About the Book
This handbook provides theological and philosophical resources that demonstrate analytic theology’s unique contribution to the task of theology. Analytic theology is a recent movement at the nexus of theology, biblical studies, and philosophy that marshals resources from the analytic philosophical tradition for constructive theological work. Paying attention to the Christian tradition, the development of doctrine, and solid biblical studies, analytic theology prizes clarity, brevity, and logical rigour in its exposition of Christian teaching.
Each contribution in this volume offers an overview of specific doctrinal and dogmatic issues within the Christian tradition and provides a constructive conceptual model for making sense of the doctrine. Additionally, an extensive bibliography serves as a valuable resource for researchers wishing to address issues in theology from an analytic perspective.
Table of Contents:
Introduction, James M. Arcadi, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA)
I. Methods and Sources
1. The Importance of Model Building in Theology, Oliver D. Crisp, University of St. Andrews, UK
2. Modelling Inspiration: Perspicuity After Pentecost, Adam Green, Azusa Pacific University, USA
3. Religious Epistemology, Erik Baldwin, Indiana University, Northwest, USA and Tyler Dalton McNabb, University of St. Joseph, Macau
4. Norma Normata: The Role of Tradition in Analytic Theology, R. Lucas Stamps, Anderson University (SC), USA
5. Analytic Theology and Philosophy of Science: Towards and All-Encompassing Theory of God, the World, and Human Life, Benedikt Paul Göcke, University of Oxford, UK
6. The Fellowship of the Ninth Hour: Christian Reflections on the Nature and Value of Faith, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Western Washington University, USA, and Daniel J. McKaughan, Boston College, USA
II. Doctrine of God
7. A Model of Classical Theism, R. T. Mullins, University of Edinburgh, UK
8. An Anselmian Approach to Divine Omnipotence, Katherine Rogers, University of Delaware, USA
9. Maximal Greatness and Perfect Knowledge, Benjamin Arbour, Institute for Philosophical and Theological Research, USA
10. Retrieving Divine Immensity and Omnipresence, Ross Inman, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
11. Divine Goodness and Love, Jordan Wessling, Lindsey Wilson College, USA
12. Divine Providence, David Fergusson, University of Edinburgh, UK
13. Divine Aseity and Abstract Objects, Lindsay K. Cleveland, University of Mary, USA
14. The Trinity, Thomas H. McCall, Asbury University, USA
III. Person and Work of Christ
15. The Incarnation, Timothy J. Pawl, University of St. Thomas, USA
16. Christ’s Impeccability, Johannes Grössl, University of Siegen, Germany
17. Philosophical Issues in the Atonement, William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology and Houston Baptist University, USA
18. Election, Grace, and Justice: Analyzing an Aporetic Tetrad, James N. Anderson, Reformed Theological Seminary (Charlotte), USA
IV. Pneumatology
19. The Indwelling of Holy Spirit, Adonis Vidu, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA
20. Deification and Union with God, Carl Mosser, Gateway Seminary, USA
21. Towards an Analytic Theology of Charismatic Gifts: Preliminary Questions, Joanna M. B. Leidenhag, University of St. Andrews, UK
V. Creation and Humans
22. Creatio Ex Nihilo, Andrew Ter Ern Loke, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
23. The Soul as Imago Dei: Modernizing Traditional Theological Anthropology, Joshua R. Farris, Mundelein Seminary, USA
24. The Fall and Original Sin, Olli-Pekka Vainio, University of Helsinki, Finland
25. Sin as Self-Deception, William Wood, University of Oxford, UK
26. Analytic Theological Ethics, Kent Dunnington, Biola University, USA
27. Willie Jennings on the Supersessionist Pathology of Race: A Differential Diagnosis, Sameer Yadav, Westmont College, USA
28. Goodness, Embodiment and Disability: Lessons from the Then for Now, Hilary Yancey, Baylor University, USA
29. Gender and Justice: Human and Divine Gender in Analytic Theological Discourse, Michelle Panchuk, Murray State University, USA
30. Analytic Theology and Animals, Faith Glavey Pawl, University of St. Thomas, USA
31. Analytic Theology and The Sciences, Aku Visala, University of Helsinki, Finland
32. The End of Things: Resurrection and New Creation, James T. Turner, Jr. Anderson University (SC), USA
VI. Experiences and Practices
33. Analytic Spirituality, David Efird, University of York, UK
34. Christian Baptism: A Reformed Account, Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., USA
35. On the Intelligibility of Eucharistic Doctrine(s) in Analytic Theology, James M. Arcadi, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA
36. Analytic Theology and Liturgy, Joshua Cockayne, University of St Andrews, USA
37. Prayer, Scott Davison, Morehead State University, USA
A Comprehensive Categorized Bibliography of Analytic Theology, Jesse Gentile, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
List of Contributors
Index
About the Author :
James M. Arcadi is Assistant Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA
James T. Turner, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Anderson University (SC), USA
Review :
In no place that I am aware of is [analytical theology's] diversity and rigor on display more than in the T&T Clark Handbook of Analytic Theology ... The volume has too many strengths to name. The entries are exceptionally well written and cover an impressive range of scholarly content, usually in ten to twelve pages. Covering such complicated content in such a compressed way must have been torture to these analytic theologians, but they pull it off well.
There has always been a relationship between philosophy (love of wisdom) and theology (the study of God), even if that relationship has sometimes been a strained one. The T&T Clark Handbook on Analytic Theology is a landmark resource from a team of authors hoping to bridge that gap.
The present volume provides an important overview of analytic theology ... [and] provides an accessible gateway for students into one of the most important developments in the field.
The project of "Analytic Theology" is still young and developing, and that is why this compendium of essays is so fresh and energizing, conjoining biblical, theological and philosophical insights. Emerging young scholars join hands with senior professors to chart what it means to reconsider classic Christian doctrine and ethics in the face of the most demanding contemporary challenges, whether philosophical, scientific or social. Each of these essays provides an entry into a realm of intense discussion and debate, often contentious, but always faith-enhancing.
Analytic Theology is increasingly recognised as one of the most important and exciting developments in contemporary academic theology. One of its primary concerns is to model and to encourage the commitment to analytic rigour, lucidity and transparency that is de rigueur in academic philosophy. In this impressive volume, Arcadi and Turner have gathered together leading representatives of the field who exemplify these virtues in addressing a wide range of key loci in philosophical, systematic and spiritual theology. It will be evident from the diverse range of essays that ‘analytic theology’ does not represent a single system of thought or doctrine. What should be no less clear, however, is the extent to which their transparency facilitates critical engagement. This exemplifies the commitment to the truth question and open accountability that analytic theologians are so eager to encourage.
Not only does this volume present the benefits of analytic theology to the theological guild, it should prove an invaluable resource for theology students more generally. No lecturer or student of theology should fail to have a copy of this volume on their shelves!
A theological edifice is only as strong as its philosophical foundation. This collection is proof that the conceptually and logically rigorous analytic method in philosophy provides a solid framework in which theological problems can be presented and addressed using clear and distinct ideas.
