Freedom Unlimited

How Are We To Understand The Freedom For Which Christ Has Set Us Free gal :? Could It Be That We Have Barely Glimpsed What This Might Mean? Most Theological Accounts Of Freedom Frame The Discussion In Terms Of Heteronomy Or AutonomyIn The Protestant Tradition, Calvinists Are Known For Championing The Former And Arminians Are Credited With Advocating The LatterMore Recently, Open Theists, In Significantly Modifying The Arminian Paradigm, Argue That Neither Tradition Provides ASatisfying Account Of Human Freedom And Propose AMore Libertarian Form Of AutonomyThis Book Joins The Debate At This Point, Not In Order To Take Sides, But To Suggest ATheology That Can Get Beyond not Between The Heteronomy And Autonomy That Seem To Exhaust The Present Theological OptionsClark Pinnock Serves As The Chief Protagonist Because Of His Role As ALeading Figure In The ''openness Of God'' MovementBecause His Own Development Can Be Described As APilgrimage From Calvinism To Arminianism To Open Theism, The Present Work Is Able To Offer Its Sympathetic Critique In The Form Of An Invitation: That We Continue To Journey In The Spirit Of Openness Beyond Both Heteronomy And Autonomy Towards AView Of Divine And Human Freedom That Is Covenantal, Participatory, And Unlimited''hocking Pushes The Discussion Of Human Freedom And Divine Power In New And Important DirectionsHe Seeks To Overcome The Harsh Eitheror Choice Between Independent, Human Free Autonomy Or Deterministic Divine Heteronomy By Proposing Free Human FaithfulnessAnd He Proposes ADoctrine Of Divine Power That Is Participatory Rather Than UnilateralThis Book Makes AProfound Contribution To How We Might Best Think About God's Love And Free Creaturely Responses!'' thomas Jay Oord Author Of Creation Made Free: Open Theology Engaging Science Jeffrey SHocking ma, Institute For Christian Studies, Toronto Is APhd Candidate In The Conjoint Program At The Institute For Christian Studies, Toronto And The Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.
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