Acknowledgments
Series Introduction
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Theologia within the Divine Economy
2. "Preparation for the School of Grace": The Role of Natural
Theology
3. Incarnation in Context: Christology's Place in Theology
Proper
4. Theology and Metaphysics Revisited
5. "To whom Will You Compare Me?" Retrieving the (Right) Doctrine
of Analogy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index
Praise for God in Himself
About the Author
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Steven J. Duby (PhD, University of St Andrews) is associate professor of theology at Grand Canyon University. He is the author of Divine Simplicity: A Dogmatic Account.
"A seminal work and one of the most compelling restatements of the
classical Reformed doctrine of God provided in a generation. This
learned work engages with both the Thomistic and Barthian
theological legacies simultaneously, while also navigating core
challenges from Kantian and analytic philosophical traditions. God,
analogy, the immanent Trinity, and the incarnation are all
discussed with sophistication and judicious discernment. This book
can serve as a touchstone and exemplar for future projects in
Reformed Thomistic thought."
*Thomas Joseph White, Thomistic Institute, Angelicum, Rome*
"Steven Duby has written a lovely book! He writes with a pastor's
heart, showing with great insight the importance of God in himself
in the life of the disciple and for a pilgrim theology. We have
much to learn, following Duby's lead, from this neglected but
altogether crucial teaching."
*Christopher Holmes, associate professor of systematic theology and
head of the theology program, University of Otago*
"This is a magisterial book; every Christian theologian should read
it. With clarity and charity, Steven Duby cuts through the
misunderstandings that have grown up around the doctrine of God. By
the end of his book, the treasure of the God who reveals himself in
Jesus Christ is shining forth with renewed brilliance, and our
speech about him has been purified so as to be fully capable of
praise. Duby accomplishes all this by drawing on the patristic and
medieval traditions as received and engaged by Reformed thinkers,
in conjunction with a broad mastery of modern philosophy, biblical
exegesis, and theology. An amazing accomplishment!"
*Matthew Levering, James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of
Theology, Mundelein Seminary*
"Showing his characteristic depth, Duby articulates an insightful
and profound recovery of classical Christian theism for
constructive theology today. Keeping an eye on contemporary
instincts, Duby mines the tradition to clarify misunderstanding,
critique overreactions, and suggest ways to appropriate the wisdom
of our tradition. I highly recommend it!"
*Kyle Strobel, associate professor at Biola University, author of
Formed for the Glory of God*
"This rich and rewarding study demonstrates how the contemplation
of God himself, theologia, is not some idle speculation—a
distraction from the Christian life or descent into abstraction—but
is in fact a spiritual exercise that fuels our communion with God
and affirms the shocking nearness of God to us in Jesus Christ. God
in Himself is a courageously scriptural work of theology, for Steve
Duby dares to let Scripture lead where some have supposed that only
metaphysics will take us: to gaze upon the resplendently complete
life of the triune God."
*Kent Eilers, professor of theology, Huntington University*
"To know the only true God through Jesus Christ by the Spirit is
eternal life (John 17:3). With the combination of deep and reverent
scholarship that we have come to expect from him, Steve Duby seeks
to retrieve the supreme object of Christian theology—God in
himself—by rehabilitating topics like natural theology,
metaphysics, and analogy for the practice of Christian theology. In
doing so, Duby demonstrates how the proper coordination of these
topics contributes to the supreme end of Christian theology,
communion with the Holy Trinity. This is a masterful work of
biblical, historical, philosophical, and dogmatic theology by a
master theologian that deserves a wide readership."
*Scott R. Swain, president and James Woodrow Hassell Professor of
Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando*
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