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| Titre : | God, Revelation and Authority. Vol II: God How Speaks and Shows - Fifteen Theses, Part One |
| Auteurs : | Carl F. H. Henry, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Waco [USA] : Word Books, 1976 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-87680-485-8 |
| Format : | 373 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : |
In this second volume of his four-volume "exposition of evangelical theism,” Dr. Carl F. H. Henry continues his confrontation of re¬cent conjectural alternatives to evangelical Christianity.
Volume II (with Volume III) deals specifically with the doctrines of revelation, which Dr. Henry believes to be the "critical center" of the crisis in modern theology. It is a concept that has been continually altered in the history of ideas; in the past two centuries especially it has been "stretched into everything, stripped into nothing, or modeled into innumerable compromises of . . . outrageous extremes." Dr. Henry starts with the central postulate that God reveals himself, "a very particular and specific divinity known from the beginning solely on the basis of his works and self-declaration as the one living God.’’ He structures his discussion around fifteen theses which summarize the Judeo-Christian view of revelation. Seven of these are discussed in detail in Volume II. (The remaining eight will be treated in Volume III.) Revelation occurs only by God’s initiative, says Dr. Henry. It is given for man’s benefit, but knowing God's revealed truth does not automatically mean salvation. Nor does God’s revelation of himself erase the mystery of God, because he transcends his revelation. Man cannot penetrate beyond the limits of revelation, either by imagination or self-transcendence. The fact of revelation by the one living God assures the comprehensive unity of revelation. This means that nature, history, conscience, and Scripture reveal the same God and cannot be put in opposition to each other. And the forms of revelation are divinely determined. These forms include God’s general revelation in nature, history and the imago Dei, and special revelation given through God’s chosen people and climaxed in the Incarnation. Scripture is a divinely inspired revelation that expounds all the rest. God’s revelation is uniquely personal both in form and content. This can be seen by examining the names by which God has let himself be known. El, Eloah, Elohim, El Shaddai, and Yahweh are the main Old Testament names, and this self-revelation culminates in the New Testament name Jesus, which is substituted for or placed alongside the name of God. God reveals himself in history not only universally, but also redemptively in unique saving acts. Dr. Henry discusses various contemporary treatments of history and tradition, including those of Gerhard von Rad, Paul Tillich, Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, Oscar Cullmann, Jürgen Moltmann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, and others. He concludes with a chapter on revelation and history in evangelical perspective, focusing on the importance and limits of historical evidence and its bearing on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Introduction: Divine Revelation: Fifteen Theses - Thesis One: A Supernatural Initiative: 1. The Awesome Disclosure of God - Thesis Two: For Man’s Benefit: 2. A Place in God's Kingdom 3. Not by Good Tidings Alone - Thesis Three: Divine Transcendence: 4. The Hidden and Revealed God / 5. Self-Transcendence and the Image of God - Thesis Four: Coherent Disclosure: 6. The Unity of Divine Revelation - Thesis Five: An Amazing Variety: 7. The Varieties of Divine Revelation 8. Divine Revelation in Nature 9. The Rejection of Natural Theology 10. The Image of God in Man 11. Recent Conjectural Views of Revelational Forms - Thesis Six: God Names Himself: 12. Divine Revelation as Personal 13. The Names of God 14. God’s Proper Names: Elohim, El Shaddai 15. God’s Proper Names: Yabweh 16. Jesus: The Revelation of the New Testament Name - Thesis Seven: Historical Revelation: 17. Divine Revelation in History 18. The Leveling of Biblical History 19. Faith, Tradition and History 20. Revelation and History: Barth, Bultmann and Cullmann 21. Revelation and History: Moltmann and Pannenberg 22. Revelation and History in Evangelical Perspective - Bibliography - Person Index / Scripture Index / Subject Index |
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