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If anyone is in Christ – new creation!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2018

BEN PAGE
BEN PAGE*
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Department of Philosophy, Durham University, 51 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HJ, UK
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e-mail: benjamin.t.page@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article investigates the metaphysical transformation that occurs when a believer becomes a new creation, something which hasn't yet been explored in the literature. I start by setting out what this ontological transformation involves, and then provide two models as to how it might go. The first is a type of substratism, based on a theory of mixing, while the second thinks about this transformation in terms of replacementism. Throughout the article I seek to resolve difficulties that both of these models bring, while also showing how other aspects of Christian thought can be explained by these models.

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Religious Studies , Volume 56 , Issue 4 , December 2020 , pp. 525 - 541
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018

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