Product Description
Much current theology is content with modernity’s assertion that human experience is the true measure of time. Yet a distinctively Christian theology moves beyond that proposal and holds to a more sophisticated idea of time — that both the individual and the world are works in progress, and neither will be settled until established in relationship with God. This substantive new work by Douglas Knight confronts the central trends of modern thought with this ongoing progress, the "eschatological economy" of the Christian tradition.
Throughout The Eschatological Economy Knight links Christian doctrine to an awareness of both being and becoming, and he gives pride of place to the work of God in the world through creation, Israel, and the cross. An ambitious and unique approach to systematic theology, Knight’s Eschatological Economy presents an invigorating discussion of Israel, of the atonement and the Trinity, and of the ultimate fulfillment of this world.
From the Author
The Eschatological Economy is a new constructive systematic theology that explores the world-changing philosophical implications of Christian hope, and shows that secularism is just a kind of hopelessness. The Eschatological Economy has extensive discussions of christology and the atonement, the temple and sacrifice in the Old Testament and a radically theological account of the cross, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. It is God’s own labour that makes his people distinct: this labour meets resistance, but God overcomes this resistance and through slow and painful transformation makes his people holy. The book suggests how we should link the doctrine of the Holy Spirit to the people of Israel, to show that the New Testament is the fulfilment of the Old Testament, and that modernity is just a refusal to hear the promises of God, a refusal overcome by God’s own faithfulness.
