Too often the doctrine of creation has been made to serve limited or pointless ends, like the well-worn arguments between science and faith over the question of human and cosmic origins. Given this history, some might be tempted to ignore the theology of creation, thinking it has nothing new or substantive to say. They would be wrong.
In this stimulating volume, Ian A. Mc Farland shows that at the heart of the doctrine of creation lies an essential truth about humanity: we are completely dependent on God. Apart from this realization, little else about us makes sense.
Mc Farland demonstrates that this radical dependence is a consequence of the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo, creation from nothing. Taking up the theological consequences of creation–theodicy and Providence–the author provides a detailed and innovative constructive theology of creation. Drawing on the biblical text, classical sources, and contemporary thought, From Nothing proves that a robust theology of creation is a necessary correlate to the Christian confession of redemption in Jesus Christ.
Table of Content
1. Introduction
2. God – God as Transcendent, God as Living, God as Productive, God as Present
3. Creates – The Basic Characteristics of Creatures, The Diversity of Creatures, The Unity of Creatures
4 From Nothing – Nothing but God, Nothing apart from God, Nothing Limits God
5. Evil – Is Evil Nothing?, Is God Evil?, Is Evil a Creature?, In Place of a Theodicy
6. Providence – Conservatio and the Problem of Occasionalism, Concursus and the Problem of Determinism, Gubernatio and the Problem of Meliorism
7. Glory – The Glory of Heaven, Icons: Seeing Heaven’s Glory, The Eucharist: Tasting Heaven’s Glory
8. Conclusion
About the author
Ian A. Mc Farland is Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He is the author of several books, including In Adam’s Fall: A Meditation on the Christian Doctrine of Original Sin and The Divine Image: Envisioning the Invisible God.
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