In the recent history of philosophy few works have appeared which favorably portray Idealism as a plausible philosophical view of the world. Considerably less has been written about Idealism as a viable framework for doing theology. While the most recent and significant works on Idealism, composed by the late John Foster (Case for Idealism and A World for Us: The Case for Phenomenological Idealism), have put this theory back on the philosophical map, no such attempt has been made to re-introduce Idealism to contemporary Christian theology. Idealism and Christian Theology is such a work, retrieving ideas and arguments from its most significant modern exponents (especially George Berkeley and Jonathan Edwards) in order to assess its value for present and future theological construction. As a piece of constructive philosophical-theology itself, this volume considers the explanatory power an Idealist ontology has for contemporary Christian theology.

Acknowledgements Introduction: Idealism and Christian Theology Joshua R. Farris (University of Bristol, UK) and S. Mark Hamilton (Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)1. The Theological Orthodoxy of Berkeley's Immaterialism James S. Spiegel (Taylor University, USA)2. Berkeley, Edwards, Idealism and the Knowledge of GodWilliam J. Wainwright (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)3. Idealistic Panentheism: Reflections on Jonathan Edwards's Account of the God-World Relation Jordan Wessling(University of Notre Dame, USA)4. Berkeley, Realism, Idealism and Creation Keith Yandell (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)5. Edwardsian Idealism, Imago Dei, and Contemporary TheologyJoshua R. Farris (University of Bristol, UK)6. On the Corruption of the Body: A Theological Argument for Metaphysical Idealism S. Mark Hamilton (Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)7. Idealism and the Resurrection Mark Cortez (Wheaton College, USA)8. Jonathan Edwards, Idealism, and Christology Oliver D. Crisp (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA)9. Jonathan Edwards's Dynamic Idealism and Cosmic ChristologySeng-Kong Tan (Biblical Graduate School of Theology, Singapore)10. Idealism and Participating in the Body of Christ James Arcadi (University of Bristol, UK)11. Idealistic Ethics and Berkeley's Good GodTimo Airaksinen (University of Bristol, UK)Notes on ContributorsIndex