Events of Grace
Naturalism, Existentialism, and Theology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19924082 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charley D Hardwick (American University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Publication date | 1996-03-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Events of Grace (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9780511520129 |
| OpenAlex | W4241232900 |
| ISBN | 9780511520129 |
| Open Library | OL788029M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the liberal theological tradition dating from Schleiermacher, Events of Grace, first published in 1996, demonstrates that the Christian faith can be fully compatible with a scientific world view. Religion and God must be understood valuationally, not ontologically, which permits an existentialist account of faith entirely in terms of modes of existing. Hardwick weds Bultmann's demythologizing programme to Wieman's naturalistic concept of God as creative transformation. Defending a strong doctrine of justification by faith, he shows how both God and the knowledge of God can be conceived in terms of events of grace that transform possibilities of existence toward openness to the future. Events of Grace gives a complete existential and naturalistic account of sin, faith, God, the knowledge of God, Christology and the eschatological symbols that articulate Christian hope in the encounter with suffering and death
Christian faith · Christology · Doctrine · Epistemology · Existentialism · Faith · Naturalism · Openness to experience · Theology · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religious studies · Social Psychology · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · 11.02 philosophy of religion · Christianity and existentialism · Doctrinal Theology · Liberalism (religion) · Naturalisme · Théologie · Theology, doctrinal
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2021 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |