Steven R. Harmon

Every Knee Should Bow

Biblical Rationales for Universal Salvation in Early Christian Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

In Every Knee Should Bow, Steven Harmon explores the manner in which Clement of Alexandria (ca. 160-215 C.E.), Origen (ca. 185-ca. 251 C.E.), and Gregory of Nyssa (331/340-ca. 395 C.E.) appealed to Scripture in developing rationales for their concepts of apokatastasis, the hope that all rational creatures will ultimately be reconciled to God. Harmon argues that these patristic universalists maintained their hope for "a wideness in God's mercy" primarily because they believed this hope was the most coherent reading of the biblical story.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 237g
• ISBN-13: 9780761827191
• ISBN-10: 0761827196
• Artikelnr.: 20963616

Autorenporträt

Steven R. Harmon teaches Christian Theology at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. A member of the Baptist World Alliance delegations to the international theological conversations with the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches and a plenary member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, he is the author of Towards Baptist Catholicity: Essays on Tradition and the Baptist Vision (2006). He blogs about his work in ecumenical theology at www.ecclesialtheology.blogspot.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Abbreviations Chapter 3 "They Employ These
Testimonies:" Apokatastasis and Exegesis: Excursus: The Alexandrian
Exegetical Tradition Chapter 4 "He Indeed Saves All:" Clement of
Alexandria: Apokatastasis in the Thought of Clement of Alexandria: The
Universal Restoration; The Nature and Duration of Punishment after Death;
Apokatastasis and Exegesis: The Use of Scripture Chapter 5 "That God May Be
All in All:" Origen: Apokatastasis in the Thought of Origen: The Universal
Restoration; The Nature and Duration of Punishment after Death;
Apokatastasis and Exegesis: The Use of Scripture in the Articulati Chapter
6 "Salvation Comes through Subjection:" Gregory of Nyssa: Apokatastasis in
the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa: The Universal Restoration; The Nature and
Duration of Punishment after Death; Apokatastasis and Exegesis: The Use of
Chapter 7 "A More Subtle Understanding:" Conclusions: Notes; Selected
Bibliography; Index of Ancient and Modern Authors; About the Author

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Steven R. Harmon's Every Knee Should Bow (revised dissertation, Southwestern Seminary, 1997) makes for a good read. It is concise and clearly written... I will find the book (Every Knee Should Bow) a valuable resource for the analysis of this issue in my class on the history of Christian thought. It will provide a ready reference to key biblical texts, as well as examples of how selected early Christian thinkers employed these texts. It is always enjoyable to lead students to see that ideas they consider radical (such as universal restoration) are not really new. -- J. Bradley Chance, William Jewell College Journal Of The Nabpr This book is a joy to read, both because its subject is relevant to the faith and life of the church today and because Harmon has provided so many insights into early Christian universalism, a position he respects though he does not adopt it. -- Fisher Humphreys, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Alabama Review and Expositor This book is a joy to read, both because its subject is relevant to the faith and life of the church today and because Harmon has provided so many insights into early Christian universalism, a position he respects though he does not adopt it. -- Fisher Humphreys, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Alabama Review and Expositor