Evolving Grace - The Spiritual History of a Christian Doctrine

By retrieving and exploring the life and thought of groundbreaking theologians from the Patristic era to contemporary times, this book unveils and describes the unique and original inner dynamism and creativity operative in western Christianity with respect to the experience and reality of grace.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I: Patristic Foundations
Chapter 1: Irenaeus of Lyons
Chapter 2: Augustine of Hippo
Part II: Medieval Structures
Chapter 3: Bernard of Clairvaux
Chapter 4: Bonaventure
Chapter 5: Thomas Aquinas
Part III: Modern Renovations
Chapter 6: Martin Luther
Chapter 7: John Calvin
Chapter 8: Ignatius of Loyola
Chapter 9: Teresa of Avila
Chapter 10: Council of Trent
Part IV: Contemporary De- and Reconstructions
Chapter 11: Karl Barth
Chapter 12: Karl Rahner
Chapter 13: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Chapter 14: Hans Urs von Balthasar
Conclusion

About the author

Jean-Pierre Fortin is associate professor of practical theology and director of field education and pastoral formation at the Regis St. Michael's Faculty of Theology in Toronto, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Pierre Fortin
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781978700185
• ISBN: 978-1-978700-18-5
• No. of pages: 402
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Spirituality, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Spirituality & religious experience, History of Religion, Christian spirituality & religious experience