Freedom Unlimited: Liberty, Autonomy, and Response-ability in the Open Theism of Clark Pinnock - Softcover

Hocking, Jeffrey S.

 
9781608994694: Freedom Unlimited: Liberty, Autonomy, and Response-ability in the Open Theism of Clark Pinnock

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How are we to understand the freedom for which Christ has set us free (Gal 5:1)? Could it be that we have barely glimpsed what this might mean? Most theological accounts of freedom frame the discussion in terms of heteronomy or autonomy. In the Protestant tradition, Calvinists are known for championing the former and Arminians are credited with advocating the latter. More recently, open theists, in significantly modifying the Arminian paradigm, argue that neither tradition provides a satisfying account of human freedom and propose a more libertarian form of autonomy. This book joins the debate at this point, not in order to take sides, but to suggest a theology that can get beyond (not between) the heteronomy and autonomy that seem to exhaust the present theological options. Clark Pinnock serves as the chief protagonist because of his role as a leading figure in the "Openness of God" movement. Because his own development can be described as a pilgrimage from Calvinism to Arminianism to open theism, the present work is able to offer its sympathetic critique in the form of an invitation: that we continue to journey in the spirit of openness beyond both heteronomy and autonomy towards a view of divine and human freedom that is covenantal, participatory, and unlimited.

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Jeffrey S. Hocking (MA, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto) is a PhD candidate in the conjoint program at the Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto and the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.

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ISBN 10:  1498256295 ISBN 13:  9781498256292
Verlag: Wipf and Stock, 2010
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