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nomism [ˈnəʊmɪzəm]

(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) adherence to a law or laws as a primary exercise of religion

[from Greek nomos law, custom]

nomistic adj

nomism

the practice of religious legalism, especially the basing of standards of good actions upon the moral law.

See also: Law

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Law			The ethical teaching of Jesus is thereby transformed into an inflexible nomism. The Bible: God's gift to the church of the twenty-first century by Hagner, Donald A. / Currents in Theology and Mission Illustrating the former is an acute interest in the category, covenantal nomism, of recent descriptions of Rabbinic Judaism (or of "Judaism" seen as a single religion despite the multiplicity of Judaisms that stand behind the diverse bodies of evidence Formative Judaism: what do we know and how by Neusner, Jacob / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought Sanders, Dunn, and Wright), but he believes their view of the Jewish law as covenantal nomism doesn't quite allow covenant to be defined in terms of the Exodus rather than boundary markers, such as circumcision, Sabbath observance, and kosher food (pp. Contours of Pauline Theology: A Radical New Survey of the Influences ... by Snyder, Graydon F. / Currents in Theology and Mission			nominal phrase nominal quote nominal scale nominal value nominal wages nominal weapon nominalism nominalist Nominalistic nominalization nominalize nominally nominate nominated Nominately nominating address nominating speech nomination Nominatival nominative nominative case Nominatively Nominator nominee Nominor nomism nomo- nomocracy nomogram nomograph nomography nomological nomology Nomopelmous Nomothete nomothetic non Non assumpsit Non compos non compos mentis Non est factum Non est inventus non grata non licet non liquet non obst. non obstante Non obstante veredicto non pros non pros. non prosequitur			nominative contest nominative election Nominatively nominatives nominatives nominator nominator nominator nominators nominators nomine Nomine poenae nominee nominee nominee nominee Nominee Dividend Nominee Dividends Nominee Holding Nominee Interest Nominee Name Nominee Name Nominee Names Nominee-Based Congestion Algorithm nominees nominees nominees Nominor Nomis NOMISETS nomism Nomius Nomius NOMM NOMMA NOMMMA NOMMP NOMN NOMNC NOMO Nomo Hideo Nomo, Hideo nomo- nomo- NOMOADS Nomocanons Nomocracy NOMOD NoMOD51 Nomogenesis nomogram nomogram nomogram nomogram Nomograms Nomograms Nomograms nomograph nomograph nomograph nomograph

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