Be renewed : : a theology of personal renewal / / Willem van Vlastuin.

• Superior document: Reformed Historical Theology ; Volume 26
• Author: Vlastuin, Willem van.
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, Connecticut : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Reformed historical theology ; v. 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Personal renewal or sanctification belongs to the heart of the Christian life and is becoming more important in our present-day culture. Listening to Scripture and in conversation with a variety of theologians from the protestant tradition, the author presents an up-to-date concept for a theology of personal renewal.In this concept the spiritual union with Christ (nio mystica cum Christo is taken as the starting point in order to consider the way in which renewal obtains form in relation to God, our neighbour, ourselves and the world. To place this concept into a historical perspective, van Vl

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; Introduction; 1. Theme; 2. Elaboration; 3. Method and structure; 1. Duplex Gratia; 1.1. Luther's doctrine of justification; 1.1.1. Luthers (1483-1546) discovery; 1.1.2. Justification at the centre of theology; 1.1.3. Imputed and effective righteousness; 1.2. Duplex gratia in Calvin (1509-1564); 1.2.1. Sanctification as a separate locus; 1.2.2. Mortificatio and vivificatio; 1.2.3. The distinction between justification and sanctification; 1.2.4. Unio mystica; 1.2.5. The pneumatological character of the unio mystica; 1.3. Evaluation

2. Unio Mystica cum Christo2.1. The eschatological Christ; 2.2. Where is salvation?; 2.2.1. Oscar Cullmann (1902-1999); 2.2.2. Arnold A. van Ruler (1908-1970); 2.2.3. Jan Veenhof (1934- ); 2.2.4. Abraham van de Beek (1946- ); 2.2.5. Balance; 2.3. Unio mystica; 2.3.1. The mystical dimension of the unio mystica; 2.3.2. Cross and resurrection in relation to the unio mystica; 2.3.3. The complexity of the unio mystica; 2.3.4. Human involvement in the unio mystica; 2.3.5. The relationship between faith and hope in the unio mystica; 2.3.6. Balance; 2.4. Evaluation

3. The efficacy of the unio mystica3.1. The unio mystica as a source of renewal; 3.1.1. Christologically determined metaphors; 3.1.2. The pneumatological dimension of the unio mystica; 3.1.3. The Trinitarian character of the Christian life; 3.2. Relationship to God; 3.2.1. Resignatio; 3.2.2. An affective unio; 3.3. Relationship to our neighbour; 3.3.1. A Good Samaritan; 3.3.2. A christ in marriage; 3.3.3. To hate your father and mother; 3.4. Relationship to ourselves; 3.4.1. Humility as a catholic notion; 3.4.2. Self-love as a Christian notion; 3.4.3. Self-giving love

3.4.4. Tolerantia crucis3.5. Relationship to the world; 3.5.1. Enjoying life on earth; 3.5.2. Citizens of a better world; 3.5.3. Citizens of this earth; 3.6. Evaluation; 4. There is more; 4.1. The modesty of the Heidelberg Catechism; 4.1.1. `A small beginning'; 4.1.2. Criticism of this `small beginning'; 4.2. Puritan optimism in the Westminster Confession; 4.3. Christian perfection in John Wesley (1703-1791); 4.3.1. Perfect love; 4.3.2. The road to perfection; 4.3.3. Sin; 4.3.4. Perfection in a biblical-theological perspective; 4.3.5. Balance; 4.4. Keswick's claim to holiness

4.4.1. The call for a normal Christian life4.4.2. Christ our sanctification; 4.4.3. Consecration; 4.4.4. The Spirit-filled life; 4.4.5. Christian service; 4.4.6. Balance; 4.5. Evaluation; 5. `O wretched man that I am!'; 5.1. The struggling believer: the holiness movements; 5.2. The healthy believer; 5.2.1. Augustine (354-430); 5.2.2. The Reformation; 5.2.3. The Reformed tradition; 5.2.4. Kohlbrugge (1803-1875) on Romans 7:14; 5.2.5. Karl Barth (1886-1968); 5.3. The unbeliever; 5.3.1. Voices from history; 5.3.2. A dissenting voice within the Reformed tradition: D.M. Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)

5.3.3. The salvation-historical line