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| 100 | 1 | _aVolpe, Medi Ann. | |
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_aRethinking Christian Identity _h[electronic resource] : _bDoctrine and Discipleship. |
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_aHoboken : _bWiley, _c2012. |
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| 300 | _a1 online resource (277 p.) | ||
| 490 | 1 | _aChallenges in Contemporary Theology. | |
| 500 | _aDescription based upon print version of record. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aTitle page; Copyright page; Contents; Giving Thanks; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: Between the Postliberal and the Postmodern; Postliberal or Postmodern? George Lindbeck's The Nature of Doctrine; Postliberalism as Theological Style; Theories of Culture I: The Critique of Postliberalism; Theories of Culture II: Constructing Christian Identity; Habitus and Agency: Tanner and Bourdieu; On Tradition and the Practice of Christian Doctrine: Tanner and MacIntyre; Conclusion; 2: Stories of Identity; The Habits of Christian Selfhood: Taking Time and Making Sense. | |
| 505 | 8 | _aMaking Sense and the Development of Christian IdentityChristian Subjectivity and the Desire for God: Williams and Frantz Fanon; On Christian Habitus: Williams and Talal Asad; "Making Sense" and Christian Self-Identity: Williams and Judith Butler; Stories of the Past; Reading the Present: The Conversation with the Secular; Lessons from the Archbishop; 3: "It is no longer I who live"; What Makes Theology Postmodern?; Milbank's Account of Christian Life: The Ontology of Peace and Active Reception; The ontology of peace; Participation; Active reception. | |
| 505 | 8 | _aActive Reception and the Problem of Sin: Milbank's Reading of Gregory of NyssaSin and salvation; Milbank contra Gregory on the Christian Life; Conclusion: Turning to Gregory of Nyssa; 4: The Body's Reason; Why Do I Speak of the Soul?; The Apathetic Soul: Mirror of the Divine; Created in the image of God; Gregory and Macrina on the Soul; On the nature of the soul: The body's reason; "Broken cisterns that can hold no water": The problem of the passions; The upward call of God; The "Manly Virgin": Gregory's Portrayal of the Apathetic Soul; Macrina as example; Macrina's apathetic soul. | |
| 505 | 8 | _aConclusion: The Mirror of Desire5: The Nature of Doctrine Revisited; Doctrine and the Christian Life: Gregory's Catechetical Oration; The foundation of doctrine: Knowing God; The doctrine of salvation and the purification of the soul; The knowledge of God: Gregory on language and imagination; Doctrine, Desire and the Formation of Christians: Gregory's Commentary on the Song of Songs; "Stretching out to what lies before": Doctrine and perception; "We mold within ourselves a honeycomb": Doctrine and virtue; "This law written in the heart": Doctrine, memory, and desire; Conclusion. | |
| 505 | 8 | _a6: Doctrine, Discipleship, and Christian IdentityOn the Road: Excursus on Acts 14:22; Rethinking Christian Identity: An Old Idea in a New Place; Formation; Sin; Doctrine; The saints; Receiving the identity of Jesus, or, holiness is in the struggle; Bibliography; Premodern Sources; Augustine; Aquinas; Gregory of Nyssa; Index. | |
| 520 | _aRecent decades have seen major shifts in our understanding of Christian identity. This timely book explores contemporary theological theory in asking what makes a Christian in the twenty-first century. Engages with developments in contemporary theological thought, assessing the work of leading figures Rowan Williams, John Milbank, and Kathryn TannerChallenges accepted ideas of Christian identity by revealing largely unexplored perspectives on how sin affects its formationContributes to vexed debates about Christian identity at a time when Christianity is expanding in some regions, yet in decl. | ||
| 538 | _aAvailable electronically via the Internet. | ||
| 653 | _aChristianity - 21st century. | ||
| 653 | _aChristianity -- 21st century. | ||
| 653 | _aIdentification (Religion). | ||
| 653 | _aIdentification (Religion). | ||
| 655 | 0 | _aElectronic books. | |
| 730 | 0 | _aEBL e-books. | |
| 830 | 0 | _aChallenges in Contemporary Theology. | |
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