From laws to liturgy: an idealist theology of creation
"In From Laws to Liturgy, Edward Epsen offers a constructive account of what God produces in the act of creation and how it is ontologically ordered and governed. Inspired by the philosophy of Bishop Berkeley (18th century), Epsen proposes that the physical world is produced by the way God orda...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2020]
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Studies in systematic theology (volume 21)
Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in systematic theology
volume 21 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ Angelology
/ Platonism
/ Natural theology
/ Liturgics
/ Eucharist
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBA Dogmatics NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Angels
Christianity
B Idealism B Liturgics B Natural Theology |
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| Summary: | "In From Laws to Liturgy, Edward Epsen offers a constructive account of what God produces in the act of creation and how it is ontologically ordered and governed. Inspired by the philosophy of Bishop Berkeley (18th century), Epsen proposes that the physical world is produced by the way God ordains the course of possible human sensations, with angels executing the divine ordinances. Idealism is here re-attached to a tradition of Christian Platonism, updating the traditional notions of the aeon, angelic government, and the divine ideas, so as to be capable of explanatory work in regard to the philosophical problems of perception and induction: the objectivity and observability of the world are explained by a unified sacramental economy of the Eucharist"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004413960 |