Titre : | Notes on the Holiness of God |
Auteurs : | David Willis, Auteur |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Editeur : | Grand Rapids [USA] : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-8028-4987-8 |
Format : | viii + 179 p. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Index. décimale : | CZ (Dieu : existence, attributs, noms, providence) |
Résumé : |
The nature of God’s holiness has been widely misunderstood by contemporary theologians. In this elegant extended essay David Willis not only redefines this divine attribute but also gives it the prominence in Christian thought that it deserves.
According to Willis, confusion about God’s holiness is due to the mistake of treating transcendence and immanence as opposites and subsuming holiness almost exclusively under God’s transcendence. To correct this view, Willis begins where all true Christian theology should — with the cross and resurrection, where the transcending One is freely immanent to fulfill God’s covenanting purposes. God, says Willis, is not so much “the wholly other” as “the Holy Other” who confronts us as purifying love. Willis looks in detail at several facets of holiness — love, simplicity, communion, beauty. He shows that when we recognize beauty to be an essential aspect of holiness, we can better reconsider frequently given definitions of the glory and the sovereignty of God and can better understand something of the awe-filled love that this beauty inspires. Finally, Willis explores how the holiness of God provides the basis for the life of Christian faith and hope in today’s world. |
Note de contenu : |
- Introduction - 1. The Holiness of the Cross: Cruciform Knowledge / The Cross of the Risen Lord / The Flesh of the Word - 2. Communio Sanctorum: Christ and His Belongings / The Material Work of the Holy Spirit / Life Together - 3. The Eternal Love of the Holy Other: The Procedure of Pure Love to Purifying Love / The Simplicity of Relational Being / Covenant and Perichoresis - 4. The Purifying Love of the Holy Other: The Problem of Holiness Posed by Holy Writ / Singular and Manifold Holiness / What Is Meant by “Creaturely"? / What the Communication of Properties Means for the Holiness of Humans / What the Communication of Properties Means for the Humanity of the Holy One - 5. The Holiness of Beauty: The Holy and Conversion of Delight / Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Beauty / The Aesthetic Function of the Word / Beauty and the Sovereignty of God - 6. The Hope of Holiness: Holiness and Perfection / Sabbath Rest and Unrest / The Ordinary Means of Hope - Bibliography - Index |
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