What Is Important about the Doctrine of Creation | Murray Rae
Lecture Title - Creation by the Triune God: Colin Gunton’s Doctrine of Creation Among the prominent features of Colin’s Gunton’s extensive writing about the Christian doctrine of creation, three are of seminal importance. These are: first, that the Christian doctrine of creation is an article of the creed, second, that God creates out of nothing, and third, that creation is the work of the triune God, Father, Son and Spirit. This paper explores the reasons for Gunton’s insistence on these three features of the doctrine of creation and discuss their importance in rendering the world accessible to scientific enquiry. Murray A. Rae (PhD Kings College, London) is Professor of Theology at the University of Otago. He is author of Christian Theology: The Basics (Routledge, 2015) and Architecture and Theology: The Art of Place (Baylor University Press, 2017). He is also co-editor of the T&T Clark Handbook of Colin Gunton (T&T Clark, 2021). The Henry Center for Theological Understanding provides theological resources that help bridge the gap between the academy and the church. It houses a cluster of initiatives, each of which is aimed at applying practical Christian wisdom to important kingdom issues—for the good of the church, for the soul of the theological academy, for the sake of the world, and ultimately for the glory of God. The HCTU seeks to ground each of these initiatives in Scripture, and it pursues these goals collaboratively, in order to train a new generation of wise interpreters of the Word—lay persons and scholars alike—for the sake of tomorrow’s church, academy, and world. Visit the HCTU website: https://henrycenter.tiu.edu/ Subscribe to the HCTU Newsletter: https://bit.ly/326pRL5 Watch the HCTU on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HenryCenter Connect with us! https://twitter.com/henry_center https://www.facebook.com/henrycenter/ https://www.instagram.com/thehenrycenter/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehenrycenter