MAN The Perennial Question (Studies in Theological Anthropology)

by Inch, Morris A.

• ISBN13: 9780761813033
• ISBN10: 0761813039
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-28
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

MAN: The Perennial Question brings together essays that document a lifetime of reflection on the significance of man as cast in God's world starting with those written in the sixties and ending with the author's recent writing. The focus surrounds the question 'What is Man,' from Psalm 8:4, which Thomas Huxley referred to as the 'question of questions.' The author draws upon his broad experience as a professor and administrator in the United States, Israel, and Romania, presenting the writing that came out of his time spent gathering knowledge and observing the nature of man from the viewpoint of theological anthropology. The development of the author's views can be understood as he incorporates his knowledge of scripture and religion with his experience with various cultures and their responses to religion, to discover its effect on their nature as people, tackling the changing questions brought about as time passes.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
The Sixties:
The Apologetic Use of Sign in the Fourth Gospel	3	(10)
Jesus is Lord!	13	(14)
Matthew and the House-Churches	27	(12)
The Transcendence of God and an Open Future	39	(14)
Into the Eighties:
An Evangelical Approach to Biblical Authority	53	(12)
A Reappraisal of Denominationalism	65	(16)
Myth in Theological Discourse	81	(14)
Up to the Present:
Shalom in Black and White	95	(16)
Salvation Formulae in Luke-Acts	111	(16)
Fuzzy Set Theology	127	(18)
Chaos as the Crucible of Faith	145	(18)
Chaos and the Moral Imperative	163	(18)
Appendix: The Paper Trail	181