Christianity Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Christianity The Basics
Book SynopsisChristianity: The Basics is a compelling introduction to both the central pillars of the Christian faith and the rich and varied history of this most global of global religions. This book traces the development of Christianity through an exploration of some of the key beliefs, practices and emotions which have been recurrent symbols through the centuries: Christ, the kingdom of heaven and sin Baptism, Eucharist and prayer Joy, divine union and self denial Encompassing the major epochs of Christian history and examining the unity and divisions created by these symbols, Christianity: The Basics is both a concise and comprehensive introduction to the Christian tradition.Table of Contents1. Christian Origins 2. Classic institutions 3. Medieval Synthesis 4. The Reformation and Counter-Reformation 5. Modernity and the Present.
£24.32
Taylor & Francis Sacred Enigmas Literary Religion in the Hebrew
Book SynopsisSacred Enigmas assesses the religious and intellectual significance of the Hebrew Bible both as a document of its time and as an important step in the development of thought. It presents the major aspects of biblical religion through detailed literary analyses of key texts, presented in English translation to make them accessible to the general reader as well as scholars.Trade Review'Geller emerges as an interpreter who creatively combines sensitivity with a clear historical perspective.' - NumenTable of ContentsPreface. Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Struggle at the Jabbok: The Uses of Enigma in Biblical Religion Chapter 3. Fiery Wisdom: The Deuteronomic Tradition Chapter 4. Blood Cult: An Interpretation of the Priestly Work of the Pentateuch Chapter 5. Where is Wisdom? Chapter 6. The Riddle of Prophecy Chapter 7. The Rape of Dinah: Sexuality and Transcendence Chapter 8. The Garden of the Self Chapter 9. History, Literature and Religion Epilogue Notes.
£51.29
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Templar Code for Dummies
Book SynopsisReveals the meaning behind the cryptic codes and secret rituals of the medieval brotherhood of warrior monks known as the Knights Templar. This guide covers topics such as who the Knights Templar were, how they rose so high and fell so far, and why there is so much interest in them.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 3 Conventions Used in This Book 4 What You’re Not to Read 5 Foolish Assumptions 5 How This Book Is Organized 6 Part I: The Knights Templar and the Crusades 6 Part II: A Different Kind of Knighthood 6 Part III: After the Fall of the Templars 6 Part IV: Templars and the Grail 7 Part V: Squaring Off: The Church versus the Gospel According to Dan Brown 7 Part VI: The Part of Tens 8 Icons Used in This Book 8 Where to Go from Here 9 Part I: The Knights Templar and the Crusades 11 Chapter 1: Defining the Templar Code 13 Knights, Grails, Codes, Leonardo da Vinci, and How They All Collide 14 The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon 16 Defining knighthood 17 Defining monasticism 19 Warrior Monks: Their Purpose 20 A vow of nine crusader knights 21 Don’t leave home without it: The Templars’ role as international bankers 22 Builders 24 Templars in Battle 24 Betrayed, Excommunicated, and Hunted 25 So where’d everybody go? 26 The riddle of Templar symbols 26 Templars in the 21st Century 28 Templars and the Grail quest 28 Templars and the fringe 28 Chapter 2: A Crash Course in Crusading 31 Getting a Handle on the Crusades 32 A Snapshot of the 11th Century 33 Fealty, fiefs, and feudalism 33 Pilgrimage 34 Y1K: The end of days 36 The Spanish ulcer 37 The dilemma of the second son 39 Piracy and trade 40 The First Crusade: A Cry for Help, a Call to Arms 40 Meet the Byzantines 40 Go East, young man! 41 Peter the Hermit 43 Get out the beer, we’re here! 44 Forward ho! 45 The massacre of Jerusalem 46 The founding of Outremer 48 Let’s Give It Another Shot: The Second Crusade 49 A dynamic new Muslim force 51 Jerusalem falls 52 The Third Crusade 52 The celebrity crusade 54 Richard and Saladin 54 The Final Curtain 55 The Fourth Crusade 55 The Fifth Crusade 56 The Sixth Crusade 56 The Seventh Crusade 56 Chapter 3: The Rise of the Knights Templar 59 The Perils of Pilgrimage 60 Why bother? 61 St Helena discovers it all 62 Medieval muggers 63 Where’d everybody go? 65 A New Knighthood 67 “The Poor Knights of Christ” 67 The Knights Templar 68 Keeping their oath 71 A Simple Mission Creates a Powerful Institution 71 Digging in the temple 71 A windfall of money and power 72 Bernard of Clairvaux 73 The Council of Troyes 74 Opposition to the Templars 75 The Explosion of the Order 76 New gifts 77 Eyes of the pope 77 International Bankers 78 Check, please 79 Building boom 80 Imitation, the Sincerest Form of Flattery 80 The Knights Hospitaller 81 The Teutonic Knights 82 Livonian Brothers of the Sword 83 Up Where the Air Is Thin: The Templars Reach Their Zenith 83 Part II: A Different Kind of Knighthood 85 Chapter 4: Living in a Templar World 87 A Standard Unlike Any Other 87 The Templar Rule 88 Warriors and monks 90 Templar do’s and don’ts 90 A Templar day planner 91 No women allowed 93 The pride and the power 93 Punishment and penance 94 Who’s in Charge around Here? 94 Grand Master 95 Master and Commander 95 Seneschal 95 Turcopolier 96 Marshal 96 Under-Marshal 96 Standard Bearer 96 Knight 96 Sergeant 97 Treasurer 97 Draper 97 Squires 97 Lay Servants 97 Chaplain brothers 98 The Templar Commandery: Medieval Fortress and City 98 City within a city 98 The signature round churches 98 Symbols of the Templars 100 The red cross 100 The Beauséant 102 Skull and crossbones 103 Chapter 5: The Poor Knights Crash and Burn: The Fall of the Templars 105 The Seeds of the Fall in the Nature of the Order 106 A little independence goes a long way 107 Money: The root of all evil 108 Huge tracts of land 109 Cracks in the Armor 110 Getting a little too chummy with the heretics 111 Templar bashing: The latest game from the Holy Land 113 Playing politics 114 A new and deadly enemy: Saladin 115 The Treacherous Kingdom of Jerusalem 119 Ethics by Borgia, politics by Shakespeare 119 The horns of Hattin 121 The final curtain 123 The last Crusader 124 Dark Clouds Converge over France 125 King Phillip “The Fair” 125 Pope Clement V 127 The setup 128 October 1307: An unlucky Friday the 13th 129 The Accusations 130 The Confessions 130 The End 131 Chapter 6: Cold Case Files: The Evidence against the Templars 133 The Chief Accuser 134 Opening Move: An Illegal Arrest 136 The Charge Sheet 138 The caliber of the witnesses 141 Dangerous foreign entanglements 141 Blowing Away the Charges, One by One 142 Desecrating the cross 142 Denying the sacrament of the Mass 143 Sodomy 144 Embezzlement 145 Baphomet 146 Heads up: So what was it? 148 The Pope Knuckles Under 149 Secretly Absolved 151 Part III: After the Fall of the Templars 153 Chapter 7: Templars Survive in Legend and in Fact 155 The Templar Fleet 156 Sailing up the Seine 156 La Rochelle 156 So where’d they go? 157 Talking Treasure 157 Cold, hard cash 158 Treasure more mystical than cash? 159 The Scottish Legends 160 Battle of Bannockburn 161 Rosslyn Chapel 162 Templars Part Deux: Return of the Living Knights 166 Portugal and the Order of Christ 166 Spain and the Order of Montesa 167 The Hospitallers 167 Switzerland 168 The Greatest Templar Myths 169 Templars possessed the Ark of the Covenant 169 A Templar connection to the Shroud of Turin 170 Templars discover America! 171 The Templars Survived! 176 The Larmenius Charter 176 The Priory of Sion 179 Rex Deus 179 Templars spawn the modern-day conspiracy theory 180 Chapter 8: “Born in Blood”: Freemasonry and the Templars 183 The Masonic Fraternity: Who Freemasons Are and What They Believe 184 A quick tour of Masonic history 186 The brotherhood code of the lodge 188 Identifying the Possible Templar Origins of Freemasonry 189 Rosslyn Chapel and the Masons 191 The Templars’ sacred subcontractors 194 The Masonic Knights Templar and Where They Came From 195 Chevalier Ramsay begins a knightly legend 196 Freemasonry’s mysterious “Unknown Superiors” 197 Templarism in the American colonies 198 Templar drill teams: The origins of Masonic Knights Templar military costumes 198 Skulls and crossbones! 199 The Templars’ place within Freemasonry 200 Chapter 9: Modern-Day Templars 203 Modern Templar Orders 204 Order Militia Crucifera Evangelica 204 Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani 206 Ordo Novi Templi 207 Ordo Militia Templi 209 Chivalric Martinist Order 209 Order of the Solar Temple 209 Ordo Templi Orientis 213 Knights But Not Templars 213 Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 213 Order of the Grail 214 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 214 Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem 216 Deutscher Orden (Teutonic Knights) 217 Order of Christ 217 Teetotaling Templars of Temperance 218 Templars of Honor and Temperance 218 International Order of Good Templars 218 Part IV: Templars and the Grail 221 Chapter 10: The Templars and the Quest for the Holy Grail 223 The Holy Grail: A Ten-Century Quest 224 The Quest Begins 225 Chrétien de Troyes 225 Robert de Boron: The Grail becomes holy 228 Perlesvaus 228 Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival 229 The rest of the story 229 The Templars and the Grail 230 The Real Grail? 231 Chapter 11: The 21st Century Dawns with a New Grail Myth 233 Holy Couple: The Search for the Bloodline of Christ 234 The biblical account of Mary Magdalene 234 The legend 235 Holy Blood, Holy Grail: The Legend Rediscovered 235 The Priory of Sion 237 Rennes-le-Château 238 The peculiar Pierre Plantard 241 The priory exposed 243 Was any of it real? 244 Part V: Squaring Off: The Church versus the Gospel According to Dan Brown 245 Chapter 12: Templars and The Da Vinci Code 247 The Secret Societies of Dan Brown 248 The Da Vinci Code’s “facts” of the Priory of Sion 249 The “Da Vinci” Templars 252 Opus Dei 254 Leonardo da Vinci and His Last Supper 256 John or Mary? 257 The “missing” Grail found 258 Chapter 13: The Suppression of the “Feminine Divine”: Truth or Feminist Fiction? 