Beyond the Critique of Soteriological Individualism: Relationality and Social Cognition

This article examines an influential conceptual trope in theology and biblical studies: the distinction between ‘individualistic’ and ‘communal’ orientations as a typology for distinguishing soteriological frameworks. This distinction has been widely deployed in Paul studies, in particular, where fo...

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Main Author: Zahl, Simeon (Author)
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2021]
In: Modern theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 336-361
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Pauline letters / Soteriology / Cognitive science / Individualism / Community / Emotion / Relationship
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
HC New Testament
NBE Anthropology
NBK Soteriology
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