Beschreibung:
God of Salvation explores a vital yet often neglected aspect of Christian confession - the essential relationship between the nature of salvation and the character of the God who saves. This book offers fresh appraisals of a range of major themes in theology: the nature of creaturely existence; the relationship between divine purposes and material history; the holiness, love and judgement of God; the atoning work of Jesus Christ; election, justification and the nature of faith; salvation outside the church; human and non-human ends; the nature of eschatological fellowship with God.
List of Contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction: God of Salvation, 1 'It was the Will of the Lord to Bruise Him': Soteriology and the Doctrine of God, 2 A Simple Salvation? Soteriology and the Perfections of God, 3 Salvation as Judgement and Grace, 4 Creation and Salvation in the Image of an Incomprehensible God, 5 The Salvation of Creatures, 6 Salvation and History, 7 Salvation and Atonement: On the Value and Necessity of the Work of Jesus Christ, 8 Salvation's Setting: Election, Justification and the Church, 9 Salvation Beyond the Church's Ministry: Reflections on Barth and Rahner, 10 Salvation's Destiny: Heirs of God, Select Bibliography, Index of Biblical References, Index of Authors and Subjects