Inward baptism: the theological origins of evangelicalism
"Conversion" in late Medieval Christianity -- Luther insists on faith -- Can one turn to one's outward baptism for assurance of salvation? : the Colloquy at Montbéliard -- The "conscience religion" of William Perkins -- Grace resolved into morality? -- The outbreak of evange...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Evangelical movement
/ Theology
/ History
B Inwardness / Relationship to God / Certitude of faith / Evangelical movement / History B Mömpelgarder Religionsgespräch (1586 : Montbéliard) / Baptism / Conversion / Controversy / Lutheran Church / Reception |
| IxTheo Classification: | CA Christianity FA Theology |
| Further subjects: | B
Protestant Churches
Doctrines
History
B Evangelical Revival B Theology, Doctrinal History Modern period, 1500- B Evangelicalism History |
| Summary: | "Conversion" in late Medieval Christianity -- Luther insists on faith -- Can one turn to one's outward baptism for assurance of salvation? : the Colloquy at Montbéliard -- The "conscience religion" of William Perkins -- Grace resolved into morality? -- The outbreak of evangelicalism. "Inward Baptism describes theological developments leading up to the great evangelical revivals in the mid-eighteenth century. It argues that Luther's insistence that a participant's faith was essential to a sacrament's efficacy would inevitably lead to the insistence on an immediate, perceptible communication from the Holy Spirit, what evangelicals continue to call the "new birth." A description of "conversion" through the sacrament of penance in late medieval western Christianity leads to an exploration of Luther's critique of that system, to the willingness of Reformed theologians to follow Luther's logic to an emphasis on "inward" rather than "outward" baptism, to William Perkins's development of a conscience religion, to late seventeenth-century efforts to understand religion chiefly as morality, and finally to the theological rationale for the new birth from George Whitefield, John Wesley, and Jonathan Edwards. If the average Christian around the year 1500 encountered God primarily through sacraments presided over by priests, an evangelical Christian around 1750 received God directly into her heart without the need for clerical mediation, and she would be conscious of God's presence there"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0197511473 |