Christian Theologies of Salvation
A Comparative Introduction
Justin S Holcomb
- Essays
- exploring
- pivotal
- spiritual
- figures
- over
- two
- millennia
- and
- their
- doctrines
- of
- salvation.Salvation
- has
- been
- a
- key
- focus
- of
- Christian
- theology
- since
- the
- first
- days
- of
- the
- church.
- Theologians
- from
- St.
- Augustine
- to
- Karl
- Barth
- have
- debated
- the
- finer
- points
- of
- salvation
- for
- nearly
- as
- long,
- offering
- a
- bewildering
- array
- of
- competing
- and
- often
- contradictory
- theories.Christian
- Theologies
- of
- Salvation
- traces
- doctrines
- of
- salvation
- from
- the
- first
- century
- into
- the
- twenty-first
- century.
- Each
- chapter
- focuses
- on
- a
- different
- major
- theologian,
- first
- presenting
- the
- theologian’s
- doctrine
- of
- salvation,
- then
- highlighting
- how
- the
- doctrine
- makes
- a
- distinct
- contribution
- to
- the
- church’s
- overall
- dogma.
- The
- volume
- offers
- a
- comparative
- focus,
- including
- doctrines
- of
- salvation
- that
- reflect
- the
- historical
- development
- of
- Catholic,
- Orthodox,
- and
- Protestant
- views.By
- illuminating
- the
- ways
- in
- which
- doctrines
- of
- salvation
- have
- evolved
- over
- the
- church’s
- history,
- Justin
- Holcomb
- takes
- us
- across
- the
- teachings
- of
- Origen
- and
- Augustine,
- John
- Calvin
- and
- Martin
- Luther,
- and
- eventually
- to
- the
- more
- modern
- theologies
- of
- Karl
- Barth
- and
- Gustavo
- Gutiérrez.
- A
- much-needed
- map
- to
- the
- options
- and
- implications
- of
- different
- theologies
- of
- salvation,
- this
- book
- is
- essential
- reading
- for
- students
- and
- scholars
- of
- Christian
- thought.“Holcomb
- has
- assembled
- a
- fine
- group
- of
- scholars
- to
- look
- at
- four
- major
- periods,
- patristic,
- Middle
- Ages,
- Reformation
- and
- Catholic
- Counter-Reformation,
- and
- the
- 18th
- to
- 21st
- centuries
- .
- .
- .
- [A]
- solid
- study
- of
- important
- voices
- on
- Christian
- salvation.”
- -Choice“An
- important
- tool
- in
- helping
- theological
- students
- and
- pastors
- explore
- their
- own
- theological
- tradition
- while
- at
- the
- same
- time
- prompting
- deeper
- conversations
- with
- ecumenical
- partners.”
- —Paul
- Galbreath,
- Union
- Presbyterian Seminary
