Swedish contributions to modern theology, with special reference to Lundensian thought

Swedish contributions to modern theology, with special reference to Lundensian thought

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Author / Creator:Ferré, Nels Fredrick Solomon, 1908-
Imprint:New York, Harper & Row [1967]
Description:x, 304, 6 pages 21 cm.
Language:English
Series:Harper torchbooks ; TB147
Harper torchbooks ; 147.
Subject:
Theology, Doctrinal -- Sweden -- History.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Sweden.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13216625
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-301).
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Table of Contents:
  • Toward as understanding of modern Swedish theology
  • Theological methodology
  • 1. The task and scope of the philosophy of religion
  • a. The transcendental method in relation to theology
  • b. The transcendental deduction of religion
  • 2. The task and scope of theology
  • a. Theology and science
  • b. Theology and psychology
  • c. Theology and history
  • Theology and knowledge
  • 3. The methodological relation of philosophical to theological ethics
  • The relation of God to man
  • 1. The idea of God
  • a. God as the subject of faith
  • b. The centrality of the Christ-seed
  • c. The regions beyond the rational
  • d. God as agape
  • e. The meaning of holiness
  • f. The problem of evil in the light of faith
  • g. The relation of revelation to nature and to history
  • h. Faith's dynamic synthesis
  • 2. The idea of man
  • A. Coram deo
  • 1. The nature of man before God
  • 2. The function of the law
  • 3. The religious view of the atonement
  • 4. The new interest in eschatology
  • 5. Immortality or resurrection
  • B. Coram hominibus
  • 1. Religion and ethics
  • C. The church and culture
  • 1. The church as the continuity of the Christian consciousness
  • 2. The church and the crises of culture
  • Suggestions toward a philosophic critique
  • Some problems connected with Christianity as Agape
  • Developments in Swedish theology
  • A. Constructive development in contemporary Swedish theology
  • 1. Luther studies (and motif research)
  • 2. Methodological questions
  • 3. Gustad Wingren's systematic theology
  • 4. Biblical studies
  • a. Biblical criticism
  • b. The theory of divine kingship
  • B. Additional developments in Swedish theology
  • 1. Special Scandinavian theologico-historical problems
  • 2. Continued research on Luther
  • Continued trend toward less theological parochialism
  • 3. Roman Catholic-Lutheran conversations
  • 4. Greater appreciation of the role of Soren Kierkeguard in Scandinavian theology and church life
  • 5. Renewed discussion of methodological questions.

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