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The freedom to become a christian : a Kierkegaardian account of human transformation in relationship with God /
"The Kierkegaardian account of becoming a Christian has come to be perceived in radically egocentric terms. Torrance challenges this perception by demonstrating that Kierkegaard was devoted to the idea of Christian conversion as a transformative process of becoming. This process is grounded in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury T & T Clark,
2016.
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| Colección: | T & T Clark theology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FC ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; I. Listening to Kierkegaard Alongside His Pseudonyms ; a. Kierkegaard and Climacus; b. Kierkegaard and Anti-Climacus; Chapter 1. The Communication of the Christian Truth ; I. Can the Truth be Learned?; II. The Relationship Between Subjectivity and Objectivity; III. The Revelation of Sin; a. Despair; b. The Infinite Qualitative Difference and Sin-consciousness; IV. Being in the Truth; V. Passion in Kierkegaard's Thought; a. The Passion of Thought; b. Passionate Responsibility.
- C. The Passion of FaithVI. Conclusion; Chapter 2. The Possibility of Reconciliation ; I. The Tale of the King and the Maiden; II. Drawing Another to Oneself; III. The Possibility of Reciprocity; IV. The Possibility of Offence; V. Encountering God in Time; VI. Conclusion; Chapter 3. The Orientation of a Life Lived in Relationship with God ; I. The Religious Category of Existence; II. Søren Kierkegaard's Christian Realism; III. Immanent Religiousness and Christianity; IV. Sin-consciousness and Guilt-consciousness; V. Repentance; VI. Conclusion.
- Chapter 4. Christian Practice in Relationship with God I. Following Scripture Faithfully; a. Reading a Letter from a Beloved; b. The Perspicuity of Scripture; c. The Uncertainty of Scripture; II. The Single Individual; III. Christ is the Way; a. Following Christ; b. Following Christ Voluntarily; c. Christ as Prototype and Redeemer; IV. Becoming a Christian in the World ; V. Conclusion; Chapter 5. The Freedom to Become a Christian in Relationship with God ; I. Approaching Christianity; II. The Passionate Transition; a. Venturing the Leap; b. Preparing to Become a Christian?
- C. Relationship with 'the Paradox'III. Faith in the Presence of God; IV. The Choice to Become a Christian; a. The Freedom of the Individual to Relate to God; b. Willing Beliefs; c. Human Responsibility for Sin; d. Transforming the Will; V. The Freedom to Love; VI. Conclusion; Conclusion ; I. Kierkegaard's Low Pneumatology; II. Communion with the One Who Establishes Kinshipwith Us in Time ; III. What Does it Mean to Become a Christian? ; Bibliography ; Index.