Covenant and Eschatology: The Divine Drama

by Michael Horton

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 2002

Overview

In this innovative work in theological method and hermeneutics, Michael S. Horton uses the motif of the covenant as a way of binding together God’s “word” and God’s “act.” Seeking an integration of theological method with the content of Christian theology, Horton emphasizes God’s covenant as God’s way of working for redemption in the world. Horton maintains a substantial dialogue with important philosophical figures and Christian theologians, ultimately providing scholars and serious students a significant model for approaching and understanding Christian theology.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Our goal all along will be to defend the definition of theology as the church’s reflection on God’s performative action in word and deed and its own participation in the drama of redemption. To that end, we have suggested the following lines of development.” (Page 4)

“In the approach we have outlined, however, there is more than a narrative to ‘absorb’ the reader into the world of the text; there is a covenant to reorient one’s ultimate loyalties, aspirations, and identity. Further, ‘absorption’ is more passive than ‘performance,’ and the latter seems more comprehensive of faith and practice. Critics of narrative theology have rightly challenged the limitations of the metaphor of indwelling a text.” (Page 14)

“Our identity is preeminently shaped by the role that we play in the drama of redemption (‘the age to come’ as it has dawned in Christ).” (Page 14)

“e nostalgia as well as the near-fatalistic embrace of the present and the future” (Page 13)

“Servant fulfills the law on behalf of his new humanity, rather than abolishing” (Page 33)

Product Details

• Title: Covenant and Eschatology: The Divine Drama
• Author: Michael Horton
• Edition: First edition
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 2002
• Logos Release Date: 2019
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Theology › Methodology--20th century; Covenant theology; Postmodernism › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 0664225012, 9780664225018
• Resource ID: LLS:CVNNTSCHTLGYDRM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:06:09Z

About Michael Horton

Michael Horton has taught apologetics and theology at Westminster Seminary California since 1998. In addition to his work at the Seminary, he is the president of White Horse Media, for which he co-hosts the White Horse Inn, a nationally syndicated, weekly radio talk-show exploring issues of Reformation theology in American Christianity. He is also the editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine. Before coming to WSC, Dr. Horton completed a Research Fellowship at Yale University Divinity School.

A member of various societies, including the American Academy of Religion and the Evangelical Theological Society, Dr. Horton is the author/editor of 20 books, including a series of studies in Reformed dogmatics, whose final volume (People and Place: A Covenant Ecclesiology) was published in 2008. In addition to the popular Putting Amazing Back Into Grace, Dr. Horton’s latest books are Covenant and Salvation: Union with Christ, Lord and Servant: A Covenant Christology, and A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship. He has written articles for Modern Reformation, Pro Ecclesia, Christianity Today, The International Journal of Systematic Theology, Touchstone, and Books and Culture. Dr. Horton is a minister in the United Reformed Churches in North America. He has served two churches in Southern California. He resides in Escondido, California, with his wife, Lisa, and their four children.