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God in history : shapes of freedom / Peter C. Hodgson.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Nashville : Abingdon Press, c1989.Description: 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0687149681 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 231.7/6 19
LOC classification:
  • BR 115 .H5 H64 1989
Contents:
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.
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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.