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Hodgson, Peter Crafts, 1934-

God in history : shapes of freedom / Peter C. Hodgson. - Nashville : Abingdon Press, c1989. - 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 252-279.

Contents: 1. Introduction: The end of salvation history --
The classic model --
The challenge of postmodernism --
Rethinking the relationship of God and history --
2. God: Triune figuration --
Hegel's contribution to Trinitarian speculation --
Accents of historicality, difference, process, and embodiment --
"Figure" and "shape" as metaphors --
Triune figuration: The one who loves in freedom --
3. History: De-configurative process --
Hegel's metahistory --
Troeltsch's critique of historical reason and the shaping of cultural syntheses --
The de-construction of history --
History as de-configurative process --
4. Freedom: Transfigurative praxis --
The turn to praxis --
God's presence: Divine Gestalt --
Transfigurative praxis: Shapes of freedom --
5. Epilogue: the beginning of the history of freedom? --
The history of freedom within history: an open teleology --
The consummation of freedom in God.

ISBN: 0687149681 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 88028621

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History--Religious aspects--Christianity.

LC Class. No.: BR 115 .H5 / H64 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 231.7/6