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Schelling's Naturalism: Motion, Space and the Volition of Thought by Ben Woodard (review)

Schelling's Naturalism: Motion, Space and the Volition of Thought by Ben Woodard (review) 90 American Journal of Theology and Philosophy on the other. But even his figures for Christian Orthodoxy were never happy with such a division. Augustine’s own wrestlings with the merits of pagan virtue and true virtue suggest a more complex relationship between God’s grace and human action. As Nelson himself noted, Locke’s own theological views were multifaceted and at times at odds with each other. We can welcome the claims that political theory may be entering a post- Rawlsian moment. But theology may already be beyond the limits of Rawlsian discourse of political liberalism. The questions for many theologians today that are relevant for squaring an unjust (because unequal) world with concepts of God arise from reflections about the relationship between production, power, and agency. This was certainly the case for Milton, Locke, and Augustine—all were involved in either regicide, revolution, intervening to prevent the death penalty, or freeing slaves. They worked out these arguments in political struggles that shaped and formed their positions on whether a theodicy is possible. Theologians and philosophers will want to read Nelson’s book for its fine- grained and powerful argument. But theologians may leave with more questions about Nelson’s sense of “Christian Orthodoxy,” http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Theology & Philosophy University of Illinois Press

Schelling's Naturalism: Motion, Space and the Volition of Thought by Ben Woodard (review)

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90 American Journal of Theology and Philosophy on the other. But even his figures for Christian Orthodoxy were never happy with such a division. Augustine’s own wrestlings with the merits of pagan virtue and true virtue suggest a more complex relationship between God’s grace and human action. As Nelson himself noted, Locke’s own theological views were multifaceted and at times at odds with each other. We can welcome the claims that political theory may be entering a post- Rawlsian moment. But theology may already be beyond the limits of Rawlsian discourse of political liberalism. The questions for many theologians today that are relevant for squaring an unjust (because unequal) world with concepts of God arise from reflections about the relationship between production, power, and agency. This was certainly the case for Milton, Locke, and Augustine—all were involved in either regicide, revolution, intervening to prevent the death penalty, or freeing slaves. They worked out these arguments in political struggles that shaped and formed their positions on whether a theodicy is possible. Theologians and philosophers will want to read Nelson’s book for its fine- grained and powerful argument. But theologians may leave with more questions about Nelson’s sense of “Christian Orthodoxy,”

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American Journal of Theology & Philosophy – University of Illinois Press

Published: Apr 15, 2022

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