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In The Lord, the Giver of Life: Spirit in Relation to Creation , Aaron T. Smith argues that the Spirit in which God exists is not a mode of being but a pattern of relation, which enfolds the world in each moment and gives it a life coordinated with God's. "God" and "world" find mutual determination in the eschatological achievement of covenantal existence, in the triumph of love.
Smith offers a new take on the biblical story of creation by bringing intricate interpretation of Genesis into productive dialogue with prominent voices of the Christian tradition as well as contributions from modern science and philosophy. The creation is not primarily a collection of discrete things, but the divinely-willed event of communion, which takes temporal shape within histories of generation, or the history of each generation. The human creature exists authentically in the time-framing of promise and fulfillment, coming to perceive the giving of life as good and right in the manner of the biblical covenant, and coming to desire it again - gladly consenting to life's interdependent generation.
Sommario
Chapter One: God and the Human
Chapter Two: The Human and Creation
Chapter Three: The Human among Humans
Chapter Four: Evil as Event among Humans
Chapter Five: Evil as Event between Humanity and Creation
Chapter Six: Evil as Event between God and Humanity
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Aaron T. Smith is assistant professor of theology at Colorado Christian University and adjunct professor of theology at Bethel Seminary San Diego. He earned a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Marquette University and is the author of several articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals such as Scottish Journal of Theology.
Riassunto
Reflecting the Third Article of the Nicene Creed, The Lord, The Giver of Life describes God and creation according to the redeeming work of the Holy Spirit. Aaron T. Smith shows that it is not immateriality and materiality, which define “God” and “world,” but reflexive capacity for otherness realized in covenantal history.
