Self and Salvation - Being Transformed

Klappentext An important and original theological and philosophical study of the ideas of self and Christian salvation. Zusammenfassung This eagerly awaited book from David F. Ford makes a unique and important contribution to the debate about the Christian doctrine of salvation. Professor Ford offers an account of salvation immersed in Christian faith! thought and practice while also being deeply involved with modern life in a pluralist world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Dialogues: Levinas, Jüngel, Ricoeur: 1. Facing; 2. Enjoyment, responsibility and desire: a hospitable self; 3. God, otherness and substitution; a self without idols; 4. Language, love and testimony: a worshipping self; Part II. Flourishings: 5. The communication of God's abundance: a singing self; 6. Do this: a Eucharist self; 7. Facing Jesus Christ; 8. The face on the cross and the worship of God; 9. Love as vocation; Thérèse of Lisieux; 10. Polyphonic living: Dietrich Bonhoeffer; 11. Feasting; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Ford David F., David F. Ford, David F. (University of Cambridge) Ford
• Assisted by: Daniel W. Hardy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.03.1999
• EAN: 9780521416078
• ISBN: 978-0-521-41607-8
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Christian
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity