Being in Action

Being in Action by Paul T Nimmo

This book investigates the way in which the 'actualistic ontology' - i.e., the fact that God and human agents are beings-in-act in a covenant relationship - that underlies the Church Dogmatics of Karl Barth affects his conception of ethical agency. It analyses this effect along three paths of inquiry: knowing what is right (the noetic dimension), doing what is right (the ontic dimension), and achieving what is right (the telic dimension). The first section of the book explores the discipline of theological ethics as Barth construes it, both in its theoretical status and in its actual practice. In the second section, the ontological import of ethical agency for Barth is considered in relation to the divine action and the divine command. The final section of the book examines the teleological purpose envisaged in this theological ethics in terms of participation, witness, and glorification. At each stage of the book, the strong interconnectedness of theological ethics and actualistic ontology in the Church Dogmatics is drawn out. The resultant appreciation of the actualistic dimension which underlies the theological ethics of Karl Barth feeds into a fruitful engagement with a variety of critiques of Barth's conception of ethical agency. It is demonstrated that resources can be found within this actualistic ontology to answer some of the diverse criticisms, and that attempts to revise Barth's theological ethics at the margins would have catastrophic and irreversible consequences for his whole theological project.

'It is no exaggeration to say that, with this work, MrNimmo has already established himself at the front-ranks of researchers in the theology of Karl Barth.' ~ Bruce McCormack, Princeton Theological Seminary -- Bruce McCormack, Princeton Theological Seminary
Review in Theological Book Review, Volume 20, No 2, 2008
"A welcome contribution to the developing literature on Barth's ethics." Journal of Reformed Theology, 2008.

Dr Paul T Nimmo is Research Assistant at the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Cambridge and a Research Associate of Corpus Christi College, having previously engaged in theological study in Edinburgh, Princeton, and Tubingen.

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ISBN 13	9780567031495
ISBN 10	0567031497
Title	Being in Action
Author	Paul T Nimmo
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2007-02-15
Number of pages	224
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