Accountability to God

Accountability to God /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Torrance, Andrew B. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Oxford studies in analytic theology.
Subjects:
Responsibility > Religious aspects > Christianity.
God (Christianity)
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Series page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Introducing the Concept of Accountability
  • 2. Introducing a Theology of Accountability
  • 3. Overview of Chapters
  • Part I. The Concept of Accountability
  • 1. A Definition of Accountability
  • 1. Accountability between a Doctor and a Patient
  • 2. Stephen Darwall on Accountability as 'Moral Responsibility To'
  • 3. Jesse Couenhoven on Accountability as 'Moral Responsibility For'
  • 4. Accountability and the Account of a Person
  • 5. Conclusion
  • 2. Analysing Accountability
  • 1. Accountability Requires a Relationship
  • 2. Accountability Requires Communication and Interpretation
  • 3. Accountability Is Teleological
  • 4. There Is an Order to Relationships of Accountability
  • 5. Conclusion
  • 3. The Virtue of Accountability
  • 1. Accountability as a Relational Virtue
  • 2. The Virtue of Obedience
  • 3. Conclusion
  • 4. Slavery-Accountability or Exploitation?
  • 1. Paul and Aquinas on Slavery
  • 2. Slavery and Accountability
  • 3. The Possible Reasoning for Paul's and Aquinas's Attitudes towards Slavery
  • 4. Wisely Interpreting Authority
  • 5. The Concept of Exploitation
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Part II. A Theology of Accountability
  • 5. The Story of Creation and the Covenant of Accountability
  • 1. Theological Narrative
  • 2. Covenant
  • 3. Conclusion
  • 6. The Fall from Accountability to God
  • 1. Interpreting the Genesis Story of the Fall
  • 2. What Does the Tree of Life Tell Us about the Garden in Eden?
  • 3. What Does the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil Tell Us about the Garden in Eden?
  • 4. The Knowledge of Good and Evil as Forbidden Knowledge
  • 5. Conclusion
  • 7. The Fear of the Lord
  • 1. Aquinas on Fear
  • 2. The Limits of Fear
  • 3. Conclusion
  • 8. Baptism into Accountability in Christ
  • 1. The Baptism of Jesus and the New Story of Repentance
  • 2. Two Views of Accountability to God
  • 3. Accountability to God in Christ
  • 4. Accountability and Baptism in Christ
  • 5. Experiencing Accountability in Christ
  • 6. Conclusion
  • 9. The Story That Turned Paul's Life Around
  • 1. Questioning the Story of Paul's Conversion
  • 2. Reconciliation and Conversion
  • 3. Interpreting Paul's Road to Damascus Experience as an Event of Conversion
  • 4. Conclusion
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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