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Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions

Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions

Burrell, David B.

Hardcover

PhilosophyComparative ReligionGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0268009872
ISBN13: 9780268009878
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: Feb 28 1993
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

With creation of the universe as its focus and a deeper understanding of human freedom as its goal, Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions is a work of philosophical theology that brings together Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives on the complex questions surrounding divine and human freedom. Burrell shows how the three traditions (each avowing the free creation of the universe by God) have developed a view of free human actors in relation to their initial affirmations that the universe is freely created by God. The concept of a free creation of the universe forms a motif for all three traditions, and their respective encounters with divine relation--in the Torah, Jesus Christ, and the Qur'an--offer distinctive ways of articulating and assimilating the original faith in a free creator. Burrell emphasizes the common ground among the traditions, but does not limit his discourse to a search for a common denominator among them. Instead, he traces the interactions among the traditions, employing an explicitly interfaith perspective that offers new ways to probe the vexing question of the relations between a free creator and free creatures. The results of this comparative method of reflection produce fresh insights into perennial human questions about creation and freedom--questions that have constituted a major body of theological reflection over the centuries.

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