All Outputs (3)

Eschatological naturalism and ecological responsibility: Troubling some assumptions (2024)
Journal Article
Tranter, S. (2024). Eschatological naturalism and ecological responsibility: Troubling some assumptions. Scottish Journal of Theology, 77(3), 245-259. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0036930624000310

The connection between ecological responsibility and differing conceptions of Christian eschatology is widely observed. It is often assumed that the necessary response to Christian environmental inaction is affirmation of a strongly this-worldly visi... Read More about Eschatological naturalism and ecological responsibility: Troubling some assumptions.

Power, Possibility, and Personal Agency: What Should Ethics Know of Sin? (2024)
Journal Article
Tranter, S. (2024). Power, Possibility, and Personal Agency: What Should Ethics Know of Sin?. Studies in Christian Ethics, 37(2), 344-366. https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241235048

One striking feature of apocalyptic readings of Paul—and the Protestant dogmatics that follows after such a Paulinism—is the ‘widescreen’ portrayal of Sin as Power. This account stresses the ‘three-agent drama’ of salvation and the bondage of human p... Read More about Power, Possibility, and Personal Agency: What Should Ethics Know of Sin?.

‘Disciplined wonder’: on the evangelical possibility of reflecting theologically on very good things, as well as the bad and the ugly (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tranter, S. ‘Disciplined wonder’: on the evangelical possibility of reflecting theologically on very good things, as well as the bad and the ugly

This article is adapted from a paper given at the inaugural meeting of the Tyndale Fellowship’s Practical Theology group in 2023. The theme of the meeting was ‘Evangelical Practical Theology?’ The essay identifies practical theology’s adeptness at at... Read More about ‘Disciplined wonder’: on the evangelical possibility of reflecting theologically on very good things, as well as the bad and the ugly.