%0 Journal Article
%T John Barclay¡¯s Gift to Theology
%A Douglas Harink
%J Pro Ecclesia
%@ 2631-8334
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1063851219842393
%X John Barclay¡¯s Paul and the Gift wonderfully clarifies Paul¡¯s understanding of gift and grace. Two features stand out: Paul ¡°perfects¡± the incongruity of grace; grace is unconditioned by any measure of human worth. But Paul does not ¡°perfect¡± the non-reciprocity of grace; grace is not unconditional, but evokes and expects faithful obedience in return. First, I suggest that this Pauline relation between incongruous grace and reciprocal ethics is faithfully mirrored in Barth¡¯s Church Dogmatics (which remains under-explored in this book). I go on to probe the relationship between divine being and incongruous grace in Paul. How does Paul¡¯s doctrine of God ground his doctrine of grace, and how does his doctrine of grace inform his Trinitarian theology? Finally, I ask whether Barclay¡¯s understanding of dikaiosyn¨¥ almost exclusively as ¡°worth¡± sidelines the possibility of exploring the relationship between grace and justice in Paul
%K grace and ethics
%K Karl Barth
%K Trinity
%K dikaiosyn¨¥
%K justice
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1063851219842393