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

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.

• | Author: Nathan D. Shannon
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• | Publication Date: Feb 22, 2024
• | Number of Pages: 221 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0567707393
• | ISBN-13: 9780567707390