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Chapter 3 - Gratitude in Creation and in Grace

One Protestant Approach to the Question of Whether Gratitude Is a Burden or a Hope

from Part I - Gratitude and God

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2022

By
Tom Greggs
Edited by
Mona Siddiqui  and
Nathanael Vette
Mona Siddiqui
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Nathanael Vette
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
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Summary

Greggs examines how creaturely gratitude has been disrupted by the Fall, but is restored by grace. Rather than accepting the Thomist or Calvinist account of gratitude as an obligation, stemming from the Fall, Greggs sees true creaturely gratitude as movement within grace, in anticipation of redemption; an outpouring of thankfulness into all areas of life.

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gratitudecreationthe Falldivine economyThomas AquinasJohn Calvingracehope
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A Theology of Gratitude
Christian and Muslim Perspectives
 , pp. 38 - 51
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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