Trinity, Time, and Church

by Colin E. Gunton (Editor)

Overview

With the publication of his two-volume Systematic Theology, Robert W. Jenson has established himself as a distinctive voice in Christian theology. In Trinity, Time, and Church leading scholars from around the world and from diverse faith traditions critically engage the major themes of Jenson's thought. These rich essays both celebrate Jenson's theological achievement and probe what some of the authors regard as the more contentious of his contributions. ""Twenty bright and mostly well-known theologians here inquire into Robert Jenson's account of God's triune life as the place of God's temporality and ours. Common appreciation for Jenson's major theme 'God takes time for us,' and for the way he unfolds it, spurs the contributors on to attempt critical developments and corrections. The book provides a surprisingly comprehensive description of Jenson's theology and, therefore, also provides a cogent perspective from which to explore contemporary theology."" -- David E. Demson Emmanuel College ""This volume is not only a splendid festschrift for a splendid theologian but also a very helpful introduction to and engagement of one of today's most thoughtful and daringly uncompromising theological voices."" -- Reinhard Hutter Duke Divinity School ""Through nearly forty years of teaching and writing, in ten books and numerous essays, Robert Jenson has emerged as a distinctive and brilliant voice in systematic theology. In this volume an international team of contributors undertakes the first comprehensive engagement with the central themes of Jenson's wide-ranging theological output. This book is a must for anyone who travels the path of fides quaerens intellectum."" -- J. A. Di Noia, O.P. Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C. Colin E. Gunton (1941-2003) was Professor of Christian doctrine at King's College London. He authored twelve books including The Christian Faith and The Triune Creator. He was also Associate Minister of the United Reformed Church at Brentwood in Essex for 28 years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608994878
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	12/16/2010
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Colin E. Gunton (1941-2003) was Professor of Christian doctrine at King's College London. He authored twelve books including The Christian Faith and The Triune Creator. He was also Associate Minister of the United Reformed Church at Brentwood in Essex for 28 years.

Table of Contents

A Personal Memoir Robert William Jenson Carl E. Braaten 1

Intimacy: The Character of Robert Jenson's Theology James J. Buckley 10

Handing Over the Name: Christian Reflection on the Divine Name YHWH C. R. Seitz 23

Theology and Philosophy: An Exchange Robert Jenson David Novak 42

Eternity, Time, and the Trinitarian God Wolfhart Pannenberg 62

Jenson on Time Douglas Knight 71

Creation and Mediation in the Theology of Robert W. Jenson: An Encounter and a Convergence Colin Gunton 80

The Lutheran Capax Lives Gabriel Fackre 94

Once Again, Christ and Culture: Remarks on the Christological Bases of a Theology of Culture Christoph Schwöbel 103

Robert Jenson's Soteriology Gerhard O. Forde 126

Doctrine of Justification and Trinitarian Ontology Tuomo Mannermaa 139

Robert Jenson's Theology of History Jeremy Ive 146

Is Pentecost a Peer of Easter? Scripture, Liturgy, and the Proprium of the Holy Spirit Robert Louis Wilken 158

Robert Jenson's Ecclesiology from a Roman Catholic Perspective Susan K. Wood 178

The Parlement of Foules and the Communion of Saints: Jenson's Appropriation of Patristic and Medieval Theology A. N. Williams 188

The Church as Polity? The Lutheran Context of Robert W. Jenson's Ecclesiology David S. Yeago 201

Jenson in the Public Square: Thinking the Church Richard John Neuhaus 238

Only Theology Overcomes Ethics; or, Why "Ethicists" Must Learn from Jenson Stanley Hauerwas 252

A Theology of the Political Gilbert Meilaender 269

Vera Visibilia: Robert Jenson on the Sacraments Geoffrey Wainwright 281

Eschatology and Mission in the Theology of Robert Jenson Carl E. Braaten 298

Bibliography 312

Index 323

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Twenty bright and mostly well-known theologians here inquire into Robert Jenson's account of God's triune life as the place of God's temporality and ours. Common appreciation for Jenson's major theme 'God takes time for us,' and for the way he unfolds it, spurs the contributors on to attempt critical developments and corrections. The book provides a surprisingly comprehensive description of Jenson's theology and, therefore, also provides a cogent perspective from which to explore contemporary theology."
— David E. Demson
Emmanuel College

"This volume is not only a splendid festschrift for a splendid theologian but also a very helpful introduction to and engagement of one of today's most thoughtful and daringly uncompromising theological voices."
— Reinhard Hutter
Duke Divinity School

"Through nearly forty years of teaching and writing, in ten books and numerous essays, Robert Jenson has emerged as a distinctive and brilliant voice in systematic theology. In this volume an international team of contributors undertakes the first comprehensive engagement with the central themes of Jenson's wide-ranging theological output. This book is a must for anyone who travels the path of fides quaerens intellectum."
— J. A. Di Noia, O.P.
Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C.

Editorial Reviews

"Twenty bright and mostly well-known theologians here inquire into Robert Jenson's account of God's triune life as the place of God's temporality and ours. Common appreciation for Jenson's major theme 'God takes time for us,' and for the way he unfolds it, spurs the contributors on to attempt critical developments and corrections. The book provides a surprisingly comprehensive description of Jenson's theology and, therefore, also provides a cogent perspective from which to explore contemporary theology."
— David E. Demson
Emmanuel College

"This volume is not only a splendid festschrift for a splendid theologian but also a very helpful introduction to and engagement of one of today's most thoughtful and daringly uncompromising theological voices."
— Reinhard Hutter
Duke Divinity School

"Through nearly forty years of teaching and writing, in ten books and numerous essays, Robert Jenson has emerged as a distinctive and brilliant voice in systematic theology. In this volume an international team of contributors undertakes the first comprehensive engagement with the central themes of Jenson's wide-ranging theological output. This book is a must for anyone who travels the path of fides quaerens intellectum."
— J. A. Di Noia, O.P.
Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C.

From the Publisher

This volume is not only a splendid festschrift for a splendid theologian but also a very helpful introduction to and engagement of one of today's most thoughtful and daringly uncompromising theological voices.

Reinhard Hütter

"In these essays twenty bright and mostly well-known theologians inquire into Robert Jenson's account of God's triune life as the place of God's temporality and ours. Common appreciation for Jenson's major theme ‘God takes time for us,' and for the way he unfolds it, spurs the contributors on to attempt critical developments and corrections. The book provides a surprisingly comprehensive description of Jenson's theology and, therefore, also provides a cogent perspective from which to explore contemporary theology."

David E. Demson

"Through nearly forty years of teaching and writing, in ten books and numerous essays, Robert Jenson has emerged as a distinctive and brilliant voice in systematic theology. In this volume an international team of contributors undertakes the first comprehensive engagement with the central themes of Jenson's wide-ranging theological output. This book is a must for anyone who travels the path of fides quaerens intellectum."

O.P. J. A. Di Noia