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The Transforming Power of Grace

  • Paperback
  • 212 pages
  • Publisher: Abingdon Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

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For Christians seeking deeper theological understanding

Addresses modern neglect of grace in theology today

You will reconnect with the core of the Christian faith

This book explores the transformative power of grace in Christianity.

How does an infinite God relate to finite human beings? How does the death of Jesus Christ bring about human salvation? How are Christians able to actively address the world's ills while maintaining their citizenship in the kingdom of God? These are questions the church grapples with today, as it always has. Yet, according to Thomas C. Oden, contemporary theology has neglected the church's traditional answer to these questions: the doctrine of grace. All too often modern theologians either ignore the doctrine of grace or relate it to the achievement of a particular political agenda. Oden asserts that only by reclaiming the centrality of grace--defined as God's self-giving through Jesus Christ in personal encounter with the individual human will--can Christian theology be true to the gospel. In order to reclaim the doctrine of grace, the author reaches back, beyond the fragmentation of theology that took place during and after the Enlightenment. He draws upon the ecumenical consensus held by early Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant theologians, councils, and creeds regarding this cardinal Christian doctrine. By adducing this ancient unity, Oden challenges modern assumptions concerning the sources and methods of the theological enterprise and calls contemporary Christians to discern what their forebears in the faith knew to be essential to the gospel: that to be a Christian is to be formed, nurtured, and upheld solely by divine grace.
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The African Memory of MarkThe Transforming Power of Grace

  • Title

    The Transforming Power of Grace

  • Author

    Thomas C. Oden

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Abingdon Press

  • Published

    January 1959

  • Weight

    264g

  • Page Count

    212

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780687422609

  • ISBN-10

    0687422604

  • Eden Code

    1154290

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