Systematische Theologie
Das Wesen des Christentums: In Wahrheit und aus Gnade leben. Band 1: §§ 1-59. Band 2: §§ 60-84. Band 3: §§ 85-100
By (author) Eilert Herms
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(January 2017)
ISBN: 9783161539145
6.3 x 9.29 inches
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Eilert Herms expounds the entirety of systematic theology by describing the nature of Christianity, and in particular the Christian life, which he sees as being an exemplaric case of living together in light of a practical certainty about God, the world and life. The author depicts the nature of Christian theology as being the theory of the Christian life and explicates the subject matter of faith’s confession in words as well as the whole of its confession in deeds.
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English summary: In this volume, Eilert Herms expounds systematic theology in its entirety–taking in it fundamental theology, dogmatics and ethics–by describing the nature of Christianity, and in particular the Christian life, which he sees as being an exemplaric case of living together in light of a practical certainty about God, the world and life. Such certainty goes back to revelatory events of disclosure, whose affirmation as reliable directs daily life which itself becomes an expression of this certainty. What is specific to Christian certainty is this: our living present is the realization of the creator’s desire for community and reconciliation in his omnipresence (Acts 17,28). It results from Gods autonomous self-disclosure. As a consequence, Christian certainty of world, origin and self is the result of a formative process, which includes non- and pre-Christian stages. The author depicts the nature of Christian theology as being the theory of the Christian life (I), he traces the origin of Christian certainty back to primordial instances of disclosure (“revelations”) (II), and explicates the subject matter of faith’s confession in words (III) as well as the whole of its confession in deeds (IV). German description: Eilert Herms entwickelt das Ganze der Systematischen Theologie – Fundamentaltheologie, Dogmatik und Ethik -, indem er das Wesen des Christentums beziehungsweise des christlichen Lebens beschreibt, welches er als exemplarischen Fall des Zusammenlebens im Licht praktischer Gewissheit uber Welt, Gott und Leben sieht. Solche Gewissheit geht auf Erschliessungsereignisse zuruck, richtet als zuverlassig anerkannt das Leben durchgehend aus und wird durch es ausgedruckt. Das Besondere christlicher Gewissheit ist: Unsere Lebensgegenwart ist die Verwirklichung des Gemeinschafts- und Versohnungswillens des Schopfers in dessen Allgegenwart (Apg 17,28). Sie verdankt sich Gottes unverfugbarer Selbsterschliessung. Dadurch wird die christliche Welt-, Ursprungs- und Selbstgewissheit schrittweise gebildet. Der Autor stellt das Wesen christlicher Theologie als Theorie des christlichen Lebens (I), das Zustandekommen der christlichen Gewissheit durch unverfugbare Erschliessungen (“Offenbarungen”) (II), den Sachbezug des Wortbekenntnisses des Glaubens (III) sowie das Ganze seines Tatbekenntnisses dar (IV).
Born 1940; Professor emeritus of Systematic Theology at the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen.
- By (author) Eilert Herms
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