Absolute Person and Moral Experience: A Study in Neo-Calvinism

By Nathan D. Shannon

Book Overview

Presenting a neo-Calvinist account of human moral experience, this book is an advance upon the tradition of Augustinian moral theology.

The first two chapters are theological interpretations of Genesis 2:17 and 3:6 respectively. Chapter 3 approaches the neo-Calvinist notion of God as absolute person through a consideration of theologies of human reason and history. Chapter 4 considers the relationship between absolute person and classical trinitarianism, and the significance of absolute person for accommodation, hermeneutics, and the Creator/creature relation and distinction. The fifth chapter considers the role of the incarnation in Bavinck's thought, and thus provides a backdrop for reflection upon absolute person from a biblical theological point of view.

Shannon concludes with the claim that, according to the Bavincks, Vos, and Van Til, human moral experience is the product of a divine self-expression primarily in the Son.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567707393
• ISBN13: 9780567707390
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"