Reclaiming Participation Quotes

“This ancient affirmation of Scripture and the Christian tradition provides a teleological hope and direction that gives meaning to life now and moves us toward the future with faith and confidence in God’s redemptive purpose and power.”
― Cynthia Peters Anderson, Reclaiming Participation: Christ as God's Life for All

“contrast, Cyril, Barth, and Balthasar place before us theology that sees creation as a gift of God, in which humans are held and transformed by the gracious, redeeming, and sustaining love of the Trinity. This vision of human life as a participation in the life of God made possible by Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit offers postmodernity a counter-ontology of transformed humanity made possible by the sheer gift of God’s grace, and urges us to purposeful and holy living as God’s people.”
― Cynthia Peters Anderson, Reclaiming Participation: Christ as God's Life for All

“Humanity is created, called, and securely claimed for a life with God—not out of any inherent capacity, but solely as a gracious gift of a God who loves.”
― Cynthia Peters Anderson, Reclaiming Participation: Christ as God's Life for All

“the Christian affirmation of human participation in the life of God’s truth, beauty, and goodness offers hope and meaning for humanity that is secured by God’s participation in human life through Jesus Christ.”
― Cynthia Peters Anderson, Reclaiming Participation: Christ as God's Life for All