Justification in perspective
Subtitle: historical developments and contemporary challenges
By: Bruce L. McCormack, editor.
Contributors: McCormack, Bruce L.
Publisher: Baker Academic; Rutherford House
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780801031311
Subjects: Justification (Christian theology) -- History of doctrines.
Description: This important collection draws together diverse voices, committed to an irenic engagement, to explore the historical development and contemporary understandings of the Protestant doctrine of justification. Justification in Perspective assesses major contributions of the Christian tradition to the subject. This volume constitutes a progress report on the state of the Protestant doctrine of justification in the midst of challenge and change and serves as a way station to greater understanding and resolution. Contributors include Mark Bonnington, Nick Needham, David F. Wright, Carl Trueman, Karla Wubbenhorst, Anthony N.S. Lane, A.T.B. McGowan, Bruce L. McCormack, Henri A. Blocher, Simon Gathercole, and N.T. Wright. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Edinburgh dogmatics conference sermon / Mark Bonnington; title: Justification in the early Church Fathers / Nick Needham; title: Justification in Augustine / David F. Wright; title: Simul peccator et justus: Martin Luther and justification / Carl Trueman; title: Calvin's doctrine of justification: variations on a Lutheran theme / Karla Wubbenhorst; title: A tale of two imperial cities: justification at Regensburg (1541) and Trent (1546-1547) / Anthony N.S. Lane; title: Justification and the ordo salutis / A.T.B. McGowan; title: Justitia aliena: Karl Barth in conversation with the evangelical doctrine of imputed righteousness / Bruce L. McCormack; title: The Lutheran-Catholic Declaration on justification / Henri A. Blocher; title: The doctrine of justification in Paul and beyond: some proposals / Simon Gathercole; title: New perspectives on Paul / N.T. Wright.