The Redemptive Power of Law
Author | : Peter Gabel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2007-07 |
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ISBN | : 9780814731697 |
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Author | : Peter Gabel |
Publisher | : |
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Release | : 2007-07 |
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ISBN | : 9780814731697 |
Author | : Bart van Egmond |
Publisher | : Oxford Early Christian Studies |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2019-02-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0198834926 |
Augustine's Early Thought on the Redemptive Function of Divine Judgement considers the relationship between Augustine's account of God's judgement and his theology of grace in his early works. How does God use his law and the penal consequences of its transgression in the service of his grace, both personally and through his 'agents' on earth? Augustine reflected on this question from different perspectives. As a teacher and bishop, he thought about the nature of discipline and punishment in the education of his pupils, brothers, and congregants. As a polemicist against the Manichaeans and as a biblical expositor, he had to grapple with issues regarding God's relationship to evil in the world, the violence God displays in the Old Testament, and in the death of his own Son. Furthermore, Augustine meditated on the way God's judgment and grace related in his own life, both before and after his conversion. Bart van Egmond follows the development of Augustine's early thought on judgement and grace from the Cassiacum writings to the Confessions. The argument is contextualized both against the background of the earlier Christian tradition of reflection on the providential function of divine chastisement, and the tradition of psychagogy that Augustine inherited from a variety of rhetorical and philosophical sources. This study expertly contributes to the ongoing scholarly discussion on the development of Augustine's doctrine of grace, and to the conversation on the theological roots of his justification of coercion against the Donatists.
Author | : Thomas R. Schreiner |
Publisher | : Kregel Academic |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0825489636 |
This volume by Dr. Thomas R. Schreiner on the interplaybetween Christianity and biblical law is an excellent addition to the 40Questions & Answers series. Schreiner not only coherently answers the toughquestions that flow from a discussion about the Old Testament Levitical Law,but also writes clearly and engagingly for the student. The pastor, student,and layperson can easily understand Schreiner’s biblical theology of the Law.
Author | : George Critchlow |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2020-12-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1725278383 |
It is true that some people are very damaged. It is not true that they are all unsalvageable. The Lifer and the Lawyer raises questions about childhood trauma, religion, race, the purpose of punishment, and a criminal justice system that requires harmless old men to die in prison. It is a true story about Michael Anderson, an aging African American man who grew up poor and abused on Chicago's south side and became a violent and predatory criminal. Anderson has now spent the last forty-three years in prison as a result of a 1978 crime spree that took place in southeastern Washington. The book describes his spiritual and moral transformation in prison and challenges society's assumption that he was an irredeemable monster. It also tells the story of the author's evolving relationship with Anderson that began in 1979 when Critchlow, a young white lawyer from a privileged background, was appointed to defend Anderson on twenty-two violent felony charges. For Anderson, this is a story about overcoming childhood trauma and learning how to empathize and love through faith and self-knowledge. For Critchlow, the story also raises questions about how we become who we are--about race, culture, and opportunity. Finally, the book is a revealing commentary on our criminal justice system's obsession with life sentences.
Author | : Dan P. McAdams |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2005-11-10 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0198039301 |
Who are we as Americans? What is our deep identity? How do we make a good life? Renowned psychologist Dan P. McAdams suggests that the key to American identity lies in the stories we live by. And the most powerful life story in America today is the story of redemption. On a broad societal scale and in our own private lives, we want first and foremost to transform our suffering into a positive emotional state, to move from pain and peril to redemption. American identity is the redemptive self. Based on 10 years of research on the life stories of especially caring and productive American adults, The Redemptive Self explores the psychological and cultural dynamics of the stories Americans tell to make sense of who they are. Among the most eloquent tellers of redemptive stories are those midlife adults who are especially committed to their careers, their families, and making a positive difference in the world. These highly "generative" men and women embrace the negative things that happen to them, for it is by transforming the bad into good that they are able to move forward in life and ultimately leave something positive behind. Unconsciously, they find inspiration and sustenance in the rich store of redemptive tales that American culture offers - from the autobiographies of Massachusetts Puritans, Benjamin Franklin, and escaped African-American slaves to the stories of upward mobility, recovery, fulfillment, and release that come to us today from Hollywood, 12-step programs, self-help experts, religious stories, political speeches, business gurus, and Oprah. But can all American lives find redemption? Some people seem unable to make their lives into redemptive tales. Instead, their stories show contaminated plots and vicious cycles. Moreover, might there be a dark side to the redemptive stories Americans love? While these stories can sustain a productive and caring approach to life, they can also suggest a peculiarly American kind of arrogance and self-righteousness. For all their strengths, redemptive stories sometimes fail, and sometimes suggest important failings in the way Americans see themselves and the world. The Redemptive Self encourages us to examine our lives and our stories in full, to apprehend both the good and the bad in the stories we live by. By doing so, we may fashion better stories and better lives for the future.
