Justification by Faith: A Matter of Death and Life - Softcover

Forde, Gerhard O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620322102 ISBN 13: 9781620322109

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2012

Synopsis

Justification by faith alone labels theologically the motor that energizes the Reformation. The dynamic behind the language can still mean renewal for theology and church today, but only if that legal metaphor is not left to stand alone.Gerhard Forde calls for a recovery of Paul's equally vital metaphor of death-resurrection, which speaks of our dying to the old and being raised to new life in Christ. Justification, he contends, is death and rising, and where these complementary metaphors are allowed to interpret one another the Gospel can once again explode with all its original power.This fresh appropriation of the confessional witness contributes not only to an enhanced understanding of Reformation teachings, but also to an ecumenical dialogue that is zeroing in more closely on the catholic provenance and current vitality of the Augsburg Confession.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerhard O. Forde was Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1620322102
• ISBN 13: 9781620322109
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112