The doctrine of God in reformed orthodoxy, Karl Barth, and the Utrecht School : a study in method and content / / by Dolf te Velde.

• Author: Velde, Roelf T. te.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Reformed Theology 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (834 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; 1. Introduction /; 2. Approaching Reformed Orthodoxy /; 3. Reformed Orthodoxy in Its Historical Context /; 4. Reformed Orthodox Methodology /; 5. Doctrine of God: Names, Being, Attributes /; 6. Doctrine of God: Attributes of the First Order /; 7. Doctrine of God: Attributes of the Second Order /; 8. Conclusions /; 9. Introduction /; 10. The Development of Barth’s Theological Method /; 11. Doctrine of God: Entrance /; 12. Doctrine of God: Perfections /; 13. Doctrine of God: Election and Command /; 14. Analysis and Discussion /; 15. Conclusions /; 16. Introduction /; 17. Approaches of the Utrecht School /; 18. The Doctrine of God: Foundations /; 19. The Doctrine of God: Elaboration /; 20. Putting Together the Utrecht Doctrine of God /; 21. Conclusions and Discussions /; 22. Conclusions /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004252460
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Dolf te Velde.

In The Doctrine of God Dolf te Velde examines the interaction of method and content in three historically important accounts of the doctrine of God. Does the method of a systematic theology affect the belief content expressed by it? Can substantial insights be detected that have a regulative function for the method of a doctrine of God? This two-way connection of method and content is investigated in three phases of Reformed theology. The first seeks to discover inner dynamics of Reformed scholastic theology. The second part treats Karl Barth’s doctrine of God as a contrast model for scholasticism, understood in the framework of Barth’s theological method. The third part offers a first published comprehensive description and analysis of the so-called Utrecht School. The closing chapter draws some lines for developing a Reformed doctrine of God in the 21st century.