After Merit John Calvin's Theology of Works and Rewards
After Merit: John Calvin's Theology of Works and Rewards

***Angaben zur beteiligten Person II: Charles Raith II, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy and Director of the Paradosis Center for Theology and Scripture at the John Brown University in Siloam Springs, USA.

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1. Verfasser: Raith, Charles II (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Frank, Günter 1956- (HerausgeberIn), Gordon, Bruce (HerausgeberIn), Lamberigts, Mathijs (HerausgeberIn), Lotz-Heumann, Ute (HerausgeberIn), Mahlmann-Bauer, Barbara (HerausgeberIn), Rasmussen, Tarald (HerausgeberIn), Schilling, Johannes (HerausgeberIn), Tóth, Zsombor (HerausgeberIn), Wassilowsky, Günther (HerausgeberIn), Westphal, Siegrid (HerausgeberIn), Whitford, David M. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Göttingen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2016
Ausgabe:1. Aufl
Schriftenreihe:Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS)
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Calvin, Jean > 1509-1564
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Gute Werke
Verdienst > Ethik
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Zusammenfassung:***Angaben zur beteiligten Person II: Charles Raith II, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy and Director of the Paradosis Center for Theology and Scripture at the John Brown University in Siloam Springs, USA.
In this study Charles Raith II fills a gap in Reformation-era scholarship by analyzing Calvin's teaching on works and reward in light of medieval theological developments surrounding the doctrine of merit. While significant analysis has been given to Calvin's doctrine of justification, its relation to sanctification, the notion of union with Christ, and the role of participation, there is as yet no sustained analysis of how these teachings are shaped by the most hostile and pervasive of his polemics, namely, his confrontation with a merit-based framework for understanding Christian salvation. This volume, however, interprets Calvin's own theological constructions as contextually determined by the reigning polemics of his day. In addition, previous scholarship on these topics has largely failed to properly contextualize Calvin's own thought against the background of scholastic theological developments-developments that Calvin both accepts and rejects in the formulation of his own theology. After Merit addresses these gaps by (1) analyzing Calvin's tracts, scriptural commentaries and Institutes to demonstrate Calvin's unique distain for the doctrine of merit among the early Reformers and the pervasiveness of this polemic within his theological program; (2) reviewing the scholastic developments surrounding the doctrine of merit from the High to Late Middle Ages as background to Calvin's thought; (3) highlighting Calvin's principle problems with the doctrine of merit: the competitive-causal schema between divine and human causality, merit as a basis for justification, and good works as "deserving" of reward; and (4) unpacking Calvin's theology of justification, sanctification, the worth of works, and the role of works in salvation as an alternative to the "opponents" doctrine of merit. The volume concludes by reflecting on the reception of Calvin's theology of works and reward in later Reformed thought
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (190 Seiten) 155 x 232 mm
DOI:10.13109/9783666552489

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