RT Article
T1 Wie Geschöpfe Leben: Some Dogmatic Reflections
JF Studies in Christian ethics
VO 20
IS 2
SP 273
OP 285
A1 Webster, John
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2007
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1776582098
AB Hans Ulrich's Wie Geschöpfe leben is examined from the perspective of Christian dogmatics, in order to make explicit the conception of the Christian gospel upon which the book is based. Wie Geschöpfe leben focuses upon the economy of God's works in relation to creatures, laying particular emphasis upon the realisation of God's acts in time. Ulrich resists `static' or `general' anthropology, which he overcomes by attending to creaturely becoming, hearing and learning as aspects of the new creation which determines human being. Accordingly, the concern of theological ethics is exploration of human history with God. Ulrich's work offers a corrective to excessive claims about the significance of moral ontology in theological ethics. Dogmatic reflection upon the book's achievement might consider a number of topics: (1) the need for closer description of the identity of the triune God, both in se and pro nobis , since Trinitarian teaching plays little discernible role in the proposal; (2) the significance for Christian ethics of the relation of the work of Christ to his person, as conceptualised in incarnational teaching; (3) the relationship between original creation and new creation; (4) the absence of any extended discussion of soteriology.
K1 Salvation
K1 Hope
K1 Hearing
K1 Eschatology
K1 Economy
K1 Dogmatics
K1 Creature
DO 10.1177/0953946807079855