The Theology of Conversion
Conceiving the Christian Life with and Beyond Karl Barth
Will be published approx. on 20. August 2026
228 pages
978-0-567-72914-9 (ISBN)
Description
Reclaims the theology of Christian conversion by integrating Karl Barth's doctrine of conversion within a constructive theological framework.
This book delivers a doctrinally rich account of Christian conversion that challenges reductive, experience-based approaches. Drawing from Scripture and Barth's Church Dogmatics, Tom Dove introduces a fourfold framework that defines conversion as inseparably connected to Christ's person and work, purposive, a divine event, and integrated with the Christian life.
He develops this framework through engaging with Barth's doctrines of election, reconciliation, calling, baptism with the Holy Spirit, and creation. Subsequently, Dove constructively extends Barth's theology to show how the Holy Spirit's activity across Christ's history provides the basis for connecting conversion and the Christian life.
By magnifying the work of Christ and the Spirit, this study offers a holistic theological vision that integrates conversion with the reality of Christian existence.
This book delivers a doctrinally rich account of Christian conversion that challenges reductive, experience-based approaches. Drawing from Scripture and Barth's Church Dogmatics, Tom Dove introduces a fourfold framework that defines conversion as inseparably connected to Christ's person and work, purposive, a divine event, and integrated with the Christian life.
He develops this framework through engaging with Barth's doctrines of election, reconciliation, calling, baptism with the Holy Spirit, and creation. Subsequently, Dove constructively extends Barth's theology to show how the Holy Spirit's activity across Christ's history provides the basis for connecting conversion and the Christian life.
By magnifying the work of Christ and the Spirit, this study offers a holistic theological vision that integrates conversion with the reality of Christian existence.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
File size
15,13 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-567-72914-9 (9780567729149)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Book
approx. 09/2026
T.& T.Clark Ltd
€105.50
Not yet published
Person
Tom Dove has a PhD in Divinity from the University of Aberdeen, UK, having previously trained as a Hospital physician.
Content
Introduction
Part I - With Barth
1. Conversion in Christ
2. The Call of Christ to Christians
3. Baptism with the Holy Spirit
4. Conversion and the Human Creature
Part II - Beyond Barth
5. The Spirit of the Christian life
6. Conversion and the Christian Life
Bibliography
Index
Part I - With Barth
1. Conversion in Christ
2. The Call of Christ to Christians
3. Baptism with the Holy Spirit
4. Conversion and the Human Creature
Part II - Beyond Barth
5. The Spirit of the Christian life
6. Conversion and the Christian Life
Bibliography
Index
