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Imputation as Attribution: Union with Christ, Reification and Justification as Declarative Word
Author(s) -
GARCIA MARK A.
Publication year - 2009
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/j.1468-2400.2009.00472.x
Subject(s) - imputation (statistics) , philosophy , epistemology , clarity , doctrine , corollary , reification (marxism) , attribution , righteousness , anagram , theology , psychology , social psychology , political science , computer science , mathematics , law , missing data , economics , biochemistry , chemistry , management , machine learning , politics , pure mathematics , task (project management)
Calvin's integration of the christological features of the eucharistic controversy with soteriological questions in his refutation of Andreas Osiander marks a critical development in Reformed theology. In this article, that development is extended further in reconsideration of the nature of imputation as a linguistic action. It is argued that imputation is a soteriological corollary of the christological idea of attribution. Imputation thus conceived clarifies not only how it is located within the doctrine of union with Christ, but how that union and imputation provide clarity in ongoing discussions about reification of sin and righteousness as well as the nature of justification as a declarative word.