261 Defining Divine Femininity 262 The “lost bride” 263 The mysterious Magdalene 265 Mary’s Marriage: Pros and Cons 272 Pros 273 Cons 275 Goddess Worship and the Sacred Feminine: Do We Really Want It Back Again? 279 The women who worshipped goddesses 279 The women who worshipped the male God of Israel 282 The Catholic Church’s Relationship with Women 288 The real burr in the saddle 289 Victorianism 290 Facing the future 290 Chapter 14: Getting Our Acts Together: Constantine and the Council of Nicaea 291 Fiction, History, and the Early Church 292 Early Christianity: A secret society 292 Dan Brown’s version: Teabing does the talking 294 What Boring Old History Books Say 295 The Christian conversion of Constantine 295 The real Council of Nicaea and what happened there 297 “Closing the Canon”: Determining the books of the Bible 300 Conflict over celibacy 303 Part VI: The Part of Tens 309 Chapter 15: Ten Candidates for the Site of the Holy Grail 311 Glastonbury Tor, England 311 Hawkstone Park (Shropshire, England) 312 Takt-i-Taqdis, Iran 313 The Santo Caliz (Valencia, Spain) 314 Sacro Catino (Genoa, Italy) 314 Rosslyn Chapel (Roslin, Scotland) 315 Wewelsburg Castle (Buren, Germany) 315 Montségur, France 317 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) 318 Castle Stalker (Argyll, Scotland) 318 Chapter 16: Ten Absolutely Must-See Templar Sites 321 Where It All Began: Temple Mount (Jerusalem, Israel) 322 Temple Church (London, England) 323 Royston Cave (Hertfordshire, England) 325 Rosslyn Chapel (Roslin, Scotland) 325 Kilmartin Church (Argyll, Scotland) 326 Chinon Castle (Chinon, France) 327 Templar Villages (Aveyron, France) 328 Tomar Castle (Tomar, Portugal) 329 Domus Templi — The Spanish Route of the Templars (Aragon, Spain) 330 Where It Ended: Îsle de la Cité (Paris, France) 331 Chapter 17: Ten Places That May Be Hiding the Templar Treasure 333 Rosslyn Chapel (Roslin, Scotland) 333 Oak Island Money Pit (Nova Scotia, Canada) 334 Temple Bruer (Lincolnshire, England) 334 Hertfordshire, England 335 Bornholm Island, Denmark 336 Rennes-le-Château, France 336 Château de Gisors (Normandy, France) 337 Switzerland 338 Trinity Church (New York City) 338 Washington D.C.’s Rosslyn Chapel 339 Index 341
£12.59
John Wiley & Sons Inc Missional Renaissance
Book SynopsisReggie McNeal's bestseller The Present Future is the definitive work on the "missional movement," i.e. , the widespread movement among Protestant churches to be less inwardly focused and more oriented toward the culture and community around them.Trade Review"Let me say this outright: This book is a must-read for Jesus-Creeders." (Beliefnet.com)Table of ContentsAbout Leadership Network xi Introduction xiii 1 The Missional Renaissance 1 2 Missional Manifesto 19 3 Missional Shift 1: From an Internal to an External Focus 41 4 Changing the Scorecard from Internal to External Focus 67 5 Missional Shift 2: From Program Development to People Development 89 6 Changing the Scorecard from Measuring Programs to Helping People Grow 111 7 Missional Shift 3: From Church-Based to Kingdom-Based Leadership 129 8 Changing the Scorecard from Church-Based to Kingdom-Based Leadership 157 Conclusion 177 Notes 183 The Author 187 Index 189
£17.85
John Wiley & Sons Inc Missional MapMaking
Book SynopsisGuidance for church leaders to develop their own maps and chart new paths toward stronger, more vibrant, and more missional congregations In the burgeoning missional church movement, churches are seeking to become less focused on programs for members and more oriented toward outreach to people who are not already in church. This fundamental shift in what a congregation is and does and thinks is challenging for leaders and congregants. Using the metaphor of map-making, the book explains the perspective and skills needed to lead congregations and denominations in a time of radical change over unfamiliar terrain as churches change their focus from internal to external. Offers a clear guide for leaders wanting to transition to a missional church model Written by Alan Roxburgh, a prominent expert and practitioner in the missional movement Guides leaders seeking to create new maps for leadership and church organization and focus A Volume in tTable of ContentsAbout Leadership Network vii Introduction: An Uncertain Journey ix Part One When Maps No Longer Work 1 Chapter One Maps Shaping Our Imaginations in Modernity 3 Chapter Two Leading in an In-Between Time 19 Chapter Three When Common Sense is No Longer Common 41 Chapter Four From Playing Pool to Herding Cats 59 Chapter Five Why Strategic Planning Doesn’t Work in This New Space and Doesn’t Fit God’s Purposes 73 Chapter Six Eight Currents of Change and the Challenge of Making New Maps 87 Chapter Seven Lessons from the Formation of the Internet for Leading in This New Space 111 Part Two The Map-Making Process 125 Chapter Eight Cultivating a Core Identity in a Changed Environment 127 Chapter Nine Cultivating Parallel Cultures of the Kingdom 143 Chapter Ten Map-Making Partnerships Between a Local Church and Neighborhoods and Communities 163 Notes 189 The Author 196 Index 197
£17.09
University of California Press Praying and Preying
Book SynopsisOffers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari', inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes Mission.Trade Review"Praying and Preying is a remarkably original and important study." Anthropology Review DatabaseTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 • The New Tribes Mission 2 • Versions versus Bodies: Translations in Contact 3 • The Encounter with the Missionaries 4 • Eating God’s Words: Kinship and Conversion 5 • Praying and Preying 6 • Strange Creator 7 • Christian Ritual Life 8 • Moral Changes 9 • Personhood and Its Translations Conclusion Notes References Index
£22.50
Cambridge University Press Church and Politics Britain Orleton Adam Orleton 10 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Third Series Series Number 10
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£38.99
Cambridge University Press The Millstatter Exodus
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£39.89
Cambridge University Press The Latin Church in Norman Italy
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£103.00
Cambridge University Press The Church in an Age of Danger
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£91.19
Cambridge University Press Schleiermacher
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a new translation of the founding text of modern hermeneutics, together with related writings on secular hermeneutics and on language, and an introduction that places the texts in the context of Schleiermacher's philosophy as a whole.Trade Review"This is a most welcome and much needed edition..." Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Chronology; Further reading; Note on the text and the translation; 1. Hermeneutics and criticism; 2. General hermeneutics; 3. Schematism and language; Index.
£32.99
Cambridge University Press The Desire of the Nations Rediscovering the Roots
Book SynopsisPolitical theology as we know it today reacts against the attempt to insulate theology from political theory which has generally characterised the modern era. But its own intellectual parentage in the idealist historicism of the nineteenth century has left it still entrammelled in the suspicions and inhibitions from which it has wanted to break free. Oliver O'Donovan contends that to pass beyond suspicion and totalised criticism of politics and to achieve a positive reconstruction of political thought, theology must reach back behind the modern tradition, achieving a fuller, less selective reading of the Scriptures and learning from an older politico-theological discourse which flourished in the patristic, medieval and Reformation periods. Central to that discourse was a series of questions about authority, generated by Jesus' proclamation of the Kingdom of God. This book, now published in paperback, makes an important contribution to contemporary political theology and Christian ethicTrade Review'Above all … it is the book's ability to stimulate and enrich debate about the shape of a Christian political ethic which emerges most clearly …'. Studies in Christian Ethics'O'Donovan's masterful work should be read by everyone interested in the daunting complexities of the political theology of Israel, Christendom, and now post-Christendom.' Theological Studies'… a powerful argument by a subtle thinker. The Desire of the Nations is a serious book to which anyone interested in questions of theology and politics must attend.' The Review of Politics'There are real insights on almost every page into the history of politics and religion and the book is written with great confidence and certainty.' Scottish Journal of Theology'… the author has presented us with a substantive statement of the postmodern political meaning of the Christian faith. The book should be read.' The Princeton Seminary Bulletin'This is a substantial exercise in 'political theology'. The argument is highly distinctive: it is a defence of the idea 'christendom'. Most of the book is a dense and difficult discussion of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament. To his credit he does attempt to grapple with the historical critical method and takes seriously the views of the Biblical scholars. … All libraries will have to purchase this text …'. Theological Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Beyond suspicion; 2. The revelation of God's kingship; 3. Dual authority and the fulfilling of the time; 4. The triumph of the Kingdom; 5. The church; 6. The obedience of rulers; 7. The redemption of society; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index of scriptural references; Index of subjects; Index of names and authors.
£41.79
Cambridge University Press Bodies and Souls or Spirited Bodies 3 Current Issues in Theology Series Number 3
Book SynopsisAre humans composed of a body and a nonmaterial mind or soul, or are we purely physical beings? Opinion is sharply divided over this issue. In this clear and concise book, Nancey Murphy argues for a physicalist account, but one that does not diminish traditional views of humans as rational, moral, and capable of relating to God. This position is motivated not only by developments in science and philosophy, but also by biblical studies and Christian theology. The reader is invited to appreciate the ways in which organisms are more than the sum of their parts. That higher human capacities such as morality, free will, and religious awareness emerge from our neurobiological complexity and develop through our relation to others, to our cultural inheritance, and, most importantly, to God. Murphy addresses the questions of human uniqueness, religious experience, and personal identity before and after bodily resurrection.Trade Review'…a very clear and helpful overview of the ongoing question of whether humans are composed of a body and a nonmaterial soul or are purely physical beings … this book contains a great deal of sophisticated theology and science presented in a highly accessible form …' Theology'… [provides] a 'state of the art' assessment of pressing issues in theology. … a great deal of sophisticated theology and science presented in a highly accessible form and, as such will be very useful to theologians and churchpeople alike …' TheologyReaders will find the breadth of this work its most useful characteristic. By offering such a survey Murphy alerts her readers to numerous facets and implications of thinking about human nature from within the Christian tradition, while critically drawing from scientific evidence and philosophical argumentation … All in all, this book will serve students and church professionals as an excellent introduction to contemporary issues surrounding theologically understanding human nature as neuroscientific portraits of humanness gain influence.' Scottish Journal of TheologyTable of Contents1. Do Christians need souls?: theological and biblical perspectives on human nature; 2. What does science say about human nature?: physics, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience; 3. Did my neurons make me do it?: reductionism, morality, and the problem of free will; 4. What are the philosophical challenges?: human distinctives, divine action, and personal identity.
£27.54
Cambridge University Press The Rome of Pope Paschal I Papal Power Urban Renovation Church Rebuilding and Relic Translation 817824 76 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 77
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£103.53
Cambridge University Press Broken Idols of the English Reformation
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£121.60
Cambridge University Press The Bible and Empire
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£84.54
Cambridge University Press The Gospel of John
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£84.17
Cambridge University Press Homicide in the Biblical World
Book SynopsisExamines the way homicide was prosecuted and punished in the Bible and shows how justice reflects the religion and culture of the Bible. The book compares the law of the Bible to the law of the ancient Near East.Trade Review'Pamela Barmash's new book is compulsory reading for biblical scholars in general, scholars of biblical law in particular, and scholars of ancient Near Eastern law and culture. It is not far-reaching to claim that this book is essential for every scholar of ancient cultural and legal systems … Barmash's study of homicide in the biblical world is a shining example of comparative research.' Review of Biblical Literature' … this is a valuable book, with a rich bibliography …' ThemeliosTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. A first case, the story of Cain and Abel; 2. Blood feud and state control; 3. The development of the cities of refuge in the Bible; 4. Pollution and homicide; 5. Typologies of homicide; 6. Lex Talionis; 7. International law in the Ancient Near East; 8. Conclusion; 9. Excursus aeven: cuneiform sources on homicide.
£75.99
Cambridge University Press Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics New Studies in Christian Ethics Series Number 24
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£90.33
Grupo Nelson Cómo ser la mejor mamá
Book SynopsisMarina Slayton y su marido, Gregory, autor de best seller de ser un mejor papá hoy, revela los secretos para encontrar la verdadera alegría en el papel sagrado de ser mamá. El uso de la historia, el humor, la empatía, el sentido común, y una conversaciónbasada en la realidad y la experiencia personal.
£12.34
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Gods Ways with the World
Book SynopsisDevoted to recovering the truth and vitality of Christian faith by attempting to trace the ways of God with the modern world. Following the example of the great eras of theological understanding in the past, this book seeks a synthesis of faith, theology and other disciplined forms of life and thought to recover the dynamic of God's life and work.Trade Review"'This is some of the richest theology to have been produced in Britain or America in recent decades. It faces one after another of the key questions and always illuminates them. It is rare to be able to unite such profound engagement with God and the fundamentals of Christian faith together with a sense of getting inside the critical and constructive contributions of a range of other disciplines.' Professor David F. Ford 'During the last few decades, Daniel Hardy has been a leading contributor to the revival of systematic theology in Britain. These papers provide a conspectus of the range and depth of his thinking, and will long continue to serve as sources of profound insight and understanding.' Professor Colin E. Gunton"
£67.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Being Faithful Christian Commitment in Modern
Book SynopsisExplores how the Christian life is lived in a pluralistic situation where different contexts of belonging give rise to different moral challenges. This title brings together quality research and debates in ecclesiology worldwide from a network of international scholars, research centres and projects in the field.
£34.19
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Danielic Eschatological Hour in the Johannine Literature
Book SynopsisA bold examination of the links between the Johannine eschatological hour and the eschatological hour in the book of Daniel.Trade ReviewThis book is an important contribution to the study of the Hebrew Bible background to the Gospel of John...Overall, the book is well organized and well written, fluid and lucid in style, and persuasive in argument. It is a helpful and illuminating study that contributes well to our understanding of the Hebrew Bible background of the Fourth Gospel, elucidating the particular emphases of Johannine eschatology. -- Dorothy A. Lee * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction/The Use of Eschatological Hour in the OT/The Use of Eschatological Hour in the Jewish Literature/The OT Background of the Eschatological Hour in John 4:21, 23/The OT Background of the Eschatological Hour in John 5:25, 28/The OT Background of the Eschatological Hour in John 12:23, 27/The OT Background of the Eschatological Hour in John 16:16-33/The OT Background of the Eschatological Hour in 1 John 2:18/The OT Background of the Eschatological Hour in Revelation/Hermeneutical, Theological, and Biblical-Theological Conclusions
£37.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Empire and Exile
Book SynopsisEmpire and Exile explores the impact of Babylonian aggression upon the book of Jeremiah by calling attention to the presence of the empire and showing how the book of Jeremiah can be read as resistant responses to the inevitability of imperial power and the experience of exile. With the insight of postcolonial theory, resistance is framed in these readings as finding a place in the world even though not controlling territory and therefore surviving social death. It argues that even though exile is not prevented, exile is experienced in the constituting of a unique place in the world rather than in the assimilation of the nation. The insights of postcolonial theory direct this reading of the book of Jeremiah from the perspective of the displaced. Theorists Homi Bhabha, Partha Chatterjee, Stuart Hall, and bell hooks provide lenses to read issues peculiar to groups affected by dominant powers such as empires. The use of these theories helps highlight issues such as marginality, hybridity,Trade ReviewEmpire and Exile offers a lucid analysis of ways in which the book of Jeremiah reveals ancient Judean strategies for cultural survival during the period of Babylonian domination. Deftly deploying insights of Frantz Fanon, Homi Bhabha, Stuart Hall, and other postcolonial theorists, Davidson reads Jeremiah's sign acts, discourses, and biographical narratives as complex responses to the pressures of colonization and dislocation. Fresh and compelling, this work sheds new light on the ambivalences that attend the subaltern's struggle to reconfigure "home" in an imperial context. Empire and Exile is an indispensable resource for readers wishing to explore the intersections of postcolonial criticism and biblical studies. --Carolyn J. Sharp, Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Yale Divinity School -- Carolyn J. Sharp * Yale Divinity School, USA *Summarized by -- James Chukwuma Okoye, C.S.Sp, Duquesne University * The Catholic Bible Quarterly *Davidson has written a compelling work that manages to balance traditionalhistorical-critical approaches to Jeremiah with newer methodologies. In fact, he is able to demonstrate that newer reading strategies, such as postcolonial approaches, may help clarify traditionally difficult issues in Jeremiah studies. -- Phillip Michael Sherman, Maryville College * Religious Studies Review *[P]rovides stimulating contribution to Jeremiah studies by not only reimagining the manner in which the text is relevant today, but also suggesting new avenues of historical inquiry. -- Bo H. Lim, Seattle Pacific University * Biblical Interpretation *Table of ContentsChapter 1 - (Dis)locating Location; Chapter 2 - (Dis)locating Interpretations; Chapter 3 - The Book of Jeremiah in Postcolonial Perspective; Chapter 4 - Saving Home; Chapter 5 - The World in the Home; Chapter 6 - (A)way from Home; Chapter 7 - Finding a Place.
