Introduction to Wolfhart Pannenberg's Systematic Theology
1st Edition
Published on 21. November 2012
267 pages
978-3-647-56014-4 (ISBN)
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As one of the great thinkers of our time, Wolfhart Pannenberg has influenced the history of Christian theology and philosophy of religion since the second half of the 20th century. His Systematic Theology and many of his other works have become classics in the theological science.
In this introduction Gunther Wenz examines the main pillars of Pannenberg's theology: the self-manifestation of God, the Trinitarian God, the creation of the world, Christology, anthropology, pneumatology, eschatology and ecclesiology. The book thereby offers a valuable guide to comprehending Pannenberg's Systematic Theology in the context of his most relevant writings.
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Dr. theol. Gunther Wenz ist em. Professor für Systematische Theologie an der Ev.-Theol. Fakultät der LMU München.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Foreword to the German Edition
- Translator's Foreword
- Guide to Abbreviations of Pannenberg's Works
- Table of Contents
- Body
- Introduction
- §1 The Thematic Content and Scientific Character of Systematic Theology (ST I, Chapter 1)
- 1. The Truth of Christian Doctrine as the Theme of Systematic Theology
- 2. Philosophy of Science
- 3. Theology as the Science of God
- 4. Theological Encyclopedias
- §2 The Religious Nature of Humanity and the Self-Revelation of God (ST I, Chapters 2- 4)
- 1. The Human as Self-Transcending Historical Being
- 2. The Idea of God and the Question of Truth
- 3. Theory of Subjectivity and Metaphysics of the Absolute
- 4. The Reality of God and the Gods in the Experience of the Religions
- 5. The Revelation of God
- §3 The Trinitarian God and the Creation of the World (ST I, Chapters 5- 7)
- 1. The Trinitarian Nature of the Revealed God
- 2. The Unity of the Divine Being and the Divine Attributes
- 3. The Creation of the World as a Free Act of the Trinitarian God .
- 4. The World of Creatures
- 5. Creation and Eschatology
- §4 Anthropology (ST II, Chapter 8)
- 1. The Human as Personal Unity of Body and Soul
- 2. Transcendence of Personal Existence
- 3. The Image of God as the Destiny of Humans
- 4. Centrality and Sin
- 5. The Radicality and Universality of Sin, and the Deadly Implications
- §5 Christology (ST II, Chapters 9- 11)
- 1. Theory of the Christological Tradition
- 2. Jesus, Human Before God
- 3. The Unity of Jesus with God as the Problem of His Life and Death
- 4. The Easter Confirmation of the Unity of Jesus with God
- 5. Jesus' Unity of Being with God as Personal Unity
- 6. The Reality of Redemption in the God-Man
- §6 Pneumatology and Ecclesiology (ST III, Chapters 12 and 13)
- 1. The Pneumatological Process and the Coming of the Kingdom ofGod
- 2. The Communion of the Spirit and the Fundamental Work of the Spirit in the Individual Christian
- 3. The Sign-Nature of the Salvific Presence of Christ in the Life of the Church
- 4. The Office of Leadership as Sign and Tool of the Unity of the Church
- §7 The Doctrine of Election and Eschatology (ST III, Chapters 14 and 15)
- 1. The People of God and the History of Humanity
- 2. The Common World of Humans
- 3. The Completion of Creation in the Kingdom of God
- §8 Epilegomena
- 1. Theology and Philosophy
- 2. "History of Problems in the Modern Protestant Theology in Germany"
- 3. Rationality of Faith
- Bibliography of Wolfhart Pannenberg's Publications 1998-2012
- Selected English Secondary Literature on the Work of Wolfhart Pannenberg
- Back Cover
