5
God's Eschatological Justification
Chapter 6
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
