Hardback. New. A bold new presentation of universal salvation via comparative analysis of the thought of Origen and Karl Barth. Greggs offers a defence of universalism as rooted in Christian theology, showing this belief does not have to be at the expense of human particularity, freedom, and Christian faith. ISBN 019956048x 9780199560486 [GB]

ISBN10: 019956048X, ISBN13: 9780199560486, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]

ISBN10: 019956048X, ISBN13: 9780199560486, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2009]

ISBN10: 019956048X, ISBN13: 9780199560486, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation offers a bold new presentation of universal salvation. Building constructively from the third- century theologian, Origen, and the twentieth-century Swiss theologian, Karl Barth, Tom Greggs offers a defence of universalism as rooted in Christian theology, showing this belief does not have to be at the expense of human particularity, freedom, and Christian faith. Examining Barth's doctrine ofelection and Origen's understanding of apokatastasis, Greggs proposes that a proper understanding of the eternal salvific plan of God in the person of Jesus Christ points towards universal salvation. Therelationship between the work of the Spirit and the Son in salvation is central to this understanding. Universal salvation is grounded in the person of Christ as himself historic and particular, and the Spirit makes the reality of that universal work of Christ present to individuals and communities in the present. The discussion includes creative suggestions for the political and ecclesial implications of such a presentation of salvation. A bold new presentation of universal salvation via comparative analysis of the thought of Origen and Karl Barth. Greggs offers a defence of universalism as rooted in Christian theology, showing this belief does not have to be at the expense of human particularity, freedom, and Christian ...
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