Christian Initiation

Name: Christian Initiation
SKU: 9780227170472
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A penetrating and lively study of the problems of Christian baptism, tracing issues arising from the New Testament in church tradition, and providing an ecumenical perspective on the ongoing debate on baptism.

SKU: 9780227170472 Categories: Religion, Religion & Spirituality

Binding: Perfect Bound

Pages: 108Author: Geoffrey Wainwright

Description

Tracing the issues arising from the New Testament in the traditions of the churches, Wainwright provides an ecumenical conspectus of the continuous debate on Christian baptism. He surveys the positions of different churches on baptism and confirmation, and relates them to the New Testament treatment. He shows that the New Testament’s apparent favouring of different views of the relation between grace and faith in baptism provides a basis for an ecumenical pattern of Christian initiation.