在《所有的美好彰显他的荣耀:文化和普遍恩典》(He Shines in All That’s Fair: Culture and Common Grace)里,李察·穆(Richard Mouw)认为每个神学都有相应的社会学。只有我们试着去看这些主张充分实践的社区生活是什么样子,我们才可以完全理解该神学主张。[4]换句话说,教会对上帝和他子民的观点,会影响教会成员彼此间的关系、互动以及他们所发展出的事奉实践。如果穆的观点是正确的,那么教会关于孩童的神学就影响重大,因为它会形塑培养孩子的实践。
1] 本文出处:Scottie May,Beth Posterski, Catherine Stonehouse, Linda Cannell, Children Matter: Celebrating Their Place in the Church, Family, andCommunity. Grand Rapids (Michigan): Wm. B. Eerdams Pulishing Company, 2003,pp.41-72. 承蒙授权翻译转载,特此致谢。——编者注
[9] P. E. Hughes, “Grace,” in EvangelicalDictionary of Theology, ed. Walter Elwell, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1984, pp.479-81.
[10] Catherine Stonehouse, “Children in Wesleyan Thought,” in Children’s Spirituality: ChristianPerspectives, Research, and Applications, ed. Donald Ratcliff, Eugene,Ore.: Cascade, 2004.
[11] Gregory Boyd and Paul Eddy, Acrossthe Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology, Grand Rapids:Baker, 2002, p. 202.
[18]虽然这些故事中名字和细节是虚构的,但都是根据斯科蒂(Scottie May)为她的博士工作和后续研究所作的采访。因此,故事的模式、内涵和结果是真实的。参见Scottie May, “Reflections on Childhood Religious Experiences: Patterns ofSimilarity and Variability in Perceptions of Adults from Three EvangelicalChurches,” unpublished document, Ann Arbor: University MicrofilmsInternational, 1993, no. 9334539。
[19] Michael Horton, “Reformation Piety,” Modern Reformation 1, no. 4 , 2002.