Evolving Grace

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By Jean-Pierre Fortin

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By retrieving and exploring the life and thought of groundbreaking theologians from the Patristic era to contemporary times, this book unveils and describes the unique and original inner dynamism and creativity operative in western Christianity with respect to the experience and reality of grace.

Contenu

Introduction

Part I: Patristic Foundations

Chapter 1: Irenaeus of Lyons

Chapter 2: Augustine of Hippo

Part II: Medieval Structures

Chapter 3: Bernard of Clairvaux

Chapter 4: Bonaventure

Chapter 5: Thomas Aquinas

Part III: Modern Renovations

Chapter 6: Martin Luther

Chapter 7: John Calvin

Chapter 8: Ignatius of Loyola

Chapter 9: Teresa of Avila

Chapter 10: Council of Trent

Part IV: Contemporary De- and Reconstructions

Chapter 11: Karl Barth

Chapter 12: Karl Rahner

Chapter 13: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Chapter 14: Hans Urs von Balthasar

Conclusion