Hallowed be thy name
Subtitle: the sanctification of all in the soteriology of P.T. Forsyth
By: by Jason Goroncy
Series: T & T Clark studies in systematic theology -- 20; T & T Clark studies in systematic theology -- 20.
Publisher: T & T Clark
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780567066824; 9780567174390; 9780567402530
Subjects: Soteriologie; Sanctification; Universalism; Criticism, interpretation; Salvation; Lord's prayer; Christianity
Description: This book fills a noticeable gap in Forsyth studies. It provides readers interested in the thought of Forsyth with a way of reading and critiquing his corpus, and that in a way that takes due account of, and elucidates, the theological, philosophical and historical locale of his thought. Goroncy explores whether the notion of 'hallowing' provides a profitable lens through which to read and evaluate Forsyth's soteriology. He suggests that the hallowing of God's name is, for Forsyth, the way whereby God both justifies himself and claims creation for divine service. This book proposes that reading Forsyth's corpus as essentially an exposition of the first petition of the Lord's Prayer is an invitation to better comprehend not only his soteriology but also, by extension, his broader theological vision and interests.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: Coming into focus : Finding lenses ; Serviceableness and circumscription ; Past receptions ; Forsyth as 'Theologian of the cross' : Per Crucem ad Lucem; title: The moral is the real : Location, landscape, appropriation ; Location ; Landscape ; Appropriation; title: Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven ; 'Thy kingdom come' ; Holiness incarnate ; Christ the hallower ; Christ as obedient : 'To obey is better than sacrifice' ; The cruciality of the cross : The self-recovery of holiness; title: Hallowed be they name : Holiness' self-recovery in the human conscience ; Recovering Forsyth's vision of humanity ; Forsyth on the human conscience : Moral centre, consanguinity and sphere of redemption ; Forsyth on the 'new' conscience; title: the conquering and sanctification of humanity's moral centre; title: Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory. Amen ; For the sins of the world : 'So that by the Grace of God He Might Taste Death for Everyone' ; Revising election ; Pareschatology and the hope of hallowed life ; Soteriological universalism qualified ; Problems with Forsyth's qualifications ; The self-realization, or the frustration, of holiness? ; Amen; title: holiness, 'the last reality'; title: By way of conclusion : Heaven's laughter.