Definition of "nomism" [nomism]

• The following of religious laws or commandments as the chief aspect of religiousness. (noun)

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• "'Law' is in no adequate sense what the Jews themselves understood by the nomism of their religion."
• "For example, as editor Scott Clark says in CJPM, covenant nomism and federal theology cannot both be correct."
• "As far as covenantal nomism is concerned, 'getting in' focuses on the community as the recipient of God's grace and promises, whereas Philo is interested in the individual's search for God."