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The bonds of freedom : vows, sacraments and the formation of the Christian self / Garry J. Deverell.

Title
The bonds of freedom : vows, sacraments and the formation of the Christian self / Garry J. Deverell.
Author
Deverell, Garry J.
Publication
Milton Keynes ; Colorado Springs : Paternoster, 2008.

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Details

Description
xiii, 214 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Paternoster theological monographs
Uniform Title
Paternoster theological monographs.
Subject
  • Christian life
  • Philosophical theology
  • Postmodern theology
  • Sacraments
  • Self > Religious aspects
Note
  • Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Monash University, 2004.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-212) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
If it be your will : making promises with Derrida, Ricoeur and Chauvet -- Divine metamorphoses : thinking about God in late modernity -- The beyond in the midst : the God who is love -- The desire of God -- Written on the heart : covenant in Israel and in Christian worship -- The baptised self : formation 'in Christ' as parable -- The baptised self : formation 'in Christ' as the church -- Trauma and joy : a meditation on Mark's baptism of Jesus.
ISBN
  • 9781842275276
  • 1842275275