"Common Grace" and General Revelation Series

For those of you interested, I am currently taking a seminar on "Common Grace" and General Revelation. It has been quite interesting so far, especially because I myself am a Barthian, in a room full of Neo-Calvinists. The dialogue has been wonderful and we are making headway on being better conversation partners. I have found so far that although these two traditions disagree on some issues, they are actually in agreement on a majority of topics. I have come to the conclusion that the barrier between Barthians and Neo-Calvinist's is one of language and not necessarily doctrine.

That being said, I am going to start a series on my blog in which, I will blog on my reading and discussion throughout this seminar. My first post will most likely be at the beginning of this weekend. I hope you enjoy and feel free to let me know what you think.

Andrew

Books for Christmas!

I am pretty excited about the books I received for Christmas. I was given The Word of Christ and the World of Culture by Paul Luis Metzger, Engaging the Doctrine of God edited by Bruce L. McCormack, Participation in Christ: An Entry Into Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics by Adam Neder, and God's Being is in Becoming by Eberhard Jüngel (but, this one is on back order). I am quite excited about my new reading and I look forward to engaging with the theology of these great scholars. I look forward to future posts about these books and these theologians. I hope everyone had a great new year and is looking forward to what it will bring. Peace

Update: It's been a while

So, I haven't blogged in a couple of weeks. I had finals and then flew to Spokane to spend Christmas with Megan's family. It has been great to be back in Spokane, I never thought that I would miss it. I have enjoyed being with Megan's family and seeing old friends. I spent some beneficial time with Dr. Adam Neder and Dr. Jim Edwards from Whitworth University and have devoted a good amount of time to coffee shops and drinking beer with my Father-in-law. I have also spent a lot of time reading. I finished Karl Barth's book on Mozart, read the first 20 pgs. of Church Dogmatic 4/3.1 Glory of the Mediator, I started reading a book on marriage called "For Men Only," and I am currently reading "The Mediator of Communion" on Barth's Christological Pneumatology out of "Disruptive Grace" by George Hunsinger. I am by no means excited to go back to Pasadena other than to see friends and start this next quarter at Fuller. I am taking intensive Hebrew, which should be review since I have already taken Hebrew, and I am really excited for my directed study with Dr. Mouw on Commonness. I hope everyone had a Great Christmas.

Center for Barth Studies Review: "Participation in Christ: An Entry in Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics"

Adam Neder's book Participation in Christ: An Entry in Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics, has just been reviewed by the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton. The review is a very good one, which highlights the strength's of Neder's argument of "participation in Christ" as the foci of Barth's "Church Dogmatics" as a whole. I am on my way to reading this book and when I do I will post a review of my own. I recommend that anyone interested in Karl Barth's theology take a look at Adam Neder's book.
Der Evangelische Theologe has also posted a link to this review.

New Books Worth Noting

Reading the Decree: Exegesis, Election and Christology in Calvin and Barth (T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology) Publication Date: November 17, 2009

by David Gibson, Francis Watson 

 

 

 

 

 

 Atonement: The Person and Work of Christ (Intervarsity Press, November 30, 2009)

 by Thomas F. Torrance, Robert T. Walker

 

 

 

 Proposing Theology (Veritas), SCM (October 1, 2009)

By John Milbank

The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, October 16, 2009)

By James R. Edwards

All of these books are available at Amazon.com