Christian Theologies of Salvation : A Comparative Introduction / Justin S. Holcomb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holcomb, Justin S., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salvation--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Salvation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The ways in which pivotal spiritual figures have attempted to address the complex and various theories of salvation Salvation – redemption or deliverance from sin – has been a key focus of Christian theology since the first days of the church. Theologians from St. Augustine to Karl Barth have debated the finer points of salvation for nearly as long, offering a bewildering array of competing and often contradictory theories. Christian Theologies of Salvation explores the ways in which pivotal theological figures have attempted to answer these questions, tracing doctrines of salvation from the first century into the twenty-first century. Each chapter focuses on a different major theologian, first presenting the theologian’s doctrine of salvation, then highlighting how the doctrine makes a distinct contribution to the church’s overall dogma. The volume offers a comparative focus, including doctrines of salvation that reflect the historical development of Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant views. By illuminating the ways in which doctrines of salvation have evolved over the church’s history, Justin Holcomb takes us across the teachings of Origin and Augustine, John Calvin and Martin Luther, and eventually to the more modern theologies of Karl Barth and Gustavo Gutiérrez. A much-needed map to the options and implications of different theologies of salvation, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of Christian thought.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction. Mapping theologies of salvation

1. Patristic theologies of salvation: an introduction

2. Origen of Alexandria

3. Irenaeus of Lyons

4. Saint Augustine

5. Athanasius

6. The Cappadocians

7. Theologies of salvation in the middle ages: an introduction

8. Anselm of Canterbury

9. Saint Thomas Aquinas

10. Julian of Norwich

11. Theologies of salvation in the reformation and counter- reformation: an introduction

12. Martin Luther

13. John Calvin

14. The catholic reform

15. Theologies of salvation from the eighteenth to twenty- first centuries: an introduction

16. John Wesley

17. Friedrich Schleiermacher’s theology of salvation

18. Karl Barth

19. Hans urs von Balthasar and Karl Rahner

20. Gustavo Gutiérrez

About the contributors

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780814760642

0814760643

9780814770993

0814770991

OCLC:

1132221326