Gunton Doctrine Of Creation Case Study

DOCTRINE OF CREATION AND ECOLOGICAL PRAXIS IN THE THEOLOGY OF COLIN GUNTON
2.1 Introduction
In the previous chapter we saw that the doctrine of creation and human responsibility for the environment are two categories that must go hand-in-hand. This chapter seeks to expound Gunton's doctrine of creation and its implications for human responsibility towards the environment. In relation to that, this chapter first explains Gunton as an evangelical theologian, his departure from the traditional classical theism, leading to his theological framework, and then, on Gunton’s particular doctrine of creation which is based on a purposive Trinitarian ontology. Finally, the ethical implications of this theological position, especially for ecological praxis,
He therefore use scripture as a source of theology. He attempts to reclaim the scriptural portrayal of God, the Trinitarian God. Gunton has a healthy respect for the Church. Church and the teaching of Christian tradition are another important sources for Gunton, in constructing his theology. He studies and analyses the theologies of church fathers like Augustine, Irenaeus, the Cappadocian fathers, and examines them to understand how the present Church comes to be where it is and construes his theology. Although Gunton is against what modern reasoning does to theology, he is not against reason and the use of the mind in theology. Therefore, in his theology, there is a place for reason to develop theology, but for Gunton, a true understanding of God will only happen through a mind that connects with Jesus Christ. It can, therefore, be concluded that Colin Gunton is an evangelical theologian. His theological enterprise is based on a gospel-centred understanding of the Trinitarian God’s active relation to temporal creation. As an evangelical theologian, his concern is for the understanding of God as a Triune creator and the way God relates with the world and the ethical
For him, it is the Trinitarian theology which attempts to identify God who relates and involves with his creation in the way he does, so that humans are enabled to see God's nature as much as he reveals. In his Trinitarian theology, Gunton is consistent in his concern over ontology, in particular, the true divine personhood in relation, and the divine action, and how the doctrine of God relates to creation and human responsibility to creation. However, Gunton's theological system holds Trinitarian theology, Christology, Pneumatology together with open transcendental system. The rest of this section is related to the exploration of this