Institutes of Elenctic Theology: First through tenth topics

Institutes of Elenctic Theology: First through tenth topics PDF Author: François Turrettini
Publisher: Institutes of Elenctic Theolog
ISBN: 9780875524511
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Treats theology, Scripture, the Trinity, divine decrees, creation, providence, angels, the original state of humanity, sin, and free will.

Institutes of Elenctic Theology: First through tenth topics

Institutes of Elenctic Theology: First through tenth topics PDF Author: François Turrettini
Publisher: Institutes of Elenctic Theolog
ISBN: 9780875524511
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Treats theology, Scripture, the Trinity, divine decrees, creation, providence, angels, the original state of humanity, sin, and free will.

Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Eighteenth through twentieth topics

Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Eighteenth through twentieth topics PDF Author: François Turrettini
Publisher: Institutes of Elenctic Theolog
ISBN: 9780875524535
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Francis Turretin's 17th century classic contrasts Reformed understandings of Scripture with conflicting theological perspectives, particularly Roman Catholic, Arminian, and Socinian. Volume 3 treats the church, the sacraments, and last things.

Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Eleventh through seventeenth topics

Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Eleventh through seventeenth topics PDF Author: François Turrettini
Publisher: Institutes of Elenctic Theolog
ISBN: 9780875524528
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Treats God's law, the covenant of grace, the person and state of Christ, his mediatorial office, calling and faith, justification, and sanctification and good works.

Metaphysics as Rhetoric

Metaphysics as Rhetoric PDF Author: Joshua Parens
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438415494
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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The most widely accepted view in the West today, particularly among postmodernists, is that Plato attempted to ground politics on a rational metaphysics and initiated the tradition of foundationalism that has given rise to systems of oppression ranging from racism, sexism, and ethnocentrism to the technological mastery of the earth. Metaphysics as Rhetoric controverts this view, arguing that Plato was not the originator of this metaphysical tradition. Using as a basis the tenth-century Muslim philosopher Alfarabi's interpretation of Plato, especially his Summary of Plato's "Laws", Parens shows that what appears to be Plato's metaphysics was intended as a rhetorical defense of his politics. Parens demonstrates that rather than seek to establish politics on the definitive metaphysical ground, Alfarabi's Plato analyzes politics on its own terms, phenomenologically.

All That Is in God

All That Is in God PDF Author: James E. Dolezal
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
ISBN: 1601785550
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 145

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Unknown to many, increasing numbers of conservative evangelicals are denying basic tenets of classical Christian teaching about God, with departures occurring even among those of the Calvinistic persuasion. James E. Dolezal’s All That Is in God provides an exposition of the historic Christian position while engaging with these contemporary deviations. His convincing critique of the newer position he styles “theistic mutualism” is philosophically robust, systematically nuanced, and biblically based. It demonstrates the need to maintain the traditional viewpoint, particularly on divine simplicity, and spotlights the unfortunate implications for other important Christian doctrines—such as divine eternality and the Trinity—if it were to be abandoned. Arguing carefully and cogently that “all that is in God is God Himself,” the work is sure to stimulate debate on the issue in years to come.

Governing Complex Societies

Governing Complex Societies PDF Author: J. Pierre
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023051264X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Western societies are becoming increasingly complex and challenging to govern, yet the modern state continues to play a central role in governance. This book presents a detailed analysis of the challenges confronting the contemporary state and the processes through which the state addresses those challenges. The notion of 'governing without government' is critiqued; instead, Pierre and Peters argue that what is happening a more a matter of state transformation than state decline.

The Substitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ

The Substitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ PDF Author: Francis Turretin
Publisher: Puritan Publications
ISBN: 1257182250
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Why did Jesus Christ die on the cross? Throughout Church history one will find many different answers. The right answer is critical to salvation and entering into a right relationship with Jesus Christ. This current volume is a masterful biblical survey and polemic that illuminates the Bible’s doctrine of Christ’s atonement. It is doubted whether any other work of the same compass presents so clearly and forcibly the truth of God as to the Nature, Truth, Perfection, Matter, and Extent of the Satisfaction made by the our Savior. Turretin’s lucid arrangement of topics, compact argumentation, fairness of statement, and constant appeal to the law and the testimony, leave the careful reader little to desire. It had been said that Turretin is the best expounder of doctrine that the Reformed church has ever known, and this work on the atonement is an example of his exegetical, logical and practical insight into the work of our Lord’s life and sacrifice. This is not a scan or facsimile, has been updated in modern English for easy reading and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.

The Doctrine of Reconciliation

The Doctrine of Reconciliation PDF Author: Karl Barth
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826477927
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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The Doctrine of Reconciliation comprises the key element of The Church Dogmatics, making this giant work accessible to all. In it Barth asserts the Word of God over that of human speculation. Jesus Christ is presented as the reconciling force, uniting Man

Francis Turretin (1623–87) and the Reformed Tradition

Francis Turretin (1623–87) and the Reformed Tradition PDF Author: Nicholas A. Cumming
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004348018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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In Francis Turretin (1623–87) and the Reformed Tradition, Nicholas A. Cumming provides a biography of Turretin and an intellectual history of Turretin’s major works. Cumming details, in particular, Turretin’s influence among the Reformed in the early modern and modern periods.

Politics and Ambiguity

Politics and Ambiguity PDF Author: William E. Connolly
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299109943
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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In a series of stimulating essays, William E. Connolly explores the element of ambiguity in politics. He argues that democratic politics in a modern society requires, if it is to flourish, an appreciation of the ambiguous character of the standards and principles we cherish the most. Connolly's work, lucidly, presented and intellectually challenging, will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, philosophy, rhetoric, and law, and to all whose interests include the connections between contemporary epistemological arguments and politics and, more broadly, between thought and language. Connolly criticizes the ways in which contemporary politics extends normalization into various areas of modern existence. He argues, against this trend, for an approach that would provide relief from the rigid identity formations that result from normalization. In supporting his thesis, Connolly shows how the imperative for growth must be relaxed if normalizing pressures are to be obviated. His, however, is not the familiar antigrowth argument; rather, he ties his thesis to his general antinormalization argument, asking how one could create an ethic that would sustain itself when the growth imperatives are relaxed. Connolly's chapters on the work of other thinkers (including Michel Foucault, Jürgen Habermas, Richard Rorty, and Charles Taylor) are linked with his main theme, as he shows how various tendencies in the philosophy of the social sciences and in political theory aid and abed the normalizing tendency. His analyses of Rorty and Taylor are especially important. Connolly shows the significance of antifoundationalism (Rorty's contribution to the debate on epistemology), while providing a compelling critique both of Rorty's stance and Taylor's alternative to it. Especially important to Connolly's thesis is the ontology on which it rests. He shows how the endorsement of an ontology of discordance within concord--a view that all systems of meaning impose order on that which was not designed to fit neatly within them--can support a more democratizing process. His final chapter, "Where the Word Breaks Off," vindicates the ontology of discordance, which has governed the argument throughout the text. Throughout these essays, Connolly builds a consistent argument for the politicalization of normalization, disclosing forms of normalization where others have seen unproblematic modes of communication and problem solving. Original in concept and bold in presentation, Connolly's work will form the basis for considerable debate in the several disciplines it serves.