Description
One of the great twentieth-century works of theology, Emil Brunner’s Dogmatics series presents a profoundly biblical systematic theology. Finding a path between Barth and Bultmann, Brunner explores key doctrines such as the doctrine of God, creation and redemption, and the doctrine of the church and of faith. These foundational texts from a leading theologian of the 20th century are crucial for scholars and students, illuminating how modern Protestant theology was formed in the last century.
The first volume serves as an introduction to Brunner’s view of dogmatics, setting out the nature, position, and necessity of dogmatics before exploring the many facets of the doctrine of God. In detailed, vigorous explanation, Brunner considers the nature and will of God, including his name, his holiness, his wisdom, and his glory. Thorough, insightful and extensive, this first volume is an illuminating beginning to this series.
The second volume explores the fundamental concepts of the protestant doctrine, from creation and the creator, to man’s position within creation, sin and its consequences, and the saving work of Jesus. Brunner explores all of the possibilities of these fundamentals, and his detailed, thoughtful arguments are designed, as he says, to set ‘us free to have a faith which is based on nothing save the Love of God revealed in Jesus Christ’.
The third and final volume focusses on the theology of the Church as a reflection of God’s self-revelation through the Holy Spirit, and an eternal consummation of Divine self-communication. Drawing together the understanding gleaned in the previous two volumes, Brunner addresses the nature of the church and faith to bring his systematic biblical theology into the experiences of his readers.
About the Author
Emil Brunner (1889-1966) was one of the leading theologians of the twentieth century, and helped pave the course of modern Protestant theology. He was Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at the University of Zürich and lectured around the world. His extensive writings published by James Clarke & Co. include Eternal Hope and Dogmatics.
Contents
Volume I: The Christian Doctrine of God
Preface
Translator’s Note
Prolegomena: The Basis and the Task of Dogmatics
1. The Position of Dogmatics
2. The Necessity for Dogmatics
3. The Basis of Christianity: Revelation
4. Revelation as the Word of God
5. Doctrine and the Witness of Faith
6. The Norm of Christian Doctrine
7. Dogma and Dogmatics
8. Dogmatics as a Science
9. The Contemporary Character of Dogmatics
10. Faith and Thought in Dogmatics
11. The Concept and the Task of Dogmatics
Part 1: The Eternal Foundation of the Divine Self-Communication
Section One: The Nature of God and His Attributes
12. The Name of God
13. God, the Lord
14. The Holy
15. God is Love
16. The Triune God
17. The Problem of the “Divine Attributes”
18. God, the Almighty
19. The Omnipresence and the Omniscience of God
20. The Eternity, Unchangingness, Faithfulness and Righteousness of God
21. The Wisdom and the Glory of God
Section Two: The Will of God
22. The Eternal Divine Decrees and the Doctrine of Election
23. The Problem of “Double Predestination”
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Index of Scripture References
Volume II: The Christian Doctrine of Creation and Redemption
Preface
Part 2: The Historical Realization of the Divine Self-Communication
1. The Creator and His Creation
2. Man and Creation
3. Man as Sinner
4. The Consequences of Sin
5. Angels, Spirits and the Devil
6. Of Providence, Preservation, and God’s Government of the World
7. History and Saving History
8. The Law
9. The Fullness of Time
10. The Foundation of the Christian Faith
11. The Saving Work of God in Jesus Christ
12. The Person of Jesus Christ
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Index of Scripture References
Volume III: The Christian Doctrine of the Church, Faith and the Consummation
Preface
Part 3: God’s Self-Communication as His Seld-Representation Through the Holy Spirit
Section I: Ekklesia and the Church
1. Church and Holy Spirit
2. The Ground and Nature of the Ekklesia
3. The Primitive Christian Ekklesia and the Pauline Idea of the Ekklesia
4. The Development of the Ekklesia into the Church
5. Delaying Factors in the Development of the Ekklesia into the Church, and Attempts to Restore the Ekklesia
6. The Church as Instrument and Shell of the Ekklesia
7. The Crisis of the Church in Europe
8. The Search for the New Form of the Church
9. The Essential Marks of the Church According to the Apostolic Witness of Faith
Section II: The New Life in Christ
10. The Ekklesia as Presupposition of Faith
11. Faith and Unbelief
12. Faith According to the Witness of Scripture
13. The Misunderstanding of Faith
14. The Perfected Form of Faith: The Justification of the Sinner by Faith Alone
15. Justifying Faith in Christ and the Creed of the Church
16. Doctrinal Belief and Belief in the Bible as the Vehicle of Pistis
17. Faith and Knowledge
18. The Certainty of Faith, and Doubt
19. Regeneration as a Special Aspect of Justification
20. Conversion
21. Sanctification
22. The Commandment of Love and the Law
23. The Christian in the World
24. The Theology of Prayer
Part 4: The Consummation in Eternity of the Divine Self-Communication
1. Faith as Hope
2. The Objection of Unbelief to the Christian Hope
3. The Kingdom of God and Eternal Life
4. The Kingdom of God as the Meaning and Goal of History
5. The Christian Understanding of Eternity
6. The Mystery of Death
7. To Depart and Be With Christ
8. The Coming of the Lord in Glory: The Parousia
9. The Resurrection
10. Universalism and World Judgment
11. The Consummation
Postscript
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Index of Scripture References
