Overview
Leading New Testament theologian Grant Macaskill introduces Paul's understanding of the Christian life, which is grounded in the apostle's theology of union with Christ. The author shows that the exegetical foundations for a Christian moral theology emerge from the idea of union with Christ. Macaskill covers various aspects of Christian moral theology, exploring key implications for the Christian life of the New Testament idea of participatory union as they unfold in Paul's Letters.
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction: Union with Christ as the Basis for Christian Life
1. Scholarly Contexts for the Present Study: Attempts to Revise Our Understanding of Justification and Sanctification
2. Who Am I Really? Paul's Moral Crisis
3. Baptism and Moral Identity: Clothing Ourselves in Christ
4. The Lord's Supper and Someone Else's Memory: Do This in Remembrance of Me
5. Crying "Abba" in the Ruins of War: The Spirit and the Presence of Christ
6. One Little Victory: Hope and the Moral Life
7. Concluding Synthesis: Living in Union with Christ
Indexes
Introduction: Union with Christ as the Basis for Christian Life
1. Scholarly Contexts for the Present Study: Attempts to Revise Our Understanding of Justification and Sanctification
2. Who Am I Really? Paul's Moral Crisis
3. Baptism and Moral Identity: Clothing Ourselves in Christ
4. The Lord's Supper and Someone Else's Memory: Do This in Remembrance of Me
5. Crying "Abba" in the Ruins of War: The Spirit and the Presence of Christ
6. One Little Victory: Hope and the Moral Life
7. Concluding Synthesis: Living in Union with Christ
Indexes
Author
Grant Macaskill
Grant Macaskill (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. He previously served as senior lecturer in New Testament at the University of St. Andrews. Macaskill is the author of several books, including Union with Christ in the New Testament, The New Testament and Intellectual Humility, and Autism and the Church.