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The freedom to become a Christian : a Kierkegaardian account of human transformation in relationship with God / Andrew B. Torrance

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Torrance, Andrew B.
Published
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Physical Description
x, 217 pages ; 25 cm.

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Machine generated contents note: I.Listening to Kierkegaard Alongside His Pseudonyms -- a.Kierkegaard and Climacus -- b.Kierkegaard and Anti-Climacus -- ch. 1 The Communication of the Christian Truth -- I.Can the Truth be Learned? -- II.The Relationship Between Subjectivity and Objectivity -- III.The Revelation of Sin -- a.Despair -- b.The Infinite Qualitative Difference and Sin-consciousness -- IV.Being in the Truth -- V.Passion in Kierkegaard's Thought -- a.The Passion of Thought -- b.Passionate Responsibility -- c.The Passion of Faith -- VI.Conclusion -- ch. 2 The Possibility of Reconciliation -- I.The Tale of the King and the Maiden -- II.Drawing Another to Oneself -- III.The Possibility of Reciprocity -- IV.The Possibility of Offence -- V.Encountering God in Time -- VI.Conclusion -- ch. 3 The Orientation of a Life Lived in Relationship with God -- I.The Religious Category of Existence -- II.Søren Kierkegaard's Christian Realism -- III.Immanent Religiousness and Christianity -- IV.Sin-consciousness and Guilt-consciousness -- V.Repentance -- VI.Conclusion -- ch. 4 Christian Practice in Relationship with God -- I.Following Scripture Faithfully -- a.Reading a Letter from a Beloved -- b.The Perspicuity of Scripture -- c.The Uncertainty of Scripture -- II.The Single Individual -- III.Christ is the Way -- a.Following Christ -- b.Following Christ Voluntarily -- c.Christ as Prototype and Redeemer -- IV.Becoming a Christian in the World -- V.Conclusion -- ch. 5 The Freedom to Become a Christian in Relationship with God -- I.Approaching Christianity -- II.The Passionate Transition -- a.Venturing the Leap -- b.Preparing to Become a Christian? -- c.Relationship with `the Paradox' -- III.Faith in the Presence of God -- IV.The Choice to Become a Christian -- a.The Freedom of the Individual to Relate to God -- b.Willing Beliefs -- c.Human Responsibility for Sin -- d.Transforming the Will -- V.The Freedom to Love -- VI.Conclusion -- CONCLUSION -- I.Kierkegaard's Low Pneumatology -- II.Communion with the One Who Establishes Kinship with Us in Time -- III.What Does it Mean to Become a Christian?.
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0567661210 (hbk.)
9780567661210 (hbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.
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