Publication Date
Spring 5-7-2009
School
School of Religion
Major
Religion: Biblical Studies
Primary Subject Area
Religion, Biblical Studies
Keywords
N.T. Wright, Justification, Hope, New Perspective, Paul, Romans 5-8, Righteousness
Disciplines
Biblical Studies | Comparative Methodologies and Theories | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Baker, Levi S., "Hope Possessed or Hope Postponed: Paul’s Presentation of the Believers’ Present Justification and Future Hope in Romans 5-8 in Comparison to N.T. Wright’s Future Justification Perspective" (2009). Senior Honors Theses. 88.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/88
Abstract
Over the past three decades, New Testament scholars of the Reformed tradition and the “New Perspective” have debated whether the Apostle Paul’s Christian theology about the Law and salvation was in agreement with the teaching of mainstream first-century Judaism regarding the Law and the salvation of God’s covenant people. Among these New Perspective scholars is the Bishop of Durham, N.T. Wright, whose works will be considered in this paper. The Reformed position’s insistence that the imputed righteousness of Christ is the grounds of believer’s present justification and hope has been challenged by Wright, who has proposed an alternative view on justification. This paper will examine whether Wright’s “fresh perspective” on justification provides the same present hope which Paul celebrates in Romans 5-8.
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Biblical Studies Commons, Comparative Methodologies and Theories Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons
