{"product_id":"a-treatise-on-jonathan-edwards-continuous-creation-and-christology-paperback","title":"A Treatise on Jonathan Edwards, Continuous Creation and Christology - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. Mark Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is one of the most important thinkers of the Christian Tradition. Ironically, little is known about his Christology. Lesser still is that which which is known about the philosophical commitments that undergird much of thinking about the God-man. In \u003ci\u003eA Treatise on Jonathan Edwards, Continuous Creation and Christology, \u003c\/i\u003e S. Mark Hamilton shows that Edwards has much more to say about the nature of the person of Christ that is both significant and original than has been believed to this point. Hamilton's Treatise tackles Edwards' unique understanding of the God-world relationship and how that understanding bears upon his doctrine of the person of Christ. Equal-parts philosophical clarification and theological construction, and offering a number of truly original insights, Hamilton makes the convincing case that Edwards' commitment to the idea that God somehow creates the universe out of nothing every moment does not, as some have hitherto supposed, imperil his commitment to an orthodox Christology. In so doing, Hamilton puts forward a reconstruction of a controversial aspect of Edwards' Christology that will undoubtedly provoke both a deeper appreciation and closer examination of Edwards' philosophical theology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonathan Edwards was not only America's greatest theologian. He also was its finest early philosopher, but more specifically a prominent philosophical theologian. Among his intriguing--and difficult--contributions to philosophical theology was his doctrine of continuous creation. Its relation to occasionalism has helped and bedeviled thinkers for the last three centuries. No one working on Edwards or philosophical theology should miss Mark Hamilton's careful work on this connection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald R. McDermott, \u003c\/b\u003e Anglican Chair of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Theology of Jonathan Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the best attempt to date to systematize the nexus of comments found mainly in Edwards' notebooks on the relationship of ontology, etiology, and Christology. It represents an advance on the account of Hamilton's brilliant teacher, Oliver D. Crisp, one on which analytical minds will noodle for many years to come. I recommend it strongly, and find its arguments for what Hamilton calls Edwards' \"immaterial realism\" compelling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas A. Sweeney, \u003c\/b\u003e Distinguished Professor of Church History and the History of Christian Thought, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, author of \u003ci\u003eEdwards the Exegete: Biblical Interpretation and Anglo-Protestant Culture on the Edge of the Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonathan Edwards's idealism or immaterialism is well known. On the creaturely level, to be is to be perceived. Yet Edwards asserted that the human being is not only perceived but perceiving, and this raises a number of complex issues as to how created minds are distinct from and yet related to the divine Mind, and how created minds and bodies both depend ontologically--and moment-by-moment--on the continuing volition and agency of God as Creator. Mark Hamilton teases out these questions from Edwards's texts with exegetical skill and analytical acumen. Everyone with an interest in Edwards's metaphysical thought ought to take interest in Hamilton's brief treatise on continuous creation and Christology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael McClymond, \u003c\/b\u003e Professor of Modern Christianity, Saint Louis University, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Theology of Jonathan Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this innovative little book, Hamilton shows that Edwards' concept of continuous creation has significant explanatory power regarding the doctrine of Christ. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Christology or Edwards studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames S. Spiegel, \u003c\/b\u003e Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Taylor University, chief editor of \u003ci\u003eIdealism and Christianity, Vol. 1: Idealism and Christian Theology\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eIdealism and Christianity, Vol. 2: Idealism and Christian Ph\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739571884128,"sku":"9780692975657","price":40.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/XsZjCYl33a9780692975657.webp?v=1778032319","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/a-treatise-on-jonathan-edwards-continuous-creation-and-christology-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}