Overview

"Who am I? A theology of personal identity and an answer to that question should be integral to any theological anthropology. For some, the answer is found in what many have called ""expressive individualism,"" an inward turn toward the self and who and what I feel is most authentic to that self. Christians respond that we are no longer that person, we are ""in Christ."" But do either of these answers truly respond to the realities of both storied and embodied persons living out a life over time and change or the demand for an answer of stability throughout that endless change? Sacramental Identity seeks to answer these questions by grounding personal identity in Scripture, history, and a rich theology of the sacraments of the church. In a time where many are skeptical of the church's care for the embodied and storied realities of human life, the sacraments invite us into the story of Christ and the church to discover who we are."

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"""Few issues are as germane to our cultural moment as that of personal identity. T. Ryan Dillon, having learned from personal struggle, rightly suggests that one's identity both requires stability and must speak to the particularities of one's own situation. Where the 'authenticity model' fails to properly account for the former, the 'in Christ model' often does not deal adequately with the latter. Many who are personally struggling with their identity will take great courage from Dillon's sacramental approach of the Great Tradition."" --Hans Boersma, professor of ascetical theology, Nashotah House Theological Seminary ""If the church is going to faithfully respond to challenges associated with spiritually forming women and men in contemporary society, we will need to link that response to sound theological reflection. In Sacramental Identity, T. Ryan Dillon has done just that by showing us how the sacraments can serve as a unifying and stabilizing foundation for human identity in a fluid world. As someone who trains Christian leaders in spiritual formation, this will be required reading."" --Kurtley E. Knight, assistant professor of spiritual formation, Portland Seminary"

"""Few issues are as germane to our cultural moment as that of personal identity. T. Ryan Dillon, having learned from personal struggle, rightly suggests that one's identity both requires stability and must speak to the particularities of one's own situation. Where the 'authenticity model' fails to properly account for the former, the 'in Christ model' often does not deal adequately with the latter. Many who are personally struggling with their identity will take great courage from Dillon's sacramental approach of the Great Tradition."" --Hans Boersma, professor of ascetical theology, Nashotah House Theological Seminary ""If the church is going to faithfully respond to challenges associated with spiritually forming women and men in contemporary society, we will need to link that response to sound theological reflection. In Sacramental Identity, T. Ryan Dillon has done just that by showing us how the sacraments can serve as a unifying and stabilizing foundation for human identity in a fluid world. As someone who trains Christian leaders in spiritual formation, this will be required reading."" --Kurtley E. Knight, assistant professor of spiritual formation, Portland Seminary"

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T. Ryan Dillon is a PhD student in systematic theology at Ridley College in Melbourne. He is an adjunct professor of theology at Eternity Bible College.

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