Responsive Becoming: Moral Formation in Theological, Evolutionary, - and Developmental Perspectiv

This volume offers an interdisciplinary study of Reformed sanctification and human development, providing the foundation for a constructive account of Christian moral formation that is attentive both to divine grace and to the significance of natural, embodied processes. Angela Carpenter''s argument also addresses the impressions that such theologies give; namely either solitude in the face of adversity, or sheer passivity. Through careful examination of the doctrine of sanctification in three Reformed theologians - John Calvin, John Owen and Horace Bushnell-Carpenter argues that human responsiveness in the context of fellowship with the triune God provides a basic framework for a theological account of moral transformation. Her relational approach brings together divine and human agency in a dynamic process where both are indispensable. Supplying an account of moral formation located within Christian salvation, while also being attentive to embodied human nature and the sciences, this book is vital to all those interested in spiritual formation and the human capacity for love.>

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Calvin and the Sanctification of the Child
2. John Owen and the Pelagian Threat
3. Horace Bushnell on Nurture as a Means of Grace
4. Human Evolution, Cooperation, and Affect
5. Children's Moral Development in Human Perspective
6. Sanctification Revisited
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Angela Carpenter is Assistant Professor of Religion at Hope College, USA.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Angela Carpenter, Angela (Hope College Carpenter, Assistant Professor Angela Carpenter, Assistant Professor Angela (Hope Colleg Carpenter, Assistant Professor Angela (Hope College Carpenter, Carpenter Angela
• Con la collaborazione di: Brian Brock (Editore), Susan F. Parsons (Editore)
• Editore: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780567685964
• ISBN: 978-0-567-68596-4
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics; T&t Clark Enquiries in Theolog; T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics; T&t Clark Enquiries in Theolog
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo