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Author Lauber, David

Title Barth on the Descent into Hell : God, Atonement and the Christian Life
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (198 pages)
Series Barth Studies
Barth studies.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Abbreviations; Dedication; 1. Karl Barth: Jesus Christ's death in God-abandonment as the descent into hell; Barth's reflection on the Apostles' Creed; Barth and the reformed tradition; The significance of Jesus Christ's death as grounded in the doctrine of God; Jesus Christ dies the second death; The death of Jesus Christ as the experience of hell in Barth's 'Doctrine of Reconciliation' -- Church Dogmatics IV; 2. Hans Urs von Balthasar and a theology of Holy Saturday; Adrienne von Speyr's gift and Heart of the World
The shape of Balthasar's soteriologyBalthasar's dramatic soteriology; The descent into hell; 3. The biblical character of the descent into hell; A biblical basis for the descent into hell?; Scripture and Barth's interpretation of the descent into hell; Scripture and Balthasar's interpretation of the descent into hell; Interpretative and theological decisions; Barth and Balthasar on the construction of atonement doctrine; Balthasar's extension of the biblical narrative; Conclusion: the descent into hell and scripture; 4. The descent into hell and the Trinity
Jürgen Moltmann's theology of the cross and the descent into hellInterpretations of Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane; Jesus Christ's death and descent into hell and change in the life of God; The descent into hell and God's love; The descent into hell and the immanent and economic Trinity; The descent into hell and divine suffering; Alan Lewis' Between Cross and Resurrection: A Theology of Holy Saturday; Conclusion: the descent into hell and the Trinity; 5. The descent into hell and discipleship; God's love as non-violent enemy-love and the shape of discipleship
The descent into hell and the ethic of non-violent enemy-loveConclusion: the descent into hell, Christian love and discipleship; Bibliography; Index
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Form Electronic book
Author Drewes, Dr. Hans-Anton
Hunsinger, Professor George
Webster, Revd Prof. John
ISBN 9781351574624
1351574620