Contemplating God with the Great Tradition: Recovering Trinitarian Classical Theism (Craig A. Carter)

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Following his well-received Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition, Craig Carter presents the biblical and theological foundations of trinitarian classical theism. Carter, a leading Christian theologian known for his provocative defenses of classical approaches to doctrine, critiques the recent trend toward modifying or rejecting classical theism in favor of modern "relational" understandings of God. The book includes a short history of trinitarian theology from its patristic origins to the modern period, and a concluding appendix provides a brief summary of classical trinitarian theology.

Endorsements

"Carter shows that, far from putting God in a tidy box, the orthodox doctrine of God smashes our idolatrous tendencies and alerts us contemplatively to a better way found in Holy Scripture and prized in the Augustinian, Thomist, and Reformed traditions. Over against the mythologies of modern scientific study (even in its purportedly evangelical forms), Carter draws our gaze upward to the mysteries of the faith, outward to learn from the communion of saints, and forward to the never-ceasing call to contemplative exegesis of God's Word. Here evangelical and Reformed theological practice receives a needed recalibration."

Michael Allen

Table of Contents

Foreword by Carl R. Trueman

Prologue: How My Mind Has Changed

Part 1: Defining Trinitarian Classical Theism

1. Classical Orthodoxy and the Rise of Relational Theism

2. What Is Trinitarian Classical Theism?

Part 2: The Biblical Roots of Trinitarian Classical Theism

3. Interpreting Isaiah 40-48 Theologically

4. God as the Transcendent Creator (Isa. 40)

5. God as the Sovereign Lord of History (Isa. 41-48)

6. God as the One Who Alone Is to Be Worshiped (Isa. 41-48)

Part 3: Trinitarian Classical Theism in History

7. The Biblical Character of Pro-Nicene Theology

8. Creatio ex nihilo and the Rejection of Mythology

9. Do We Worship the God of the Bible?

Epilogue: Why the Church Does Not Change Its Mind

Appendix: Twenty-Five Theses on Trinitarian Classical Theism

Indexes

Product Details

Title: Contemplating God with the Great Tradition: Recovering Trinitarian Classical Theism

Author: Craig A. Carter

Publisher: Baker Academic

Pages: 352

Binding: Paperback

Size: 22.8 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm

ISBN: 9781540963307