I think most other world religions do bind individuals to the collective. The grace you have identified is what may separate Christianity. That is, Christians perceive their nature to have been changed through Christ, enabling them to become a legit…
One thing I would add to your reflections is that this critique/vision seems to originate in Western culture and may (or may not) congeal with the stories told by people from another context. Admittedly, for us in the West (and our notorious forms o…
Well said, Nathanael. I'll reply a bit more substantively later on, but inspiring to say the least.
"At each sacrament, the other obtains the right to make absolute claims upon our lives. We exist at that point for the other. This makes collective…
Yeah Mark is our main professor of theology. His work is excellent and he is genuinely passionate about the things he writes about. He is one of the reasons I chose to work on my MDiv at MBBS. You should check out his books on the atonement: Recovering the Scandal of the Cross and Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross