T&T Clark Handbook of Election

Edwin Chr.van Driel

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9780567683366
• eBook ISBN:
  9780567683380
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

Offering not only state-of-the-art introductions from Biblical, historical, and constructive theologians, this volume also fosters an inter-disciplinary and cross-confessional conversation, reclaiming the idea of election as a central notion for any retelling of the biblical narrative.

Several essays explore the variety of ways in which election is spoken about in the Scripture, drawing on research from the last twenty years that offers a more sophisticated framework than the traditionally theological categories of "elect" and "reject". The historical part of the volume covers new analyses of Medieval and post-Reformation Catholic and Protestant debates on predestination, while the book's constructive part contributes to contemporary conversations on the relationship between Trinity, Christology, and election, the development of a post-supersessionist understanding of Israel's chosenness, as well as voices from contextual struggles in South America, Palestine, and South Africa.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Contents
• Preface
• “To Be God to You and to Your Offspring after You”: An Introduction to the Doctrine of Election
• PART I: Biblical Materials
• 1 “Israel My Servant, Jacob Whom I Have Chosen”: Election Theology in the Hebrew Bible
• 2 Called to Serve? Abraham, Israel, and the Functionality of Election in the Hebrew Bible
• 3 Election, Israel, and the Nations in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Prophetic Books
• 4 Election in the Gospel of John
• 5 Election According to Paul
• PART II: Historical and Contemporary Trajectories
• 6 Election as Foreknowledge from Justin Martyr to Jerome
• 7 “But the Elect Have Obtained It”: Augustine on Election, Free Will, and Grace
• 8 Election in Thomas Aquinas
• 9 Late Medieval Developments in the Doctrine of Election
• 10 Election in Martin Luther’s “Body of Biblical Teaching”
• 11 Election in John Calvin
• 12 Election in Scholastic Reformed Theology
• 13 Election in Jacobus Arminius
• 14 Post-Reformation Thomism: The Case of Juan Vicente de Astorga
• 15 Election in the Jesuit Tradition around the Time of De Auxiliis Controversy
• 16 Jonathan Edwards on Election
• 17 Election in Karl Barth
• 18 The Grace of Freedom and Freedom for Grace: A Roman Catholic Theology of Election
• 19 The Understanding of Election through “Preferential Option for the Poor” in Liberation Theology
• 20 Election in Palestinian Theology
• PART III: Constructive Proposals
• 21 “All Things Have Been Created for Him”: On Christ, Election, and Creation
• 22 The Inner Logic of Creation: Christ, Election, and a “Supra” View of All Things
• 23 Universal Election: A Sketch
• 24 The Election of Israel
• 25 Election and Church
• 26 The Non-elect Bear the Salvation of the Elect: The Living History of Election
• 27 On Election and Hope?: Conflicting Stories from Twentieth-Century South Africa
• 28 Election and Human Agency
• 29 Election and Spirituality
• Notes on Contributors
• Index
• Copyright