ROBERT JENSON ON THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF CHRIST |
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Authors: | OLIVER D. CRISP |
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Affiliation: | Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Bristol, 3 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB, Bristol UK |
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Abstract: | In his recent two‐volume Systematic Theology, Robert Jenson offers an account of Christ's pre‐existence that is, in several important respects, an original contribution to the literature. In this article, I offer a critical interaction with Jenson's doctrine. In particular, I show that what Jenson has to say about (a) divine eternity and (b) the relationship between philosophy and theology, have important bearings on his construal of Christ's pre‐existence and, in the final analysis, skew what he has to say on the matter. I conclude that Jenson's account of this doctrine, though suggestive and insightful in several respects, is unsuccessful, indeed, incoherent, as it stands. |
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