£142.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Writing Theology Well 2nd Edition
Book SynopsisA working guide for students conducting theological writing and research on theology and biblical studies courses, this book integrates the disciplines of writing, rhetoric, and theology, to provide a standard text for the teaching and mentoring of writing across the theological curriculum.As a theological rhetoric, it also encourages excellence in theological writing in the public domain by helping to equip students for their wider vocations as writers, preachers, and communicators in a variety of ministerial and professional contexts. This 2nd Edition includes new chapters on ''Writing Theology in a New Language'', which explores the linguistic and cultural challenges of writing theology well in a non-native language, and ''Writing and Learning Theology in an Electronic Age'', addressed to distance learning students learning to write theology well from online courses, and dealing with the technologies necessary to do so.Trade ReviewIt is imperative that theologians learn to write coherently and with ready access for a general audience - and not simply for each other. No one can help us to do this better than Lucretia Yaghjian. This volume will tutor all theological writers to write in more reasonable ways. * Thomas Groome, Boston College, USA *Writing Theology Well has been my go to text to recommend to theological students and writing resource centers since its publication. Not only does Lucretia Yaghjian have incredible technical skills as a teacher of the craft of writing, but she brings to the task a deep passion for the subject matter, as well as a compassionate understanding of fledging theological and biblical writers. At its best this book evokes the "voice" and imagination of the student while it instructs in rhetoric. This welcome new edition updates this valuable book, including writing in digital environments. It is an invaluable resource for students, faculty, librarians and theological educators everywhere. * Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook, Claremont School of Theology, USA *In 2006 I wrote that the first edition of this book on writing theology was incomparable in its combination of theory practice, quality, depth and style. And now, almost ten years later, Lucretia Yaghjian expands the breadth of her coverage to second-language English writers and to all of us caught up in a comprehensive digital environment. In a brilliant and yet transparent way she leads young and mature theologians into a new technological and cultural context of teaching, studying and writing. She has taught this old dog new tricks, and I am grateful. * Roger Haight, S.J., Union Theological Seminary, USA *What a wise book! What a pleasant book! What a helpful book! The book reflects Yaghjian's special background, literature as it is well and interestingly written, graced with a conversation with leading figures in the field. There is in this book so much practical wisdom concerning the craft of writing. For a beginner, an absolutely necessary guide; for those who have been writing for years, a welcome and informative reminder of what makes theological writing readable and pointed. This should be required reading for graduate students (and their teachers). * Jerome H. Neyrey (Now Emeritus), University of Notre Dame, USA *Table of ContentsPart I: Writing Theological Rhetorics Well 1. Writing Theology Well in ItsOwn Context 2. Writing Theological Reflection Well: Rhetorics of Process, Problem-Solving,and Proclamation 3. Writing Theological Argument Well: Rhetorics of Inquiry, Reading,Reflection, and Persuasion 4. Writing the Theological Essay Well: Rhetorics of Identification,Correlation, Suspicion, and Construction Part II: Writing Theological andBiblical Research Well 5. Writing Theological Research Well: Rhetorics of Research, Investigation,and Documentation 6. Writing the Biblical Essay Well I: Rhetorics of Exegesis and Interpretation 7. Writing the Biblical Essay Well II: A Critical-Hermeneutical Rhetoric Part III: Toward a Theological Style andVoice of One's Own 8. Writing Theology Well in a New Language 9. Rewriting Theology Well I: Rhetorics of Style and Voice 10 Writing with Theological Imagination Well: Rhetorics of Analogy, Metaphor,and Symbol 11. Rewriting Theology Well II: A Rhetoric of Revision Part IV: WritingTheology Well in Widening Contexts 12.WritingTheology in a New Language: Rhetorics of Communication, Enculturation, and Empowerment 13. Writing Theology Well 4.0:Writing and Learning Theology in an Electronic Age
£26.59
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Pauls Use of the Old Testament in Romans 91924
Book SynopsisBrian J. Abasciano earned his Ph.D. in divinity from the University of Aberdeen, UK, pastors at Faith Community Church in Hampton, New Hampshire, USA, and serves as an adjunct professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Potter and Clay Texts in Their Old Testament Contexts Chapter 3: Interpretive Traditions Relating to the Old Testament Potter and Clay Texts Chapter 4: Paul's Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9.19-24 Chapter 5: Concluding Reflections Bibliography
£85.50
Bloomsbury USA 3pl A Theocratic Yehud Issues of Government in a
Book SynopsisOffers a fresh re-evaluation of Yehud in the Persian period, addressing in particular the dynamics of its relationship to the Persian imperial government. This book shows how the social, economic, and political realms of Yehud functioned within the framework of Persian imperial administration.Table of ContentsIntroduction; CH. 1: Evidence and Interpretation; CH. 2: The Face of the Persian Empire and its Administration; CH. 3: Yahwism and the Question of Government in Yehud; CH. 4: Concepts of Theocracy; CH. 5: Was Yehud a Theocracy?
£127.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Unchained Bible Cultural Appropriations of
Book SynopsisHugh S. Pyper is Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.Trade ReviewSummarized. * New Testament Abstracts *Pyper’s work should hold the interest of biblical scholars, theologians, sociologists of Christianity, those interested the reception of religious texts, and finally educated and motivated general readers. The Unchained Bible, like the Bible itself, fruitfully invites its readers to wonder, curiosity, and offense before its many penetrating insights, strange vistas, and unexpected connections. For putting together such a work, Pyper and T&T Clark are to be commended. -- Joseph K. Gordon, Marquette University * Reviews in Religion and Theology *This collection of essays offers a wide range of unexpected readings of the Bible in popular culture, literature, film, music, and politics ... Hugh Pyper’s point throughout the present volume is that the Bible’s effects may surprise and sometimes dismay both religious and secular groups when it is ‘free to roam’, unchained from the constraints of the Church. Infused with his characteristic wry humour, Pyper’s book seeks to provide a conscious engagement with these effects ... Through his varied examples of ‘odd intersections between the Bible and popular culture’ Pyper effectively demonstrates how attention to the cultural appropriation of the Bible can often aid understanding of the text. -- Christine E. Joynes, Trinity College, Oxford, UK * Journal of Theological Studies (Vol. 64.2) *Table of ContentsIntroduction Section 1. Making Sense The Beginnings of the Bible Biblical Nonsense Section 2. Biblical Politics Religion Despite the Bible The Bible in the Metropolis Section 3. The Bible as Guidebook Biblical Tourism: Portuguese Novelists and the Life of Christ The Book of Dave versus the Bible Section 4. Music, Nationalism and the Bible Jonah in Estonia, Joseph in Latvia: The Bible and National Identity in the New Baltic Republics Musical Analysis and Biblical Interpretation: Brucknerian Transpositions Section 5. The Sporting Bible Wrestling the Bible The NASCAR Bible Section 6. The Evolution of the Bible When Jesus was (nearly) Scottish: Judaism and its Alternatives in Biblical Interpretation Dispelling Delusions: Dawkins, Dennett and Biblical Studies Conclusion
£28.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Dawn of Israel
Book SynopsisLester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. He is also Series Editor of our own Library of Second Temple Studies Series.Trade ReviewLester Grabbe has once again provided us with a well-researched and judiciously argued volume, this time laying out for us an excellent summary of the cultural backgrounds for the rise of 'Israel'. Masterfully weaving together historical, biblical and archaeological sources, Prof. Grabbe presents an overview of the cultural and historical background of 2nd millennium BCE Canaan and its environs, the region in which biblical Israel and Judah formed during the early Iron Age. Advanced students of archaeology, Bible and ancient Near Eastern Studies will find this an excellent resource to understand the genesis of Israel and Judah. Highly recommended! * Professor Aren Maeir, Bar-Ilan University, Israel *Lester Grabbe worked through the History of Ancient Israel like an archaeologist, from the top strata down. Three volumes on the Persian and Hellenistic periods were followed by a by a magisterial study of the Iron Age monarchies, and now, finally, on Israel’s beginnings in the Late Bronze Age. Both YHWH and Israel are first attested in this period. This fact is undeniable and calls for proper consideration, which it amply receives in the sober and comprehensive manner which we learnt to appreciate in Grabbe’s previous books. * Ernst Axel Knauf, University of Bern, Switzerland *[Grabbe] enriches us with a seasoned, post-enlightenment history. * The Society for Old Testament Study Book List *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Preface Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Third Millennium Context Part II: Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000-1600 BCE) Chapter 3: Ancient Near Eastern Context Chapter 4: Syria and Palestine Part III: Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1200 BCE) Chapter 5: Ancient Near Eastern Context, Including Syria Chapter 6: Palestine/Canaan Part IV: Early Iron Age (c. 1200-900 BCE) Chapter 7: Ancient Near Eastern Context, Including Syria and Transjordan (1200-900 BCE) Chapter 8: Palestine (1200-900 BCE) Part V: Conclusions Chapter 9: The Origins of Israel - A Holistic Approach Bibliography Index
£20.89
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Leshon Limmudim
Book SynopsisDavid Baer is Principal and Lecturer in Old Testament and Biblical Languages, Seminario ESEPA, San José, Costa Rica.Robert P. Gordon is Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Languageand Literature of the Pentateuch 1.The imagodei in Genesis 1-3 - N. MacDonald 2.Evensong in Eden: As It Was Probably Not in the Beginning - R.P. Gordon 3.Noah's Drunkenness and the Curse of Canaan inGenesis 9.18-27 - J. Day 4.Dividing Up the Pentateuch: Some Notes on the Hebrew Tradition - G.I. Davies Part II: The Language and Literature of the Historical Books 5.Can The Samson Narrative Properly Be Called Heroic? - C. Echols 6.Translating Politics into Religion: Theological Enrichment in 1 Kings 5-9 - G. Eberhardt 7.Behind Closed Doors: the Secret World of Jerusalem's Palace Diplomacy - R.E. Clements Part III: TheLanguage and Literature of the Prophets 8.YHWH's Wise Man (Psalm 1) in LXX Isaiah 32. A Case of Fortunate Reframing - D.A. Baer 9.Food forthe Birds of Heaven: Staged Death and Intercession in Jeremiah in Light of Shakespeare's Cymbeline - D. Lipton 10.David their King (Whom God Will Raise): Hosea3.5 and the Onset of Messianic Expectation in the Prophetic Books - A. Rofé 11.Goddesses, Trees, and the Interpretation of Hosea 14.9 - J. Hadley 12.The Text and Interpretation of Nahum 2.2 - E. Ball Part IV: The Language and Literature of the Writings 13.Psalm 102.14 and Didache 10.6 on Grace to Come -W. Horbury 14.Wisdom and Psalm 119 - C. Engle 15.Biblical Texts in New Contexts: Job in Music - K. Dell 16.An Overlooked Suggestion at Proverbs 1.10 - H.G.M. Williamson 17.Reflections on the Aramaic Portions of Daniel - E. Hunter 18.The Text of Daniel 3.16 - B. Mastin Part V: Themes and Resonances of Biblical Language and Literature 19.Some Comments on the Semantic Range of the Stem ??? in Early Rabbinic Texts - S. Reif 20.Wine Production in Ancient Israel and the Meaning of shemarim in the Hebrew Bible - W.D. Barker 21.The Cherished Child: Images of Parental Love in the Hebrew Bible - R. Lentin 22.'The Hills are Alive!': The Personification ofNature in the Hebrew Bible - H. Marlow 23.Beginning and Ending: Genesis 1.1 and the Gospel of John - D. Ford Part VI:Afterword (the editors)
£37.99
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Gleanings from the Caves
Book SynopsisTorleif Elgvin received a Ph.D. from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his work in Qumran studies. Since 1992 he has been a member of the international team responsible for publishing the Dead Sea Scrolls. He teaches Bible and Jewish Studies at Evangelical Lutheran University College, Oslo.Kipp Davis is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.Michael Langlois is editor of Semitica, the publication of the Institute of Semitic Studies, College de France, France.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Contributors Foreword Abbreviations and Sigla Part I: Overview 1. Acquisition and Ownership History: A Personal Reflection Martin Schoyen II. The Fate of Scrolls and Fragments: A Survey from 1946 to the Present Hanan Eschel III. Texts and Artefacts from the Judaean Desert in the Schoyen Collection: An Overview Torleif Elgvin IV: Material Analysis of the Fragments
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Pauls Utilization of Preformed Traditions in 1
Book SynopsisMark Yarbrough assesses the question of whether traditional preformed'' material contributes to the message and understanding of Paul''s first letter to Timothy. The issue is addressed in three sections. Part one evaluates previous works interacting with traditional'' material in the New Testament. Through a critique of historically proposed criteria, Yarbrough identifies eight criteria as the primary tools by which to discern units of preformed material. In the second part of the book Yarbrough evaluates nineteen passages in 1 Timothy according to the criteria previously determined. From this base he embraces twelve of the nineteen passages as preformed material. These passages are subsequently examined in depth according to the author''s distinct methodology. Part three demonstrates four functions of the preformed traditions in 1 Timothy. Firstly, that they may be seen as strengthening the literary cohesion of the letter. Secondly, that the traditional units afforTrade ReviewReviewed in the Religious Studies Review.Reviewed in Recensions Et Comptes Rendus-Vol. 63/3."Does traditional material contribute to the message and understanding of 1 Timothy, asks Yarbrough, and seeks an answer within the assumption that such material was formulated before an epistle was written, and expressed the Christian community's conviction, or tradition. He surveys criteria used to evaluate traditional material and identifies eight of them as primary. Then he applies them to 19 passages that potentially preceded Paul's use of them, and demonstrates four functions of identified preformed traditions in the epistle." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc."Based on a doctoral dissertation presented to Dallas Theological Seminary in 2008, this volume contends that performed traditions (that is, material that was formulated prior to an epistle's writing and was expressive of the Christian community's conviction) strengthen 1 Timothy's literary cohesion and provide rhetorical leverage in stating theological directives that combat counter-mission doctrine. After a sixteen-page introduction, it considers taxonomy and identification criteria for performed traditions. Next it identifies performed traditions in 1 Tim 1:8-10; 1-15a-b; 1:17; 2:5-6a; 3:1; 3:16; 4:8; 4:9, 10b; 5:24-25; 6:7, 6:10a; and 6:11-16. Then it demonstrates four functions of identified preformed traditions in 1 Timothy: strengthening literary cohesion, providing rhetorical leverage, presenting theological directives against opponents, and combating counter-mission doctrine. Four appendixes are included." -New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 54Yarbrough's work enhances the impression that the author of 1 Timothy is a writer of some skill: he has judiciously combined material from early Christian worship, creeds, and stories along with a wide array of (Pauline) sayings, letters, and biographical accounts in order to increase the authoritative force of the letter. -- Journal of Religion'The earlier part of the work examines the significance of preformed material and offers critieria by which it can be assessed. The major study takes short passages that have been considered to contain such material.' - Donald A Bullen, Liverpool Hope University -- Donald A Bullen * Theological Book Review *Table of Contents1. Introduction (Scope, Focus, Need, Organization, Limitations) 2. Taxonomy and Identification Criteria for Preformed Traditions Taxonomy Pauline Taxonomical Examples Identification Criteria Synthesis and Preferential Criteria Methodology of Criteria Identification and Evaluation Method of Evaluation 3. Identification of Preformed Traditions in 1 Timothy 1 Timothy Chapter 11 Timothy Chapter 2 1 Timothy Chapter 3 1 Timothy Chapter 4 1 Timothy Chapter 5 1 Timothy Chapter 6 4. Paul's Utilization of Preformed Traditions in 1 Timothy Preformed Traditions and the Strengthening of Literary Cohesion Preformed Traditions and the Provision of Rhetorical Leverage Preformed Traditions and the Presentation of Theological Directives against the Opponents Preformed Traditions and the Argument of 1 Timothy: Combat Counter-Mission Doctrine 5. Conclusion
£30.59
Bloomsbury USA 3pl The Fate of Justice and Righteousness during
Book SynopsisThis work argues that 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 is a literary unit designed to show how David and his house failed to establish "justice and righteousness" during David's reign over all Israel.Trade Review"The first manifestation of this study was as a 2000 doctoral dissertation at the University of Cambridge focusing on the characterization of Joab in the passage. Scholars are falling away from the hypothesis that this part of 2 Samuel and 1 Kings 1-2 together form a defense of Solomonic succession, he explains, but no paradigm has risen to replace it. In that vacuum, he focuses on Samuel alone, and its expression of values as a contribution to exploring the overall ethics of the Old Testament. His topics include justice and righteousness as ancient Near Eastern ethical ideal and hermeneutical constructs, redefining the court history according to the passage, reading it as the beginnings and corruption of justice and righteousness, the perversion of justice and righteousness in the Absalom affair, and the death of justice and righteousness with David's return and Sheba's secession." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.Indeed, [the author's] evaluation of David's reign through the lens of "justice and righteousness" and his close reading of these chapters of 2 Samuel are the real strengths and benefits of his book. -- Hebrew Studies, Volume LIITable of ContentsnullnullChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Critical Methodology Chapter 3: Justice and Righteousness as Ancient Near Eastern Ethical Ideal and Hermeneutical Construct Chapter 4: Redefining the Court History as a Literary Unit according to 2 Samuel 8:15b-20:26 Chapter 5: Reading 2 Samuel 8:15b-10:19 as the Beginnings of Justice and Righteousness: David's Acts of Kindness and the Ammonite-Aramean War Chapter 6: Reading 2 Samuel 11-12 as the Corruption of Justice and Righteousness: The Uriah Affair and the Fall of Rabbah Chapter 7: Reading 2 Samuel 13:1-19:9[8] as the Perversion of Justice and Righteousness: The Absalom Affair Chapter 8: Reading 2 Samuel 19:10[9]-20:26 as the Death of Justice and Righteousness: David's Return and Sheba's Secession Chapter 9: Conclusion
£32.29
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) All of You are One
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a nicely put together, well-argued book... a valuable contribution to discussion of each of these three letters and of the structure of [Pau's] theology overall. -- Journal for the Study of The New Testament, Volume 33 Number 5... this is an indispensable beginning point for all future studies of eschatology in 1 Thessalonians and in Paul's theology more generally. -- Religious Studies Review"Perhaps the most prominent refrain the Pauline corpus, says Hansen is the affirmation that unity in Christ overcomes the social division of Jew versus Greek, slave versus free, and other dichotomies. An ordained minister in San Francisco, he explores the background of the idea, its intended purpose for original readers, and its significance to believers today. Among his topics are reading Paul ethnically, the household of faith, the body of Christ, the new humanity, and unity as ethnic solidarity." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc."Based on a doctoral dissertation presented to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, this investigation of the Pauline formulaic affirmations that unity in Christ overcomes social divisions (Gal 3:28; 1 Cor 12:13; Col 3:11) argues that these texts support Paul's construal of the believers as a new ethnic group patterned on the identity of Israel as reenvisioned through Christ. After a 31-page introduction, it clarifies ethnic theory and rhetoric as a means of enabling readers to recognize better Paul's discursive strategy. Then it examines the three key texts: Gal 3:28 and the household of faith, 1 Cor 12:13 and the body of Christ, and Col 3:11 and the new humanity. Hansen concludes that for Paul the unity formula finds its bearings in reference to the story of God fashioning a new people on the basis of the stories of Israel and of Christ." -New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 54'By applying the conceptual apparatus of 'ethnic theory' to the Pauline letters, he suggests that Paul attempts to supply his churches with a fictive kinship myth that renders them a new ethnos, drawn from Jews as well as Gentiles, rather than either group being subsumed to the other. In this way, Paul fashions for his churches a 'diaspora identity' (for which Hansen follows D Boyrain), but one that, rather than obliterating social differences between individuals, seeks to create a space that prevents any one pre-existing identity marker (such as circumcision) serving as a normative for all (pace Boyarin). This identity functions within a broadly bounded set of boundary-marking 'indices' that concern avoidance of idoltary and sexual immorality, and adherence to communal solidarity and Christ-like sacrificial love. There is much of value in this careful investigation.' David Lincicum, Mansfield College, Oxford -- David Lincicum * Theological Book Review *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION I. The Formula a. Formal Observations II. Previous Interpretive Approaches a. Hellenistic Philosophy b. Gnosticism c. Paul's Response to Judaism III. Ethnic Unity and Paul a. Social Unity in Paul's Churches IV. Summary CHAPTER TWO: READING PAUL ETHNICALLY I. Defining Ethnicity a. The Need for Clarity II. Genealogy and Autochthony a. Genealogy and Autochthony in Paul III. Indices of the Genealogical Criteria a. Consubstantiality: Commensality, Connubiality and Common Cult IV. Ethnic Discourse a. An Example from Hellenistic Judaism V. Acculturation, Assimilation and Ethnogenesis VI. Summary CHAPTER THREE: GALATIANS 3.28 AND THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH I. Introduction: Galatians 3.28 in Epistolary Context II. Disunity in Jerusalem and Antioch: Galatians 2.1-14 III. Paul's Speech: Galatians 2.14c-21 IV. Urging Unity: Galatians 5-6 V. Social Identity in Apocalyptic Perspective VI. Galatians 3-4: Identity and Unity in Christ a. Centrality of 3.28 to Galatians 3-4 b. The Singular Identity of All in Christ 1. Heirs of Faithful Abraham 2. The Cross versus the Law VII. Ethnic Identity VIII. Summary CHAPTER FOUR: 1 CORINTHIANS 12.13 AND THE BODY OF CHRIST I. Introduction a. 1 Corinthians in Socio-Historical Context b. Unity as Ethnic Identity in the Letter Opening II. Ethnicity among Images for Unity a. h9 e0kklhsi/a b. Israel c. Building d. The Body of Christ 1. The Body and Sexual Union 2. The Body and Common Cult 3. ‘Body' in 1 Corinthians 12 and 15 e. Family and Household f. Summary: Ethnicity and Paul's Images for Unity III. Ethnic Identity and the Unity Formula in Paul's Parenesis: 1 Corinthians 5-14 a. 1 Corinthians 5-7 1. 1 Corinthians 5.1-13 2. 1 Corinthians 6.1-11 3. 1 Corinthians 6.12-20 4. 1 Corinthians 7 b. 1 Corinthians 8.1-11.1: Divisions over Idol Meat c. 1 Corinthians 11.2-14.40: Divisions in Worship 1. Divisions Arising from Social Status Conflicts 2. Ethnic Concord and the Body of Christ IV. Summary CHAPTER FIVE: COLOSSIANS 3.11 AND THE NEW HUMANITY I. Introduction II. Social Identity and Solidarity in Colossians 1.1-2.23 a. Colossians 1.1-23: Prayer and Thanksgiving 1. Traditional Material in 1.13-20 b. Paul's Exemplum: 1.24-2.7 c. The Polemical Core: 2.8-23 1. Apocalyptic Disruption 2. The Body of Christ III. Seeking Unity in Christ: 3.1-4.6 IV. Unity as Ethnic Solidarity a. Ethnic Criterion of Genealogy b. Confirming Indices of Ethnicity 1. Boundaries 2. Kinship Norms 3. Household V. Summary CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSIONS I. The Aims and Methodology of this Study II. Conclusions of this Study a. Galatians 3.28 in Epistolary Context b. 1 Corinthians 12.13 in Epistolary Context c. Colossians 3.11 in Epistolary Context d. Synthesis WORKS CITED Ancient Texts Secondary Sources
£32.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Pentecostal Rationality Epistemology and
Book SynopsisSimo Frestadius is Academic Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Regents Theological College, UK.Trade ReviewAmong this study’s many strengths is that it is not a ‘freeze-frame’ portrait of Pentecostal thought at one stage of its life ... His analysis of its various elements at work in the movement’s intellectual history is exemplary and highly instructive. * Theology *Simo Frestadius has produced a major work in Pentecostal epistemology that has advanced the discussion through addressing underdeveloped areas in Pentecostal studies – namely the relation of rationality and tradition as well as pragmatic realism to truth claims. Moving between concrete readings of theologians, philosophers, and other theorists on the one hand, and historic Pentecostal communities on the other, Frestadius displays breadth and talent as an emerging scholar in the world of Pentecostal studies. * L. William Oliverio, Jr., School of Urban Missions Bible College and Seminary, USA *Simo Frestadius's Pentecostal Rationality takes emerging Pentecostal academic work to a whole new level. The reader finds in this fine work a splendid engagement of philosophy, theology, hermeneutics, and history – plus an intriguing constructive proposal. A significant contribution of this monograph is putting Pentecostal theology in a critical-sympathetic dialogue with some leading philosophical-theological voices of our time; this alone would justify a careful reading of this book. * Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, University of Helsinki, Finland *This original and thought-provoking book successfully applies well-informed philosophical sophistication to historical crises faced by one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in Europe, the Elim Pentecostal church. The philosophical reader will enjoy the intellectual energy found in the exploration of Pentecostal rationality, while the religious historian will discover new ways of understanding how crises of faith are resolved by the resources of a rich tradition. Frestadius serves us an intellectual feast. * William K Kay, Wrexham Glyndwr University, UK *Pentecostal Rationality is a well-written project that states what many other projects ... may have only implied or felt was incapable of clear articulation. It’s accessible to the well-read layperson while still remaining a quality piece of academic scholarship ... I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in contemplating tongues with scholarly words. * Reading Religion *Pentecostal Rationality is an excellent piece of scholarship that provides the reader with valuable insights both practical and theoretical in nature * Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association *This is an excellent book for a variety of reasons, but three are worth highlighting here. First, Frestadius demonstrates an impressive facility with philosophical texts and yet is able to consider them without oversimplifying things or losing his reader in technical jargon. Second, it pushes Pentecostal theology another important step forward in its appreciation of contemporary philosophy. Third, while building on the work of Smith, Yong, and Oliverio, Frestadius offers a decisively different way forward that opens new spaces for thought. * Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies *Pentecostal Rationality is an important contribution to studying Pentecostal distinctive ways of meaning-making and knowledge production.... I recommend this volume as a beginning point for scholars and graduate students who wish to pursue Pentecostal (rationality) philosophical theology. * Mission Studies (MIST) *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Searching for a Pentecostal Rationality 1. The ‘Pentecostal’ Rationalities of Amos Yong, James K. A. Smith and l. William Oliverio Jr. 2. On Method: MacIntyre, Tradition and Rationality Part Two: Narrating a Tradition-specific Pentecostal Rationality 3. Prologues to the Elim Tradition: The Context and Roots of the Elim Argument 4. The Birth of Elim: The Early Opponents, Content, Rationality and Embodiment of the Elim Argument 5. The Elim Argument Extended through Time (I): The Resignation of Jeffreys and Elim’s First Epistemological Crisis 6. The Elim Argument Extended through Time (II): The Charismatic/Restoration Movements and Elim’s Second Epistemological Crisis Part Three: (Re)constructing Pentecostal Biblical Pragmatism 7. Pentecostal Truth: Pentecostal Theological Realism 8. Biblical Hermeneutics: Community Discernment of Meaning in a Dialectical Bible 9. Pragmatic Justification: Experiential Awareness and Pragmatic Signs of the Foursquare Gospel Conclusion Appendix 1: Elim’s Chronology Appendix 2: Front Page of Elim Evangel 6, no. 1 (January 1925) Appendix 3: Back Page of Elim Evangel 6, no. 1 (January 1925) Index
