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...

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