Book contents
- Rethinking Paul
- Current Issues in Theology
- Rethinking Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Narrative Substructure of Paul’s Thought
- 2 Justifying Faith
- 3 Jesus’ Faith
- 4 The Return of the Faithful One
- 5 Atoning Faithfulness
- 6 Resurrection and Justification
- 7 The Pauline Ordo Salutis
- 8 Church and Salvation
- 9 Christ and History
- 10 History and Israel
- 11 The Narrative of Paul’s Gospel
- 12 Doing Pauline Theology
- Epilogue
- Scriptural Index
- Subject Index
2 - Justifying Faith
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 May 2021
Book contents
- Rethinking Paul
- Current Issues in Theology
- Rethinking Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Narrative Substructure of Paul’s Thought
- 2 Justifying Faith
- 3 Jesus’ Faith
- 4 The Return of the Faithful One
- 5 Atoning Faithfulness
- 6 Resurrection and Justification
- 7 The Pauline Ordo Salutis
- 8 Church and Salvation
- 9 Christ and History
- 10 History and Israel
- 11 The Narrative of Paul’s Gospel
- 12 Doing Pauline Theology
- Epilogue
- Scriptural Index
- Subject Index
Summary
This chapter contrasts a traditional Protestant understanding of justifying faith as responding to God’s act of reconciliation with an argument for understanding Pauline faith as eschatological trust. The argument focuses on an exegesis of Romans 4. This latter interpretation opens up new vistas on the Pauline implicit narrative substructure as it tells the story of the work of Christ, the community of faith, and the course of history.
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- Rethinking PaulProtestant Theology and Pauline Exegesis, pp. 38 - 68Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021