£999.99
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Let the Reader Understand
Book SynopsisThis book honors the extraordinary contribution of Elizabeth Struthers Malbon to biblical studies. In the opening chapter, Werner Kelber places Malbon's work within the larger context of critical reflection, from antiquity to the modern era, on the role and function of discourse. Kelber locates Malbon's approach squarely within the framework of modernity and concludes that her supremely creative achievement has been the employment of modern, narrative critical tools with a view toward uncovering the fecundity of the gospel of Mark.Drawing from and conversing with Professor Malbon's extensive publications, each of the five sections engages a theme from her works, focusing particularly on the Gospel of Mark. This tribute includes meaning as narrative, issues in methodology, studies in characterization, narrative readings of specific texts, and aesthetic and political readings. Contributors include: Werner H. Kelber; R. Alan Culpepper; Kelly R. Iverson; Mikeal C. Parsons; David Barr; DaviTrade Review[A] very useful collection. * Studia Patavina (Bloomsbury Translation) *Table of ContentsIntroduction Preface -- Edwin Broadhead, Berea College, USA Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: Scholarly Publications and Contributions Tribute -- David Rhoads, Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, USA Tribute -- John R. Donahue, Loyola University Maryland, USA Tribute -- Robert Fowler, Baldwin Wallace University, USA Part One 1. Meaning as Narrative: The Creative Achievement of Elizabeth Struthers Malbon in Context -- Werner Kelber, Rice University, USA Part Two: Issues in Methodology 1. Elizabeth Malbon’s Contribution to Our Understanding of Mark’s Christology -- Alan Culpepper, McAfee School of Theology, USA 2. Becoming a Disciple without Seeing Jesus: Narrative as a Means of Knowing -- Elizabeth Shively, University of St. Andrew’s, UK 3. Characterization in Narrative and Performance -- Kelly Iverson, Baylor University, USA Part Three: Studies in Characterization 1. Mark's Jesus: Sayings and Deeds -- Joanna Dewey, Episcopal Divinity School, USA 2. Characterizing Jesus in Mark's Longer Ending -- Christopher Skinner, Loyola University Chicago, USA 3. The Characterization of the Demons in Mark's Gospel -- Joel Williams, Cedarville University, USA 4. The Waiting Guest Room and Prophetic Characterization: A Critical Note -- Edwin Broadhead, Berea College, USA 5. Jesus and the Good Samaritan: A Study in Characterization -- Mikeal Parsons, Baylor University, USA 6. Uncovering Jesus: Characterization in the Narrative of John's Apocalypse -- David Barr, Wright State University, USA Part Four: Narrative Readings 7. Mark's Poor Widow Revisited: The Case for Narrative Tension --Brent Driggers, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University, USA 8. The Magnificat: A Disenchantment -- David Clines, University of Sheffield, UK 9. Paul and Mark—A Family Resemblance -- Calvin Roetzel, University of Minnesota, USA 10. Salvific Suffering in Paul: Eschatological, Vicarious, and Mimetic -- Jerry Sumney, Lexington Theological Seminary, USA 11. The Wrestling Episode of Genesis 32 -- Brian Britt, Virginia Tech University, USA Part Five: Aesthetic and Political Readings 12. Love of Enemies and the Problem of Mass Incarceration -- Robert C. Tannehill, Methodist Theological School in Ohio at Delaware, USA 13. Visual Criticism and Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Ecce Ancilla Domini – J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK 14. The Influence of the Junius Bassus Sarcophagus on Italian Renaissance Sculpture -- Heidi J. Hornik, Baylor University, USA 15. Brancusi's Table of Silence and the Resurrection of God in the Gospel of Mark -- Geert Van Oyen, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium 16. Discovering Where the Bodies are Hidden: Latitudinal Eschatological Perspectives in the Gospel of Mark -- Philip Ruge-Jones, independent scholar 17. Jesus of Montreal as an Interpretation of the Gospel of Mark -- Richard Walsh, Methodist University, USA 18. Listening and Giving Voice: Poems from the Gospel of Mark -- Cynthia Kittredge, Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, USA Conclusion Edwin Broadhead – Berea College, USA Index
£32.29
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Hand this man over to Satan
Book Synopsis 1 Corinthians 5:5 is a curious passage which has been variously interpreted by scholars. For some, it denotes a magical curse which is designed to cause the physical death of the sinner. Others have found such an interpretation unpersuasive. Instead, they maintain that Paul''s words at verse five are to be understood as a metaphor for exclusion from the Corinthian community. So, the errant Corinthian is not to die by a curse, but is to be excluded. This work argues for the former interpretation by marshalling a range of the most recentspecialisedmagical material, which has not been considered by other works in relation to 1 Corinthians 5. It fully acknowledges the weaknesses of previous magical interpretations, and metaphorical approaches to the passage. Instead, it presents a fresh magical reading of not only 1 Corinthians 5:5, but the whole of 1 Corinthians 5within its wider context of the apostle Paul''s letter to the CorinthiansTrade Review'The brief concluding remarks raise hermeneutical implications for the relationship between historical studies and the implications for contemporary church practices. A challenging question in light of the curse interpretation supported here.' 'This is a helpful contribution to Pauline studies and broadens understandings of the role of curses and magic in ancient society.' Expository Times, August 2010Table of ContentsIntroduction Part one: 1 Corinthians 5:5: A Critical Reception History: this section considers previous interpretations of 1 Corinthians 5:5 and assesses these arguments for their strengths and weaknesses. Part two: Jewish and Graeco-Roman Traditions of (‘Binding') Cursing: part two offers a broad examination of Jewish and Graeco-Roman traditions of magic and cursing in order to demonstrate the common practice of magic and cursing in the apostle Paul's cultural milieu. Part three: The Curse Interpretation—Reformulated: this section draws upon the previous two parts to offer a fresh interpretation of 1 Corinthians 5, avoiding the pitfalls of previous interpreters and drawing upon fresh material (considered in the previous part [two]). Conclusion Bibliography
£33.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction - C. A. Evans and H. D. Zacharias K. L. Noll, "The Evolution of Genre in the Hebrew Anthology" Francis Borchardt, "Concepts of Scripture in 1 Maccabees" Matthew Goff, "Ben Sira and Papyrus Insinger" Ian Scott, "Is the Bible always Scripture: The 'Low' View of the Pentateuch in the Letter of Aristeas" Jonathan Pennington, "Refractions of Greek Daniel in the Gospel of Matthew" Anthony Le Donne, "Messianic Duality in Matthew and the Dead Sea Scrolls" Peter T. Lanfer, "Paradise in the Pseudepigrapha" Rivka Nir, "Aseneth as the 'Prototype of the Church of the Gentiles'" Annette Yoshiko Reed, "Beyond Revealed Wisdom and Apocalyptic Epistemology: The Redeployment of Enochic Traditions about Knowledge in Early Christianity" Jin Hwang, "The Corinthian Crises and Paul's Use of Numbers in 1 Corinthians 1-5" Stephen Moyise, "How Does Paul Read Scripture" Wayne Baxter, "From Ruler to Teacher: The Extending of the Shepherd Metaphor in Early Jewish and Christian Writings" Radu Gheorghita, "Who Influenced Whom? The Reciprocal Influence between the Septuagint and the New Testament Textual Witnesses" Aaron Canty, "The Nuptial Imagery of Christ and the Church in Augustine's Enarrationes in Psalmos"
£32.29
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Text to Praxis
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Since the time of the Enlightenment there has been a major split between hermeneutics and homiletics. This book makes a valiant effort to bring these two worlds together. It is an effort that is both timely and sophisticated, done by a gifted scholar.' -- Biblical Studies and Scripture"The major concern is that the incredibly dense language and over-theorizing will make this a work inaccessible to most readers" Paul Foster, July 2009 * Expository Times *Table of ContentsChapter One: Language-Games, Textuality, and Genres General And Special Hermeneutics Language-Games Functions Of Language-Games Rules Of Language-Games Textuality Consequences Of Textuality The World In Front Of The Text Genres Rules Of Genre Roles Of Genre Secondary Genre: The Canonical "Classic" Chapter Two: Primary Genre Types Of Primary Genre The Problem Of Classi?cation Author And Reader In The Classi?Cation Of Primary Genres Polygeneric And Transgeneric Scriptures Rules Of Primary Genre Rules Of Genre: Narrative Rules Of Genre: Prophecy Rules Of Genre: Law Rules Of Genre: Hymnody Chapter Three: Secondary Genre—The Canon Rules Of Secondary Genre Rules Of Structure Rules Of Function Rules Of Content Role Of The Rules Of Secondary Genre Chapter Four: Pericopal Theology And Application Pericopes The Liturgical Use Of Scripture Theological Function Of Pericopes Theology Of Pericopes Concrete Universals, Projected World, And Theology Pericopal Theology As Intermediary Text To Theology: 2 Samuel 11:1-27 Application Pericopal Theology To Exempli?cation Generating Exempli?cations Conclusion: Summary And Prospects
£32.29
Bloomsbury USA 3pl A Theocratic Yehud
Book SynopsisOffers a fresh reevaluation of Yehud in the Persian period, addressing in particular the dynamics of its relationship to the Persian imperial government.Table of ContentsIntroduction CH. 1: Evidence and Interpretation CH. 2: The Face of the Persian Empire and its Administration CH. 3: Yahwism and the Question of Government in Yehud CH. 4: Concepts of Theocracy CH. 5: Was Yehud a Theocracy?
