Holiness: Divine and Human

James M. Arcadi

doi:10.5771/9781978701458

Summary

Holiness might seem like a simple concept. Yet, when one compares the array of objects that are called “holy” in the Hebrew Scriptures and Christian New Testament, there may seem to be no points of similarity between God, humans, time, land, temple accoutrements, etc. However, in this book, James M. Arcadi hypothesizes a unitary account of the definition of holiness. What unites holy objects, Arcadi argues, is divine ownership. Holy objects belong to God. In application to God, this motif has profound implications for how one conceives of God and the God-world relation. In application to humans, this book argues that the ownership theme unfurls new insights on a range of doctrinal loci including the doctrines of the imago Dei, justification, atonement, sanctification, and liturgical theology. Bringing biblical studies in conversation with contemporary analytic philosophy, this book offers an analytic systematic theology of holiness.

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-0144-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-0145-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 180
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Prolegomena No access Pages 1 - 16
The Holiness of the Panentheistic God No access Pages 17 - 34
A Panpsychist Panentheistic Incarnational Model of the Holy Eucharist No access Pages 35 - 52
God the Holy Person No access Pages 53 - 70
Homo adorans No access Pages 71 - 88
“You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy” No access Pages 89 - 106
Redeeming Ownership No access Pages 107 - 120
Unlimited Ownership No access Pages 121 - 136
Sanctification as Joint Ownership and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit No access Pages 137 - 150
Pledging Allegiance to God and God’s Holy Kingdom No access Pages 151 - 168
Bibliography No access Pages 169 - 176
Index No access Pages 177 - 178
About the Author No access Pages 179 - 180