Creatures of Possibility: The Theological Basis of Human Freedom By Ingolf U. Dalferth Paperback 0801098106 9780801098109 Creatures of Possibility: The Theological Basis of Human Freedom A Prominent Theologian Explores What It Means to Be Human Preeminent scholar and theologian Ingolf Dalferth offers mature reflections on what it means to be human, a topic at the forefront of contemporary Christian thought. Dalferth argues that humans should be defined not as deficient beings who must compensate for the weaknesses of their biological nature by means of technology, morals, media, religion, and culture but as creatures of possibility. He understands human beings by reference to their capacity to live a truly humane life. Dalferth explores the sheer gratuitousness of Gods agency in justifying and sanctifying the human person, defining humans not by what we do or achieve but by Gods creative and saving action. In the gospel, we are set free to interact with the world and creation.

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The first 40 pages of this book were beyond fascinating which constitutes the whole of my 2 star rating They set up what should have been an interesting read by discussing passivity possibility and modes of existence and makes some key insights into what it means to be human I will make future reference to the book for the sake of these pages and for that it has value. Incredibly bright creatures kindle However the rest of the book was hugely disappointing The description promised a discussion regarding the divine human relationship from Scripture but this is not really what Dalferth delivers He offers an account of ideas far through Luther s interpretation of Scripture than from Scripture itself and at very few points does he make any attempt to justify either his or Luther s interpretation of these ideas using biblical texts This leaves him open to a great degree of criticism For example he uses Luther s account of passivity which has been effectively challenged at multiple points Also he discusses the concept of faith from Luther s perspective but multiple studies have demonstrated that Luther s understanding of the biblical words for faith was deficient due to his limited sense of the semantic range of those terms What s Dalferth spends quite a bit of time on the concept of gift but gives a wholly modern account when some very helpful studies on gift in the ancient world thus when the Scriptures were written would have informed such a study in impacting ways. Incredibly bright creatures kindle The book had promise and began well But most of what was argued could have been effectively communicated in 1 3 of the space The deficiencies and dense language make this a book that I would not recommend to anyone unless they were interested specifically in Dalferth s interpretation of Luther s interpretation of the related issues 9780801098109

Creatures of Possibility: The Theological Basis of Human Freedom By Ingolf U. Dalferth

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A Prominent Theologian Explores What It Means to Be Human Preeminent scholar and theologian Ingolf Dalferth offers mature reflections on what it means to be human a topic at the forefront of contemporary Christian thought Dalferth argues that humans should be defined not as deficient beings who must compensate for the weaknesses of their biological nature by means of technology morals media religion and culture but as creatures of possibility He understands human beings by reference to their capacity to live a truly humane life Dalferth explores the sheer gratuitousness of God s agency in justifying and sanctifying the human person defining humans not by what we do or achieve but by God s creative and saving action In the gospel we are set free to interact with the world and creation Creatures of Possibility The Theological Basis of Human FreedomIngolf U Dalferth DrTheol University of T bingen the author of twenty books is Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont California He is also professor emeritus in the faculty of theology at the University of Zurich..