The new testament and the theology of trust : 'this rich trust' / Teresa Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Teresa (Teresa M.), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Trust--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Trust.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2022

Summary:

This study argues for the recovery of trust as a central theme in Christian theology, and offers the first theology of trust in the New Testament, displaying trust between God, Christ, and humanity as a risky, dynamic, forward-looking, life-changing partnership.

Contents:

The New Testament and the Theology of Trust: 'This Rich Trust' 1: 'Trust is the foundation of things hoped for': The New Testament and the Study of Trust 2: 'The one who calls you is trustworthy': The Pistis of God 3: 'So we preach and so you believed': Pistis between God, the Risen and Exalted Christ, and the Faithful 4: 'The righteousness of God has been revealed . . . through the pistis of Jesus Christ, for all who trust': Trust and Atonement 5: 'Because you have seen me, you have trusted': The Trustworthiness of Jesus Christ in his Earthly Life 6: 'Your trust has saved you': Coming to Trust 7: 'Guard this rich trust': The Entrustedness of the Faithful 8: 'This saying is trustworthy': Propositional Trust in the Divine‒Human Relationship 9: 'I trusted, therefore I spoke': Concluding Reflections

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-267569-9

0-19-194994-9

0-19-267568-0