Colin Gunton And The Failure Of Augustine: The Theology Of Colin Gunton In Light Of Augustine
by Bradley G. Green /
2012 / English / PDF
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Bradley G. Greens close reading of Augustine challenges Colin
Guntons argument that Augustine bequeathed to the West a
theological tradition with serious deficiencies. According to
Gunton, Augustines particular construal of the doctrine of God led
to fundamental problems in the relationship between creation and
redemption. However, Green persuasively argues that Augustine did
not sever the link between creation and redemption, but rather
affirmed that the created order is a means of genuine knowledge of
God by which redemption is accomplished. Green suggests the
prominent role this relationship plays in Augustines doctrines of
man and God, provides the kind of relational Christian ontology
that Gunton sought. In short, Augustine could have provided Gunton
with fundamental theological resources in countering the modernity
he so rightly challenged.
Bradley G. Greens close reading of Augustine challenges Colin
Guntons argument that Augustine bequeathed to the West a
theological tradition with serious deficiencies. According to
Gunton, Augustines particular construal of the doctrine of God led
to fundamental problems in the relationship between creation and
redemption. However, Green persuasively argues that Augustine did
not sever the link between creation and redemption, but rather
affirmed that the created order is a means of genuine knowledge of
God by which redemption is accomplished. Green suggests the
prominent role this relationship plays in Augustines doctrines of
man and God, provides the kind of relational Christian ontology
that Gunton sought. In short, Augustine could have provided Gunton
with fundamental theological resources in countering the modernity
he so rightly challenged.
