Baptizing Theosis: Sketching an Evangelical Account
This essay explores some of the dogmatic challenges involved in developing a distinctively evangelical account of the doctrine of theosis, that is, humanity’s participation in the life of God. After offering some preliminary clarifications regarding the terminology of theosis, the paper sketches in...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Perichoresis
Année: 2020, Volume: 18, Numéro: 1, Pages: 99-115 |
| Classifications IxTheo: | HA Bible KDG Église libre NBK Sotériologie NBP Sacrements |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Activism
B crucicentrism B Evangelical B Theosis B Biblicism B conversionism |
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| Résumé: | This essay explores some of the dogmatic challenges involved in developing a distinctively evangelical account of the doctrine of theosis, that is, humanity’s participation in the life of God. After offering some preliminary clarifications regarding the terminology of theosis, the paper sketches in broad strokes how an account of theosis might take shape within the structures of evangelical theology. David Bebbington’s famous evangelical quadrilateral— biblicism, crucicentrism, conversionism, and activism—serves as the basic framework (Bebbington 1989: 1-19). It will be argued that evangelical theology can accommodate a version of theosis within this structure, but that evangelicals’ understanding of these categories may require some ‘flexing’ in order to make room for a more Christocentric and participatory conceptualization of redemption, one that culminates in the beatific vision of the redeemed when ‘God will be all in all’ (1 Cor 15:28). The final section of the paper points to a pair of important figures who may serve as resources for an evangelical retrieval of theosis. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-7308 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Perichoresis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/perc-2020-0006 |
