Salvation in Continuity: A Reconsideration of Matthean Soteriology

International Journal of Systematic Theology, 2014

Religious Studies Review, 2011

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Boston College, 2018

Writing a dissertation is a test of one's physical and mental strength. "Nevertheless, she persisted." I have plenty of people to thank for that. I am extremely grateful for the mentorship of my advisor and dissertation director, Dr. Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM. While I had heard of Edward Schillebeeckx prior to beginning my graduate work, it was because of you that I really discovered his work and allowed it to change my life. You have read countless drafts of my work, and have had thousands and thousands of conversations with me that resulted in creative ideas for this dissertation. You often provided me with a calm and reassuring voice of reason when I was anxious. I am also thankful to Dr. Brian Robinette for being a great teacher and mentor, and always providing me with challenging and thought-provoking questions to consider in the writing of this dissertation. Thank you to Dr. Catherine Cornille for your guidance and expertise, particularly on the theology of religions and interreligious dialogue. The conversations I have had with you throughout the writing process have challenged me and enabled me to strengthen the claims I make in this dissertation. I also owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Natana Delong-Bas for introducing to me so many wonderful Islamic studies scholars, and increasing my knowledge of the issues facing Muslim women. I would also like to thank Dr. John Makransky for teaching me about Buddhism and encouraging my interest in comparative theology. I want to thank Fr. Mark Massa, SJ for your continued encouragement and support from the time I was a sophomore at Fordham University with the dream of one day becoming a theologian. Last but not least, I must thank Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ at Fordham University. It was ix with you that the dream started. You and Fr. Massa believed in me more than I believed in myself. Boston College has provided me with tremendous opportunities and friendships these past five years. I would especially like to thank the Clough Center for Constitutional Democracy for their generous financial support and the opportunity to receive feedback on my research from scholars across many different disciplines. I am grateful to my colleagues and friends for engaging me in stimulating theological discussions and giving me encouragement during the toughest parts of graduate school,

Matthew Darby, 2024

In this paper I explore the debate about eternal salvation. I give a short survey of both arguments and then offer a way of reading the texts in tension with one another.

When we speak of or about Jesus to other people, when we share who Jesus is, and what he does in our life, we generally refer, oftentimes in an uninvolved manner, to some idea, information, or conceptual knowledge we have about him. At one point or another, we encounter some difficulties and, on certain occasions, summarily dismiss what we share as mere private and individual notions far removed from the daily experiences of contemporary living.

Journal of Religion in Africa, 2007

Inspired both by the phenomenological thought of Karol Tarnowski and Józef Tischner and the personalist theology of Czeslaw Bartnik, the article fits into contextual soteriology which deliberately uses the method of correlation. The aim of this article is to present the Christian meaning of salvation in the context of one of the most moving existential experiences, that is the experience of anxiety (Angst). The indelible phenomenon of anxiety raises important soteriological questions: Who or what can bring the fullness of salvation to men and women? In what circumstances is the experience of salvation possible to the human being who is called an "anxious existence"? The first part of the article shows the essential difference between anxiety and fear (in contrast to fear, the matter of anxiety is real but indeterminate). The second part presents an ambivalent character of anxiety (anxiety can lead to despair or to salvation) and human attempts to overcome anxiety through falling into an inauthentic existence (a utopia of "salvation by fashion"). The third part characterizes an "eschatological conscience" (a conscience filled with anxiety of tragic finality) and its antithesis in the form of a "soteriological conscience" (a conscience which is open to the possibility of salvation coming from God). The last part of the article argues that the phenomenon of authentic interpersonal encounter is a necessary condition to experience the salvation coming from God in Christ.

BIBLE UNIVERSITY, 2022

The death of Christ is very significant in Christian doctrine but the understanding of His death has been reflected in widely divergent views. the subsequent are the principal views regarding the death of Christ. RANSOM TO SATAN THEORY This theory was developed by Origen (A.D. 185-254), and it advocated that Satan held people captive as a victor in war. This theory, which was also held by Augustine, advocated that because Satan held people captive, a ransom had to be paid, not to God, but to Satan.