Salvation as Communion: Partakers of the Divine Nature

Salvation is often defined primarily by the conditions it overcomes, by what it is not. The radical, traditional Christian hope that, in redemption, we may become sharers in the divine nature challenges us to exercise a more positive, creative imagination about salvation. Communion, as the distincti...

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Published in:Theology today
Main Author: Heim, S. Mark 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2004
In: Theology today
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Summary:Salvation is often defined primarily by the conditions it overcomes, by what it is not. The radical, traditional Christian hope that, in redemption, we may become sharers in the divine nature challenges us to exercise a more positive, creative imagination about salvation. Communion, as the distinctively trinitarian quality of Christian hope, distinguishes salvation as a particular aim among other possibilities and helps us appreciate the true breadth of salvation, the vast extent of variety and difference it encompasses, and the coherence of the life of the church with this end.
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/004057360406100304