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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © 2019 Anglican Theological Review Corporation
- ISSN
- 0003-3286
- eISSN
- 2163-6214
- DOI
- 10.1177/000332861910100205
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
ATR/101.2 Scriptural Impressionism: The Use of the Bible in Katherine Sonderegger’s Systematic Theology, volume 1 R. W. L. Moberly* I have benefitted greatly from reading Katherine Sonderegger’s Systematic Theology, volume 1, The Doctrine of God. It is a book of acuity, depth, and wisdom, with valuable proposals for better under- standing the grammar and dynamics of Christian belief in God. Oth- ers in this journal will discuss Sonderegger’s theology as such. My particular brief, as a biblical scholar, is to engage with her use of scripture. Sonderegger’s Rootedness in Scripture Sonderegger has drunk deeply from many wells, especially that of Karl Barth. Like Barth, she understands the task of theology to be fundamentally an articulation of the meaning and implications of the Bible: “The doctrine that follows in this volume seeks to listen to Holy Scripture, to feed on it, and from its riches, to bring forth the Divine Perfections of the One God. We seek to confess who and what God is in biblical idiom, guidance, and subject matter” (p. xvi); “Not ‘philoso- phy’ or ‘tradition’ supplanting and grounding Holy Scripture—pre- cisely not that! Rather Holy Scripture guiding, grounding, and giving rise to philosophical concept, subject matter, and
Journal
Anglican Theological Review – SAGE
Published: Aug 25, 2021