A Theological and Contextual Exploration of James Torrance’s Covenant or Contract?
The covenant concept is a central theme original to the Bible and is generally defined as a formal commitment between two parties. James Torrance’s theological definition of a covenant is employed in this article to highlight two critical characteristics. It then explores Torrance’s claim of a legac...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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International journal of public theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 191-206 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Treaty of Waitangi B Reconciliation B James Torrance B covenant or contract B Covenant Theology |
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| Summary: | The covenant concept is a central theme original to the Bible and is generally defined as a formal commitment between two parties. James Torrance’s theological definition of a covenant is employed in this article to highlight two critical characteristics. It then explores Torrance’s claim of a legacy of confusion between a covenant and a contract in theology and discovers that this ambiguity is true of some historical and current scholarship. Torrance’s insights are applied to a contentious contextual example that has played out in New Zealand around the Treaty of Waitangi: the case is made for identifying how Torrance’s theological understanding of a covenant can lead into positive steps forward and thus contribute to a public theology. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-20241531 |