[PDF.87dt] The Domestication of Transcendence: How Modern Thinking about God Went Wrong

The Domestication of Transcendence: How Modern Thinking about God Went Wrong

[PDF.mx72] The Domestication of Transcendence: How Modern Thinking about God Went Wrong

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 | #916821 in Books |  1996-02-01 |  1996-02-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.55 x6.00l,.77 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| post-liberal account of God|By D. T. Kleven|William Placher offers a fascinating overview of the history of the doctrine of God, and the radical shift that he observes in the Seventeenth Century: "Before the seventeenth century, most Christian theologians were struck by the mystery and wholly otherness of God, and the inadequacy of any human categories as applied to God." (6) T|From Library Journal|Placher (theology, Wabash Coll.) argues that much contemporary discourse about God is directed at a mistaken understanding of the classical Christian doctrines of God. Placher uses the doctrines formulated by Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin to r

William Placher looks at "classical" Christian theology (Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Martin Luther) and contrasts it with the Christian discourse about God that evolved in the seventeenth century. In particular, he deals with the notion of transcendence that gained prominence in this era and its impact on modern theology and modern thinking today. He persuasively argues that useful lessons can be drawn from premodern thinking about God, especially when viewed within ...

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