Justification in Perspective Historical Developments and Contemporary Challenges

includes index and biblioraphy

Part 1 The Protestant Doctrine of Justification: The Heart of Protestant Preaching 1. Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference Sermon Mark Bonnington 15 Part 2 The Protestant Doctrine of Justification: Its Antecedents and Historical Development 2 Justification in the Early Church Fathers Nick Needham 25 3 Justification in Augustine David F. Wright 55 4 Simul peccator et Justus: Martin Luther and Justification Carl Trueman 73 5 Calvin`s Doctrine of Justification: Variations on a Lutheran Theme Karla Wiibbenhorst 99 6 A Tale of Two Imperial Cities: Justification at Regensburg (1541) and Trent (1546-1547) Anthony N. S. Lane 119 7 Justification and the ordo salutis A. T. B. McGmvan 147 Part 3 The Protestant Doctrine of Justification: Continuities and Discontinuities in Current Challenges to the Traditional View 8 Justitia aliena: Karl Barth in Conversation with the Evangelical Doctrine of Imputed Righteousness Bruce L. McCormack 167 9 The Lutheran-Catholic Declaration on Justification Henri A. Blacker 197 10 The Doctrine of Justification in Paul and Beyond: Some Proposals Simon Gathercole 219 11 New Perspectives on Paul N. T. Wright 243