
Accountability to God
Andrew B. Torrance(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 4. May 2023
Book
Hardback
234 pages
978-0-19-887393-8 (ISBN)
Description
The word 'accountability' is often used without much thought being given to what precisely it means. It is especially common in Christian circles, where there is frequent talk about being accountable to God, yet, still, without a clear grasp of this word. Accountability to God proposes, develops, and analyses two concepts of accountability as both a condition and a virtue. It also engineers these concepts to make them particularly apt for thinking about (1) accountability to God and (2) other relationships of accountability that exist under God. In its first part, the book builds a theological and general case for its particular views of accountability. In its second, it engages in the constructive work of developing a theology of accountability in relation to the doctrines of the Trinity, participation in Christ, the Fall, the fear of God, reconciliation, baptism, repentance, faith, and conversion.
In developing this theology, Torrance interacts with a number of major theologians, such as the Apostle Paul, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Karl Barth. He also extensively engages with contemporary work in analytic philosophy, systematic theology (including analytic theology), biblical studies, and psychology. By bringing a diverse range of scholarship into discussion, Accountability to God is the first book to focus specifically on what it means to be accountable to God. It thereby proposes a more positive, constructive, and theologically apt way to think about accountability.
In developing this theology, Torrance interacts with a number of major theologians, such as the Apostle Paul, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Karl Barth. He also extensively engages with contemporary work in analytic philosophy, systematic theology (including analytic theology), biblical studies, and psychology. By bringing a diverse range of scholarship into discussion, Accountability to God is the first book to focus specifically on what it means to be accountable to God. It thereby proposes a more positive, constructive, and theologically apt way to think about accountability.
Reviews / Votes
Nevertheless, there are many commendable qualities of the book. The first, and most important, is that the work is theological. I have already touched on this, but it is worth noting because this attribute sets Torrance's book apart from much of the work being done by theologians on accountability. * Jack Green, The Heythrop Journal *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
498 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-887393-8 (9780198873938)
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Person
Andrew B. Torrance is a senior lecturer in theology at the University of St Andrews. Prior to becoming a lecturer, he held a research fellowship at the University of St Andrews for which he ran the programme, Scientists in Congregations Scotland. He received his PhD from the University of Otago, where he wrote a dissertation on Soren Kierkegaard's and Karl Barth's theology of conversion.
Author
Senior Lecturer in TheologySenior Lecturer in Theology, University of St Andrews
Content
Introduction
I: The Concept of Accountability
1: A Definition of Accountability
2: Analysing Accountability
3: The Virtue of Accountability
4: Slavery--Accountability or Exploitation?
II: A Theology of Accountability
5: The Story of Creation and the Covenant of Accountability
6: The Fall from Accountability to God
7: The Fear of the Lord
8: Baptism into Accountability in Christ
9: The Story that Turned Paul's Life Around
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
I: The Concept of Accountability
1: A Definition of Accountability
2: Analysing Accountability
3: The Virtue of Accountability
4: Slavery--Accountability or Exploitation?
II: A Theology of Accountability
5: The Story of Creation and the Covenant of Accountability
6: The Fall from Accountability to God
7: The Fear of the Lord
8: Baptism into Accountability in Christ
9: The Story that Turned Paul's Life Around
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index