John Webster

Jordan Senner captures the systematic shape, logic, and development of his thought from the vantage point of the God-creature relation. Websters development is depicted in terms of three phases Christocentric, Trinitarian, and Theocentric culminating in a conceptual analysis of three key aspects of his mature theology: his doctrine of divine perfection, theory of mixed relations, and concept of dual causality. Senner illustrates this heuristic framework for interpreting Websters theology through an exploration of different aspects of his account of the God-creature relation: Christology (hypostatic relation), ecclesiology (redemptive relation), bibliology (communicative relation), and theological theology (rational relation). This volume not only provides a dynamic introduction to Websters theology as a whole, but it also includes fascinating forays into the complexities of Websters engagement with Barth and Aquinas, raising interesting questions for constructive theological dialogue that is neither straightforwardly Protestant nor Catholic.