Open AccessBiblical happiness and baptismal identity
Author(s) -
I. J. 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.