Author | : Allan C. Hutchinson |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2000-01-24 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0822380420 |
Three questions concerning modern legal thought provide the framework for It’s All in the Game: What should judges do? What do judges do? What can judges do? Contrasting his own answers to traditional responses and moving playfully between debates of high theory, daily practices of appellate judges, and his own enlightening analyses of significant court rulings, Allan C. Hutchinson examines what it means to treat adjudication as an engaged game of rhetorical justification. His resulting argument enables the reader to grasp more fully the practical operation, political determinants, and the transformative possibilities of law and adjudication. Taking on leading contemporary theories to explore the claim that “law is politics,” Hutchinson delineates a route toward professional, relevant, and responsible—if radical—judicial practices. After discussing the difference between foundationalist, antifoundationalist, and nonfoundationalist legal critiques, he offers a focused, unequivocal, and positive account of the advantages of operating within a nonfoundationalist framework. Although such an approach centralizes the role of rhetoric in law, Hutchinson claims that this does not necessitate a turn away from politics or, more particularly, from a progressive politics. Driving home the political and jurisprudential impact of his critique and of his account of nonfoundationalist alternatives, he urges judges and jurists to engage in law’s language game of politics. This engaging book will interest linguistic philosophers, legal theorists, law students, attorneys, judges, and jurists of all stripes.
Author | : C. Robert Line |
Publisher | : Cedar Fort Publishing & Media |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2023-04-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 159955609X |
"It could well be that the Savior chose to teach principles relating to His infinite Atonement through the carefully cloaked statements contained in these seemingly simple stories of everyday life." This gospel study is the first of its kind to focus attention wholly on the Atonement as the centerpiece of Christ's parables. Join six celebrated LDS scholars in an in-depth examination of specific parables of the Master that teach us directly about the Atonement. Every page of this inspiring book will illuminate aspects of the Lord's ultimate act of redemption and will help the reader better understand the mercy, justice, depth, and power of His infinite sacrifice for all humankind. Come to understand the parables of redemption through this detailed study of six stories from the New Testament.
Author | : John Nelson Darby |
Publisher | : Irving Risch |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2015-01-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Remarks on a tract circulated by the Irvingites entitled, "A Word of Instruction." A Letter to a Clergyman on the claims and doctrines of Newman Street. On a tract entitled "Remarks on the Sufferings of the Lord Jesus by B. W. Newton." A Plain Statement of the Doctrine on the Sufferings of our blessed Lord propounded in some recent tracts. Notice of the Statement and Acknowledgment of Error circulated by Mr. Newton. Observations on "A Statement from Christians in Ebrington Street." Remarks on "A Letter on Subjects connected with the Lord's Humanity." Addition to Observations on a tract entitled "Remarks on the Sufferings of the Lord Jesus." The Bethesda Circular The Christ of God, the true centre of union. Letter to the Rev. Mr. Guers on the subject of his note on the errors of Mr. B. W. Newton. On Aitkenism Christ, the banished One. Brief analysis of the Epistle to the Hebrews in connection with the Priesthood of Christ etc. Superstition is not Faith; or, The True Character of Romanism. Remarks on Puseyism Remarks on the Church and the World
Author | : Christopher Todd |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2021-05-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
As Christians there are spiritual principles or laws that are involved in the legal process of our redemption. The purpose of the text is to understand the place and function of each of these new testament laws given by God under the new covenant. It will look at law as revealed in eternity past; the law revealed under the Old and New Covenants; What happened to the law at the cross; The extremes of legalism and lawlessness; The balance of God's sovereignty and our responsibility; and seek to understand the spiritual laws God has given under the new covenant to transform us by His grace to become like Christ. It can be seen that God is a lawgiver under both the old and new covenants but under the new covenant we are under grace. In Christ we are free from the law of sin and death, no longer answerable to the law of Moses, and made righteous before God by faith. Being in Christ our life now operates in the realm of the law of the spirit, governed by the law of love. It is essential to recognise that Christ's work is a finished work and that we stand before Him justified by grace through faith alone. Our redemption has been fully accomplished by God and we are holy and perfect in His sight in Christ Jesus. We are righteous only because of the righteousness of Jesus and nothing that we have done or can do. But this is only the beginning of our redemption. God now desires to change us and transform our lives.The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to move us from this positional or legal righteousness to actual holiness - this is the legal process of redemption.
Author | : Margaret A. Young |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2012-01-12 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107010489 |
Leading scholars advance the discussion of international law's fragmentation in new and provocative ways.