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THEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS12/9/2010. By Rebecca Marie Jones
MY THEOLOGY• My starting point is,
and has been since my Position Paper, God as Creator.
PAPER #1: CREATION & SIMPLICTY
First Paper = a contrast and comparison between my starting point and Aquinas’ and how the different starting points enter into conversation as the two theologies continue to develop.
PAPER #2: EVIL
Second Paper = a discussion of how the existence of evil plays into Aquinas’ theology and transforms my own.
PAPER #3: GOD, CREATION, RELATIONSHIP
Research Question: How does the fundamental idea of God as Creator effect the way relationship between Creator and creation is understood in my theology?
SOURCES
Steven Bouma-Prediger’s “Creation As the Home of God: The Doctrine of Creation in the Theology of Juergen Moltmann.”
Panenthiesm and Ecological Christianity
SOURCES
Jack C Carloye “The Existence of God and the Creation of the Universe.”
What does it mean for God to “exist”?
What is the purpose of Creation?
SOURCES
Jonathan R. Cohen “In God’s Garden: Creation and Cloning”
Can humans create? How does
technology fit into religious ideas about creation?
How can human creativity effect God’s creativity?
SOURCES Steven A. Rogers “The
Parent—Child Relationship as an Archetype for Relationship Between God and Humanity in Genesis”
Incorporation of Biblical texts
Does God’s relationship with humanity grow and evolve?
CONVERSATION WITH AQUINAS
Is God Unchangeable? Is God in relationship with humanity and
creation?
CONVERSATION WITH AQUINAS
Is God Unchangeable?
Aquinas: Yes. Rebecca: No. Rogers: No. Bouma-Prediger: No Cohen: No Importance? Change
seems to be a necessary function of God the Creator
CONVERSATION WITH AQUINAS
God as Relational Rebecca: Agreed. Cohen: Agreed. Bouma-Prediger:
Agreed. Rogers: Agreed. Difference? I don’t
believe in a Triune God, so God’s relations must be outside Godself
CONVERSATION WITH AQUINAS
God in Real Relationship with World?
Aquinas: No. Rebecca: Yes. Carloye: Yes. Rogers: Yes. Bouma-Prediger: Yes Purpose of humanity
