Recovering the evangelical sacrament : baptisma semper reformandum /
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| Author / Creator: | Cross, Anthony R. author |
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| Imprint: | Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, c2013. |
| Description: | xv, 403 pages ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9278416 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Introduction: One Lord, One Faith, One or Possibly an Indefinite Number of Baptisms ... or None at All: The Present State of the Baptismal Debate
- Introduction
- Baptism in Ecumencial Discussions
- Evangelicals and Baptism
- Some Recent Academic Studies of Baptism
- 'Evangelical' and 'Sacrament' Defined
- Concluding Introductory Comments
- Chapter 2. Conversion-Baptism
- Baptism in the Primitive Gospel
- Conversion-Baptism/Conversion-Initiation
- Faith-Baptism
- Synecdoche
- Conversion-Baptism and Mission
- Chapter 3. One Baptism
- Ephesians 4.5
- Further Challenges to 'One Baptism'
- 'Baptisms' in Hebrews 6.2
- Some Hermeneutical Issues Relating to Ephesians 4.5's 'One Baptism'
- Chapter 4. Spirit- and Water-Baptism in 1 Corinthians 12.13
- Introduction
- Water-Baptism as the Locus for the Reception of the Spirit
- Spirit-Baptism: Conversion and Metaphor Critically Examined
- From Metaphor to Synecdoche
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. The Spirit, Sacraments, and the Material World: Being Open to God's Sacramental Work
- The Holy Spirit and Baptism: An Introduction
- On the Sacraments and Spirit in Calvin and Barth: A Case Study
- The Sacramental Nature of Baptism
- Material Means as Media of God's Grace
- Concluding Issues
- Chapter 6. Baptismal Regeneration
- Introduction
- Baptismal Regeneration in the Early and Reformations' Churches
- Baptismal Regeneration in the New Testament
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Baptism into the Church
- God's Own People
- The Church Local, Universal, and Mystical
- Baptism and the New Covenant
- The Community of Disciples
- Chapter 8. Ethical Sacramentalism
- Introduction
- Ethical Sacramentalism
- Justified and Sanctified
- The Drama of Baptism: God, the Church, and the Disciple
- The Moral Miracle of Baptism
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9. The Reform of Baptism
- The Reform of Baptismal Theology and Practice
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Scripture Index
- General Index
