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C hrist Existing in Ordinary: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Sanctification
Author(s) -
Knight M.J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/ijst.12073
Subject(s) - sanctification , humanity , philosophy , doctrine , theology , counterpoint , realization (probability) , ontology , epistemology , sociology , mathematics , pedagogy , statistics
One task of any doctrine of sanctification is to attend to a theological rationale for the significance of a habitual and developing C hristian life within a broader salvific economy. This article introduces the problem of claiming ‘ordinary’ life as the arena and instrument of God and distils three elements of B onhoeffer's early theology that might be employed to articulate a theology of sanctification as the counterpoint of justification: the realization of a new humanity in C hrist that constitutes an ontology of justification; C hristian devotion as the act of this new humanity in the Spirit; and the dynamic integrity accorded to historical existence.