- Title Pages
- Introduction
- 1 Patristic Theologies of Salvation
- 2 Origen of Alexandria
- 3 Irenaeus of Lyons
- 4 Saint Augustine
- 5 Athanasius
- 6 The Cappadocians
- 7 Theologies of Salvation in the Middle Ages
- 8 Anselm of Canterbury
- 9 Saint Thomas Aquinas
- 10 Julian of Norwich
- 11 Theologies of Salvation in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation
- 12 Martin Luther
- 13 John Calvin
- 14 The Catholic Reform
- 15 Theologies of Salvation from the Eighteenth to Twenty-First Centuries
- 16 John Wesley
- 17 Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Theology of Salvation
- 18 Karl Barth
- 19 Hans Urs von Balthasar and Karl Rahner
- 20 Gustavo Gutiérrez
- About the Contributors
- Index
Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury
- Chapter:
- (p.124) 8 Anselm of Canterbury
- Source:
- Christian Theologies of Salvation
- Author(s):
- Giles E. M. Gasper
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
This chapter examines Anselm of Canterbury, one of the most important thinkers in Christian history. In contrast to many who came before him, Anselm’s view of salvation did not consider the Devil to be a major figure, but instead focused on humanity’s culpability and the atoning work of Christ in salvation.
Keywords: salvation, Anselm, culpability
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- Title Pages
- Introduction
- 1 Patristic Theologies of Salvation
- 2 Origen of Alexandria
- 3 Irenaeus of Lyons
- 4 Saint Augustine
- 5 Athanasius
- 6 The Cappadocians
- 7 Theologies of Salvation in the Middle Ages
- 8 Anselm of Canterbury
- 9 Saint Thomas Aquinas
- 10 Julian of Norwich
- 11 Theologies of Salvation in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation
- 12 Martin Luther
- 13 John Calvin
- 14 The Catholic Reform
- 15 Theologies of Salvation from the Eighteenth to Twenty-First Centuries
- 16 John Wesley
- 17 Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Theology of Salvation
- 18 Karl Barth
- 19 Hans Urs von Balthasar and Karl Rahner
- 20 Gustavo Gutiérrez
- About the Contributors
- Index