Contemplating the One who Remains the Same: Augustine, Swinburne, and Psalm 102 on the Relation between Divine Immutability and Theological Reason
This article defends a classical doctrine of divine immutability by contending that the most influential objections lodged against it by theologians and philosophers such as Richard Swinburne-i.e. that divine immutability is speculative rather than practical, is philosophical rather than biblical, a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Modern theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pages: 803-825 |
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Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Barth, Karl 1886-1968
/ Swinburne, Richard 1934-
/ Bible. Psalmen 102
/ Immutability of God
/ Creation
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation |
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| Summary: | This article defends a classical doctrine of divine immutability by contending that the most influential objections lodged against it by theologians and philosophers such as Richard Swinburne-i.e. that divine immutability is speculative rather than practical, is philosophical rather than biblical, and fails to cohere with a ‘personal’ God who relates to creatures-are rooted in a particular construal of theological reason. I diagnose Swinburne’s account of theological reason with the help of Karl Barth’s interpretation of Anselm, and put forth a contrasting account of divine immutability, rooted in a distinct approach to theological reason, through a theological interpretation of Psalm 102, an analysis of the Creator/creature distinction, and an examination of Augustine’s De trinitate. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12587 |