Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology: Volume 1: Trinity, Incarnation, and Atonement

by Michael C. Rea

Overview

Over the past sixty years, within the analytic tradition of philosophy, there has been a significant revival of interest in the philosophy of religion. More recently, philosophers of religion have turned in a more self-consciously interdisciplinary direction, with special focus on topics that have traditionally been the provenance of systematic theologians. The present anthology-Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology-aims to bring together some of the most important essays on six central topics in recent philosophical theology. Volume 1 collects essays on three distinctively Christian doctrines: trinity, incarnation, and atonement. Volume 2 focuses on three topics that arise in all of the major theistic religions: providence, resurrection, and scripture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199237463
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	04/15/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Rea is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

I Trinity

1 The Trinity J. P. Moreland William Lane Craig 21

2 Divine Fission: A New Way of Moderating Social Trinitarianism Peter Forrest 44

3 Three Persons in One Being Peter van Inwagen 61

4 A Latin Trinity Brian Leftow 76

5 Two Models of the Trinity? Richard Cross 107

6 Material Constitution and the Trinity Jeffrey E. Brower Michael C. Rea 127

II Incarnation

7 Jesus' Self-Designation: 'The Son of Man' Craig A. Evans 151

8 Was Jesus Mad, Bad, or God? Stephen T. Davis 166

9 Was Jesus Mad, Bad, or God?...or Merely Mistaken? Daniel Howard-Snyder 186

10 The Metaphysics of God Incarnate Thomas V. Morris 211

11 The Incarnation: A Philosophical Case for Kenosis Peter Forrest 225

12 Christ as God-Man, Metaphysically Construed Marilyn McCord Adams 239

III Atonement

13 Atonement According to Aquinas Eleonore Stump 267

14 The Christian Scheme of Salvation Richard Swinburne 294

15 Do We Believe in Penal Substitution? David Lewis 308

16 Swinburnian Atonement and the Doctrine of Penal Substitution Steven L. Porter 314

17 Atonement Without Satisfaction Richard Cross 328

18 Abelard on Atonement: 'Nothing Unintelligible, Arbitrary, Illogical, or Immoral About It.' Philip L. Quinn 348

Index 365