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Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- God--The World's Future: Systematic Theology for a New Era
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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God—The World’s Future has been a proven and comprehensive textbook in systematic theology for over twenty years. Explicitly crafted to address our postmodern context, Peters explains the whole body of Christian historical doctrine from within a “proleptic” framework, “whereby the gospel is understood as announcing the pre-actualization of the future consummation of all things in Jesus Christ.” Peters skillfully deploys this concept not only to organize the various theological areas or loci but also to rethink doctrines in light of key postmodern challenges from ecumenism, critical historical thinking, contemporary science, and gender and sexuality issues. The Third Edition is thoroughly revised with updated chapters, additional chapters, updated annotations and bibliographies, and further elaborations in light of recent developments in method and theological reflection. This classic text opens up systematic theology in new dimensions, retrieving traditional categories and topics for a new generation of students and learners to give a fresh reading of Christian theology and articulation of the liberating message of the gospel of God’s grace for the future of the world.
Table of Contents
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- Preface to the First Edition
- pp. vii-xviii
- Preface to the Second Edition
- pp. xix-xxiv
- Preface to the Third Edition
- pp. xxv-xxx
- Abbreviations
- pp. xxxi-xxxii
- Part I: Theology’s Context and Method
- Introduction to Part One
- pp. 3-4
- 2. Explicating the Christian Symbols
- pp. 59-164
- Part II: The Fountain of Creation
- Introduction to Part Two
- pp. 167-168
- 3. God the Trinity
- pp. 169-250
- 4. God and the Continuing Creation
- pp. 251-286
- 5. Becoming Human and Unbecoming Evil
- pp. 287-340
- Part III: The Foretaste of New Creation
- Introduction to Part Three
- pp. 343-344
- 6. The Person and Work of Jesus Christ
- pp. 345-388
- 7. The Work and Person of Jesus Christ
- pp. 389-428
- 8. The Gift of Justification
- pp. 429-468
- Part IV: The Life of the New Creation
- Introduction to Part Four
- pp. 471-472
- 9. The Holy Spirit
- pp. 473-516
- 10. The Church
- pp. 517-600
- 11. Eschatology
- pp. 601-646
- Part V: Proleptic Co-Creation
- Introduction to Part Five
- pp. 649-650
- 12. Ecumenic Pluralism
- pp. 651-698
- 13. Astrotheology
- pp. 699-734
- 14. Proleptic Ethics
- pp. 735-778
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 779-786
- Additional Praise for God—The World's Future
- pp. 825-827
Additional Information
ISBN
9781506400419
MARC Record
OCLC
919204207
Pages
826
Launched on MUSE
2015-08-28
Language
English
Open Access
No