Hinlicky, Paul R.

Paths not taken : fates of theology from Luther through Leibniz / Paul R. Hinlicky. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2009. - xiv, 385 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (365-378) and index.

Leibniz : a modern alternative to dualism? -- After dualism : why Spinoza, not Kant, is the true antagonist of our story -- Theological optimism : how Barth appropriated Leibniz's teaching on the divine decree -- Luther tamed : how the Holy Spirit disappeared in Lutheranism and never reappeared in Barth -- General pneumatology : the sublimation of the spirit into progressive Christian culture -- Protological dilemmas : two versions of Leibniz's failure.

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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.
Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.


Philosophical theology.
Theology--History.
Postmodern theology.
Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BT40 / .H56 2009

230.01