The Priesthood of the Plebs
A Theology of Baptism
In this seminal treatise, Peter J. Leithart argues that the coming of the New Creation in Jesus Christ has profound and revolutionary implications for social order, implications symbolized and effected in the ritual of baptism. In Christ and Christian baptism, the ancient distinctions between priest and non-priest, between patrician and plebian, are dissolved, giving rise to a new humanity in which there is no Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female. Yet, beginning in the medieval period, the church has blunted the revolutionary force of baptism, and reintroduced antique distinctions whose destruction was announced by the gospel. Leith…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-72524-139-8
- EAN: 9781725241398
- Produktnummer: 34669332
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'910 KB
Über den Autor
Peter Leithart is an ordained minister of the Pacific Northwest Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in America, and senior fellow of theology and literature at New St. Andrews College, Moscow, Idaho.
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Athanasius (Foundations of Theological Exegesis and Christian Spirituality)
A Theology of Baptism
A Theology of Baptism
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