Confessing God: Essays in Christian Dogmatics II

by John B. Webster

Continuing the project of 'Word and Church', this new collection gathers studies in three areas. Webster firstly produces studies on the nature of Christian theology and its relation to Scripture and the confessions of the church. He also produces an account of the theological style of the French Dominican theologian Yves Congar. In the second part we find studies on dogmatic topics, one on the theology of the person of Christ, and three on the attributes of omnipresence, holiness and love, and veracity. Thirdly and finally Webster studies issues in the doctrine of the church and of Christian an account of the nature of the church in terms of visibility and invisibility; a study of the meaning of Christian hope; and a reflection on gospel freedom. Taken together, the essays are worked examples of 'theological theology', that is, Christian theology which takes its rise in the Christian confession of the gospel which it seeks to hear, celebrate and commend.

Genres: Theology

242 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Professor John B. Webster, MA, PhD, DD, FRSE was a notable contemporary British theologian of the Anglican communion writing in the area of systematic, historical and moral theology. He was educated at the independent co-educational Bradford Grammar School and at the University of Cambridge.

See also: John Webster

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Reviews

[Katie]

Webster orients his readers to the supremacy of God in all things. I really enjoyed reading his essays. The only critique I have is that his language is sometimes so flowery or verbose that it conceals rather than exposing meaning.

[Aaron Lewis]

Webster’s essay “Evangelical Freedom” is perhaps one of the best essay’s I’ve read. The cultural convention of freedom as autonomy compared with gospel freedom as flourishing remains incredibly pastorally relevant. And of course, his essay “Theological Theology” remains a classic.