Some error occured while loading the Quick View. Please close the Quick View and try reloading the page.
An in-depth analysis of the writings of the theologian T.F. Torrance, articulating a theology of culture that places the Trinity at its heart.
Through an intimate conversation with the writings of Thomas F. Torrance, Flett articulates a Trinitarian theology of culture. Torrance's work suggests that Christian assumptions in the areas of God, creation, and humanity had an important influence upon the development of Western scientific culture. This book develops each of these areas of Torrance's thought in order to articulate a theology of culture rooted in a Christian understanding of God as triune, creation as contingent, and human persons as stewards created in the image of God.
Drawn together, these three areas of Torrance's thought suggest that human culture and cultural plurality ultimately originate in the creative action of a triune God, mediated through the creative activity of the human creature as it engages a contingent created order in its attempts to foster human flourishing and to bear embodied witness to its Creator. The result is not only a unique contribution to the emerging secondary material on Torrance's work, but also a contribution to the field of theology of culture as a systematic locus in its own right.
Through an intimate conversation with the writings of Thomas F. Torrance, Flett articulates a Trinitarian theology of culture. Torrance's work suggests that Christian assumptions in the areas of God, creation, and humanity had an important influence upon the development of Western scientific culture. This book develops each of these areas of Torrance's thought in order to articulate a theology of culture rooted in a Christian understanding of God as triune, creation as contingent, and human persons as stewards created in the image of God.
Drawn together, these three areas of Torrance's thought suggest that human culture and cultural plurality ultimately originate in the creative action of a triune God, mediated through the creative activity of the human creature as it engages a contingent created order in its attempts to foster human flourishing and to bear embodied witness to its Creator. The result is not only a unique contribution to the emerging secondary material on Torrance's work, but also a contribution to the field of theology of culture as a systematic locus in its own right.
Price: $36.95
Pages: 264
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
31 May 2012
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780227680025
Format: Paperback
...this book is suitable for those student interestested in the socio-historical impact of Christian theology.
— Alessandro Giostra
...Flett's book offers a fine introduction to T. F. Torrance's doctrine of God and theological anthropology, and proposes an insightful reconstruction of Torrance's theology of culture that will prove illuminating for students...
— Robert Leigh
...We applaud Flett for his multicultural and anti-colonial sensitivity that pervades his robust onto-theology and accentuates its integrity and intended witness respecting its transcendent object. This book offers a resourceful example of what intellectual rigour, confessional dignity, and interdisciplinary sensibility Torrance's vision can bring to the self-reflection of churches and our dialogue with social sciences...
— Alfred H. Yuen
...with a thorough investigation of Torrance's writings, and due to a painstaking attempt to bring Torrance into dialogue with contemporary theories of culture, Flett's study significantly contributes to enriching theological discussions on culture and to deepening our understanding of Torrance's thought alike...
— Jinhyok Kim
— Alessandro Giostra
...Flett's book offers a fine introduction to T. F. Torrance's doctrine of God and theological anthropology, and proposes an insightful reconstruction of Torrance's theology of culture that will prove illuminating for students...
— Robert Leigh
...We applaud Flett for his multicultural and anti-colonial sensitivity that pervades his robust onto-theology and accentuates its integrity and intended witness respecting its transcendent object. This book offers a resourceful example of what intellectual rigour, confessional dignity, and interdisciplinary sensibility Torrance's vision can bring to the self-reflection of churches and our dialogue with social sciences...
— Alfred H. Yuen
...with a thorough investigation of Torrance's writings, and due to a painstaking attempt to bring Torrance into dialogue with contemporary theories of culture, Flett's study significantly contributes to enriching theological discussions on culture and to deepening our understanding of Torrance's thought alike...
— Jinhyok Kim
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Torrance's Doctrine of God: The Triune Creator
2 Torrance's Doctrine of Creation I: Order as Contingent
3 Torrance's Doctrine of Creation II: Order as Redeemed
4 Torrance's Doctrine of Humanity: Priests of Creation, Mediators of Order
5 Torrance's Theology of Culture: A Social Coefficient of Knowledge
6 Toward a Trinitarian Theology of Culture: Persons, Powers, and Pluralities
Appendix: Project Outline
Bibliography
Introduction
1 Torrance's Doctrine of God: The Triune Creator
2 Torrance's Doctrine of Creation I: Order as Contingent
3 Torrance's Doctrine of Creation II: Order as Redeemed
4 Torrance's Doctrine of Humanity: Priests of Creation, Mediators of Order
5 Torrance's Theology of Culture: A Social Coefficient of Knowledge
6 Toward a Trinitarian Theology of Culture: Persons, Powers, and Pluralities
Appendix: Project Outline
Bibliography