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Reading the decreeDavid Gibson
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Reading the decree

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What role does the interpretation of Scripture play in theological construction? In Reading the Decree David Gibson examines the exegesis of election in John Calvin and Karl Barth, and considers the relationship between election and Christology in their thought. He argues that for both Calvin and Barth their doctrine of election and its exegetical moorings are christologically shaped, but in significantly different ways. Building on Richard A. Muller's conceptual distinction between Calvin's soteriological christocentrism and Barth's principial christocentrism, Gibson carefully explores their…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2012
    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9780567129178
  • Other · English · 2009
    T & T Clark · 221 pages · 9780567468741
Election (Theology)Person and officesHistory of doctrinesSalvationChristianityPrädestinationChristologieAuserwählung