David Fergusson

University of Edinburgh | UoE · School of Divinity

David Wilkinson , Science, Religion and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Oxford: OUP, 2013), pp. xii + 228. £25.00. - Volume 69 Issue 3 - David Fergusson

Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Atheism (Oxford: OUP, 2013), pp. 763. £95.00. - Volume 69 Issue 2 - David Fergusson

Van Huyssteen’s 2004 Edinburgh Gifford Lectures raise the question of how human uniqueness is to be understood in evolutionary and theological terms. This has been defended in subsequent interaction with critics. In this article, his approach is explored in light of recent challenges to theological anthropocentrism. While a weak or benign form of a...

This paper presents an abbreviated version of a verbatim script developed from oral history interviews with individuals key to the development of counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland from 1960 to 2000. Earlier versions were used in workshops with counsellors and pastoral care practitioners to share counter-narratives of counselling and to prov...

One of the most significant contributions to the field in recent times, David Clough's work On Animals: Volume 1, Systematic Theology, should ensure that theologies of creation, redemption, and eschatological fulfillment give proper attention to animals. In a landmark study, he draws upon resources in Scripture and tradition to present a systematic...

The strong links established between theologians in Scotland and the Netherlands are evident at the time of the Reformation and throughout the 17th century. Yet by the late 19th century, these Reformed links are much less evident. The reasons for this decline are largely attributable to the dominance of German theology and the tendency of Scottish...

Classical approaches to the idea of the imago Dei in the theology of creation have tended to postulate a distinctive element of the human being not found in other creatures, with the possible exception of angels. This is often combined with attempts to use the imago concept as an organizing principle within Christian theology. Such approaches are n...

The important interaction of theology and psychotherapy in the mid-20th century is reviewed, with particular attention given to the formative role of personalist philosophy and its practical outcomes. After exploring the reasons for the relative decline in the interaction of these disciplines, at least as far as much mainstream theology is concerne...

Although their work can be situated within wider British and European intellectual trends, the interaction of philosophy, theology and psychotherapy was particularly marked among several important Scottish thinkers of the mid-twentieth century. Their cross-disciplinary interactions gave rise to distinctively personalist approaches in psychotherapy...

While more fragmented than in mid-20th century, recent trends and directions in theology reveal some dominant approaches and particular sub-areas that have become the focus of significant attention. Although overlapping and intersecting, these are discernible both methodologically and thematically. Approaches include a commitment to cross-disciplin...

The classical doctrine of providence has generally been treated as a subdivision of the doctrine of creation. In stressing the sovereign and wise rule of God over nature and history, it has too often veered in an unduly determinist and philosophical direction that fails adequately to register scriptural notions of the differentiated action of the t...

Often caricatured for its rigidity, harshness and hostility to the arts, Calvinism has suffered from frequent misrepresentation, not least in Scotland. In particular, the identification of Calvin's theology with double predestination and religious intolerance present formidable difficulties for a contemporary appropriation of his work. While adopti...

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Bringing together a collection of essays by prominent scholars, The Blackwell Companion to Nineteenth Century Theology presents a comprehensive account of the most significant theological figures, movements, and developments of thought that emerged in Europe and America during the nineteenth century. Representing the most up-to-date theological res...

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Jeffrey Stout's latest book is likely to command even wider attention amongst theologians than Ethics after Babel (1988). Written in three parts and comprising material some of which has already appeared in other contexts, the book argues several theses. The modern democratic tradition is richer and more complex than exponents and critics of Rawlsi...

The prospect of extra-terrestrial intelligence has become a central topic of scientific investigation and popular speculation. This has generated questions of ethical and theological significance that now receive growing coverage. Throughout his writings, Karl Rahner remained open to the prospect that the process of cosmic evolution had yielded sen...

A theological commentary on 1 Corinthians, Barth's Resurrection of the Dead (1924) is written in a complex genre, embracing the discourses of preaching, doctrine, ethics and historical criticism. Based on lectures delivered in 1923, it reveals the dialectical emphases of his early theology, though one may detect some development of his doctrine of...

Theology after the Storm: Reflections on the Upheavals in Modern Theology and Culture. By McIntyreJohn. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. Pp. vii + 306. No price. - Volume 54 Issue 2 - David Fergusson

The Church as Polis: From Political Theology to Theological Politics as Exemplified by Jürgen Moltmann and Stanley Hauerwas. By RasmussonArne. Lund University Press, University of Notre Dame Press, 1994 and 1996. Pp. 418. No price. - Volume 53 Issue 1 - David Fergusson

Theology Without Foundations: Religious Practice and the Future of Theological Truth. Edited by HauerwasStanley, MurphyNancey & NationMark. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1994. Pp. 359. - Volume 52 Issue 4 - David Fergusson

Any contemporary doctrine of sanctification faces certain problems, including the charges of individualism, Pelagianism, and detachment from the concerns of the world. Nevertheless, a strong doctrine of sanctification is the necessary counterpoint to a doctrine of justification. In an increasingly fragmented culture, sanctification needs to be set...

Is God Real?Edited by RunzoJoseph. Basingstoke & London, Macmillan Press, 1993. Pp. xxiv & 216. £40.00. - Volume 52 Issue 3 - David Fergusson

Risen Indeed: Making Sense of the Resurrection. By DavisStephen T.. London, SPCK, 1993. Pp. xii + 219. £9.99. - Volume 52 Issue 2 - David Fergusson

Reformed Reader. Volume 1: Classical Beginnings 1519–1799. Edited by JohnsonWilliam Stacy & LeithJohn H.. Westminster and John Knox Press, Louisville, 1993. $30.00. - Volume 52 Issue 1 - David Fergusson

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Moral Fragments and Moral Community. By RasmussenLarry L.. Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 1993. Pp. 176. No price. - Volume 49 Issue 3 - David A. S. Fergusson

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Edited by AvisPaul. London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1993. Pp. 186. £11.95. - Volume 49 Issue 3 - David A. S. Fergusson

Nonfoundationalism. By ThielJohn., Minneapolis, Augsburg Fortress, 1994. Pp. xii+123. £7.00. - Volume 49 Issue 2 - David Fergusson

L'A. analyse la doctrine de la chute avant de la mettre en relation avec le travail du Christ. Il affirme que plutot que d'affaiblir l'interpretation objective de la reconciliation, une dehistoricisation de la doctrine traditionnelle de la chute peut reellement la mettre au point. A partir de la, la theologie chretienne n'a rien a craindre des deco...

God and the Processes of Reality. By PailinDavid A.. London, Routledge, 1989. Pp. x + 235. £29.95. - Volume 46 Issue 2 - David A. S. Fergusson

The philosopher Michael Dummett has argued that a commitment to realism in a given domain must display the following marks: a conception of reality as determinate and mind-independent, the correspondence theory of truth, and a truth conditions theory of meaning. In his own and others' philosophy we see a series of arguments at work in the theory of...

Jesus Risen. By O'CollinsGerald. London, Darton, Longman & Todd, 1987. Pp. 233. £6·95. - Volume 42 Issue 1 - David Fergusson

The language of Christian prayer reflects two central components of christology. One is the exclusive importance attached to a brief portion of history centring upon the death of Jesus, while the other is the assertion of his continuing presence to the believer. The ways in which these twin themes are articulated is nowhere more apparent than in th...