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Biblical happiness and baptismal identity

Author(s) -

Izak Johannes Van der Merwe

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

stellenbosch theological journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2413-9467

pISSN - 2413-9459

DOI - 10.17570/stj.2015.v1n2.a33

Subject(s) - flourishing , happiness , baptism , identity (music) , etymology , philosophy , religious studies , theology , sociology , aesthetics , psychology , social psychology , linguistics

In this essay the author makes a theological contribution to the happiness discourse, by i) exploring the etymology of some terms used for happiness in the Old and New Testament, by ii) valuing the contribution of Ellen Charry on biblical happiness as “Asherism” and iii) emphasizing the sacraments, in particular baptism, as identity marker, constituting a calling to a flourishing life, which includes being a flourishing agent enabling the flourishing of others and God’s creation.

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