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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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Sage Publ.
2004
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Theology today
Έτος: 2004, Τόμος: 61, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 322-333 |
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| Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Μη ηλεκτρονικά
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| Σύνοψη: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360406100304 |