Natural Law and the Nature of Grace: A Reformation Approach to the Question of the Unevangelized
The Lutheran theologian George Lindbeck claims that a Reformation approach to the question regarding the fate of the unevangelized is related to the scriptural principle of salvation by faith alone and faith by hearing (Rom. 10:17). He therefore recommends a prospective fides ex auditu option whereb...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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International journal of systematic theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 472-494 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit NBK Soteriology RH Evangelization; Christian media |
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| Summary: | The Lutheran theologian George Lindbeck claims that a Reformation approach to the question regarding the fate of the unevangelized is related to the scriptural principle of salvation by faith alone and faith by hearing (Rom. 10:17). He therefore recommends a prospective fides ex auditu option whereby every person is confronted by the gospel at the moment of death. Yet his alternative solution fails to account for how the cultural-linguistic self-identity of a non-Christian prepares them for a future encounter with the gospel of Christ. This article seeks to contribute towards filling this theological gap in Lindbeck's theory through a systematic argument for understanding 'preparation for the gospel' as a gracious action by the Holy Spirit through the natural law rather than as elements of truth and goodness in other religions. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2400 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of systematic theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/ijst.12335 |