The Theology of Reconciliation

by Colin E. Gunton

Overview

This collection of essays edited by Colin Gunton provides a broad treatment of the theological doctrine of reconciliation. The latest addition to the King's College Systematic Theology Series. The papers are designed to constitute a broad treatment of the subject, including contributions on scripture, ethics and the church, as well as a bearing of other theological topics - Trinity, Christology - on the central question. There is an introduction by the editor, who also contributes a closing piece in which the central questions arising in the book are addressed. The contributors to this volume include leading theologians from Europe and America: Colin Gunton, Christoph Schwöbel, Douglas A. Campbell, Douglas Farrow, Murray Rae, John Webster, Sue Patterson, and Robert W. Jensen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567088895
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/01/2003
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Colin E. Gunton was Professor of Christian Doctrine, King's College, London, UK, and a Minister of the United Reformed Church.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
1.	Reconciliation: From Biblical Observations to Dogmatic Reconstruction	13
2.	Reconciliation in Paul: The Gospel of Negation and Transcendence in Galatians 3.28	39
3.	Ascension and Atonement	67
4.	A Remnant People: The Ecclesia as Sign of Reconciliation	93
5.	The Ethics of Reconciliation	109
6.	Between Women and Men	125
7.	The Cross and the Comedy: Dante's Understanding of the Atonement	141
8.	Reconciliation in God	159
9.	Towards A Theology of Reconciliation	167
	Index	175