£32.29
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Glory and Power Ritual and Relationship
Book SynopsisBautch argues that the return from the Exile is presented as an opportunity for Jews, primarly those in Judah, to interpret anew the relationship between God and Israel.Table of Contents1. The Renovation of the Covenant after the Return from Exile 2. The Form of the Mosaic Covenant 3. Sectarian Applications of the Mosaic Covenant 4. The Mosaic Covenant as a Dominant Paradigm 5. Conclusion and a Case Study
£32.29
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Disorderly Women and the Order of God
Book SynopsisMichele A. Connolly's postcolonial analysis links the Gospel of Mark - produced in the context of the Roman Empire - with contemporary Australia, established initially as a colony of the British Empire. Feminist analysis of texts from two foundational events in Australian colonial history reveal that women in such texts tend to be marginalised, silenced and denigrated. Connolly posits that imperialist sexism, both ancient and modern, perceives women as a threat to the order that males alone can impose on the world. The Gospel of Mark portrays Jesus bringing the order of the Reign of God to combat the disorder of apocalyptic evil. Jesus' task is a markedly male project, against which eleven female characters are portrayed as disorderly distractions who are managed by being marginalised, silenced and denigrated, contradicting Jesus' message of mutual service and non-domination. In his death under apocalyptic power, Jesus is likewise depicted as isolated, silenced and denigrated, subTrade ReviewIn this original and illuminating study, Michelle Connolly uses the imperial-colonial dynamics of her Australian cultural context, as interpreted through two founding national narratives, to ground her exploration of the complex imperial-colonial dynamics animating the Christian Gospel of Mark. What results is an impressive reflection on the deep moral ambiguity in both sets of writings, which valorize male hero myths at the cost of female denigration. This superb study is a must read for anyone concerned with imperial-colonial dynamics, biblical interpretation, or the ways that texts both secular and religious encourage cultures to perpetuate gender inequality. * Mary Ann Tolbert, Pacific School of Religion and the Graduate Theological Union, USA *Michele Connolly’s challenge to her readers is to become as self-aware as possible when reading an ancient and familiar text—one hedged with religious value as well. Whether her readers are only partially or quite thoroughly familiar with the Anzac myth, her treatment of it offers vivid access to the impact of our unconscious reading filters and makes likely a better reading of the gospel. I know of no postcolonial study that offers a clearer lens for examining the ancient biblical text. * Barbara Green, Dominican School at the Graduate Theological Union, USA *The unique contribution that Michele Connolly makes in this book is the framework against which she reads women in the Gospel of Mark - namely that of colonial Australia, an imperialized reading context. She brings a contemporary feminist postcolonial perspective to the Markan text and its context, enabling her to recognize that Markan women are portrayed as ‘isolated, mute’ and with little impact on society; but a counter-narrative is possible. This book invites readers, whatever their location, to engage a new lens for reading the Markan text and encountering its female characters. * Elaine Wainwright, Richard MacLaurin Fellow, University of Auckland, New Zealand *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Postcolonial Religious World in Australia 2. Colonial Australia as the Imperialised Reading Context 3. The Myth of Colonial Australia in an Imperial War 4. The Gospel of Mark, a Christian Narrative of the First Century C.E. 5. Jesus and Women in Mark 1-12 6. Jesus in the Midst of Women, Mark 14-16 7. Conclusion Appendices Indexes
£32.29
Bloomsbury USA 3pl The Time Is Fulfilled
Book SynopsisIn this study, Lynne Moss Bahr explores the concept of temporality as central to Jesus's proclamation of the Kingdom of God. Using insights from continental philosophy on the messianic, which expose the false claim that time progresses in a linear continuum, Bahr presents these philosophical positions in critical dialogue with the sayings of Jesus regarding time and time's fulfillment. She shows how the Kingdom represents the possibilities of a disruption in time, one that reveals the intrinsic relation between God and humanity. In illustrating how Jesus's sayings regarding time are thus expressions of his messianic identityas of the world and not of the world--Bahr argues that the meaning of Jesus's identity as Messiah is embedded in the disjuncture of time, in the impossibility of now, from which the Kingdom comes . Bahr's use of critical theory in this study expands the concept of God's Kingdom beyond the traditional confines of the discipline.Trade Review[Bahr's] philosophical interpretations of Jesus’ parables are striking. * Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Continental Philosophy on the Messianic: Walter Benjamin, Jacques Derrida, and Giorgio Agamben Chapter 3 - The Seed Growing Secretly: Messianic Time—Creation and Salvation Chapter 4 - The Parable of the Great Feast: Hospitality, Time, and the Messianic Disruption Chapter 5 - The Parable of the Night Watchers: To Wait and Watch in the Time of the Now Chapter 6 - The Things Within: Temporality and the Kingdom of God Chapter 7 - Conclusion Bibliography Index
£31.34
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Other Gods and Idols
Book SynopsisThomas A. Judge is Tutor in Old Testament at King's School of Theology, and Lecturer in Old Testament at St John's College, Durham University, UK.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part I The Ten Commandments as Instruction Chapter 1 The Linguistic Ambiguity Chapter 2 The Grammatical Ambiguity Chapter 3 The Theological Ambiguity Chapter 4 Three Difficulties of Defining the Wider Relationship Part II The War Against Idols Before and After the Fall of the Northern Kingdom Chapter 5 The War Before the Fall Chapter 6 The War and the Fall Chapter 7 The War After the Fall Chapter 8 Returning to the Commandments in Light of the War Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors
£31.34
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Lamentations
Book SynopsisIn this guide, Jill Middlemas introduces students to the Book of Lamentations by examining the book's structure and characteristics, covering the latest in biblical scholarship on Lamentations, including historical and interpretive issues, and considering a range of scholarly approaches. In particular, the guide provides students with an introduction to Hebrew poetry as it relates to Lamentations and includes insights from the field of trauma and postcolonial studies. With suggestions of further reading at the end of each chapter, this guide will be an useful accompaniment to study of Lamentations.Trade ReviewThis beautifully written work bristles with theological insight and exegetical acuity. Students and teachers will appreciate Jill Middlemas’s attention to the text’s poetic artistry, cultural setting and reception history, along with her focus on feminist and post-colonial criticism. A perfect primer for university and seminary classes! * Louis Stulman, University of Findlay, USA *This guide is rich with information, not only on the Book of Lamentations, but also on themes in current biblical interpretation such as poetry, composition, reader response and theology. Jill Middlemas takes her point of departure in the poetry of the book and this leads to a thorough reading of Lamentations as both a work of art and a source of theological reflection for readers. * Else Holt, Aarhus University, Denmark *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Lamentations as Literature 2. The Provenance and Historical Backdrop of Lamentations 3. Lamentations in Theology and Trauma Studies Bibliography Index
£19.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Christianity and Confucianism
Book SynopsisChristopher Hancock (PhD) is former Dean of Bradford Cathedral, UK, and is Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in China, King's College, London, UKTrade ReviewAn extraordinary piece of scholarship. It contains and constitutes an entire curriculum for comparative cultural studies, Confucian Christian dialogue, ecumenical theology, besides which it is beautifully written and a great pleasure to read. I expect that it will a fundamental part of the curriculum in Sino-Christian study programs. * Richard Madsen, University of California San Diego, USA *Hancock’s prodigious study of the long and multifarious relationship between China and the West constructs a vivid image of how intellectual and religious exchange between cultures equivocates, evolves, and harmonizes. This work brings together an impressive panoply of voices, from Confucius to Derrida, to illustrate how the global trade of ideas, as he puts it, has produced “millennia of mutual formation and interaction.” This deeply researched and lively work shall be among the most important contributions to our understanding of Sino-Western exchange. * Anthony E. Clark, Professor of Chinese History & Edward B. Lindaman Endowed Chair, Whitworth University, USA *One of the ways we make sense of the present is through narration of the past. Telling the story of the complex dialogue between China's Confucian tradition and Christianity is mutually illuminating: it provides a deep, historic sense of rootedness to the form and order of contemporary East-West engagement. Christopher Hancock offers several fascinating historical cameos of Confucian-Christian dialogue that make this volume of value to readers inside and outside the Academy. * Yang Huilin, Renmin University, Beijing, China *Christopher Hancock offers us a uniquely accessible, scholarly and comprehensive consideration of the interaction between Confucianism and Christianity. He rightly stresses that the mutual influence of China and the West is old and complex, involving much convergence, while not losing the fascination of the different. His focus on a shared Christian-Confucian link of a virtue-ethic with a unified transcendence and on the primacy of peaceful harmony opens out a space of hope for our single global future. * Alasdair John Milbank, University of Nottingham, UK *The common pursuit of human wisdom and the borrowings and insights shared between China and the West over two millennium stand out vividly in Christopher Hancock’s masterful cultural history of Christianity and Confucianism. The range and depth of the work are remarkable. The ideas of the ‘founding fathers’ of their respective cultures are discussed authoritatively and sympathetically, as are the issues and dilemmas – including the self, society, meaning and the afterlife – that thinkers in both ‘camps’ have wrestled with over the centuries. Here is wisdom writ large, the fruit of a global exchange in ideas all too easily overlooked at a time of rivalry and mutual incomprehension between China and the West. Hancock has made a major contribution in the history of ideas as well as the comparative study of cultures. * Graham Hutchings, Associate, Oxford University China Centre, UK *A rich treasure store which shows in particular how Europeans at the dawn of the modern era began to engage with the world view which has done so much to shape the Chinese identity. * STEPHEN GREEN, BARON GREEN OF HURSTPIERPOINT, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Images, Issues and Impressionism 1. Confucius, ‘The Master’, and Cultural Decay 2. Jesus, ‘The Christ’, and Spiritual Renewal 3. Heaven, Earth and ‘Harmony’ 4. Humanity, Society and the Search for Worth 5. Character, Purpose and Morality: China and Enlightenment Habits and Values 6. Truth and Truthfulness: The 19th-Century Crisis in China and the West 7. Memory, Rite and Tradition: The Chinese Origin of a Western Movement 8. Sickness, Death and the Afterlife: On Making Sense of Everything and Nothing Conclusion Bibliography Index
£999.99
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Creation and Transcendence
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe author offers a scintillating resume of contemporary theology from the arresting viewpoint of free creation, showing how some thinkers have failed to take that obvious starting point, as well as those who have illuminated us thereby. DeHart turns a profound study into an exciting read. -- David B. Burrell, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame, USAThe order of the world to God is a basic theme of Christian vocation and so of theology. Getting it wrong distorts our self-understanding and service. Drawing superb and sometimes startling lessons from Aquinas, Kierkegaard, and others, Paul DeHart gets it right. This book is smart, learned, and wise. -- Jeremy D. Wilkins, Boston College, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Cultus Mentis: Accommodating the Endless Object 1. Can Pascal Forgive Descartes? God’s Ambiguous Infinity 2. Absolute Dependence or Infinite Desire: Subjective Alignment with God in Schleiermacher and Kierkegaard 3. “The Passage from Mind to Heart is So Long . . .” Kierkegaard’s Repetition and the Ontology of Agency 4. f(S)I/s :The Instance of Pattern in Kathryn Tanner’s Theology Part Two: Dogma and the Infinite God: Trinity, Christology, Grace 5. On the Contrary: Thomistic Second Thoughts on Eberhard Jüngel 6. John Milbank’s Divine Comedy: Not Funny Enough Part Three: Aquinas and God’s Ideas: The Impossible Mind of the Creator 7: “Nothing in this book is true, but it’s exactly how things are” 8. Eclipse of the Divine Mind: The Divine Ideas as Anti-Platonic Epistemology 9. The Creature Makes Itself: The Divine Ideas as Anti-Platonic Soteriology 10. Improvising the Paradigms: The Divine Ideas as Anti-Platonic Ontology Bibliography Index
£28.49
Bloomsbury USA 3pl The Challenge of God
Book SynopsisIn view of the double vocative that characterizes the relation of Creator to creature, this book offers critiques of modern and postmodern philosophy for the ways in which they have separated philosophy, theology, and spirituality. This collection examines the complicated relationship of God to Being and the meaning of Revelation, as well as highlighting the context and the role of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola. Discussions include the Catholic Principle and its relevance in contemporary times, and Christian epic visionaries such as Dante, Milton, Blake, and Joyce, providing scholars a forum to debate their theological identity and its meaning for future studies. This volume contributes a unique engagement from many perspectives with the Catholic intellectual tradition in its philosophical, theological, spiritual, literary, and artistic dimensions.Trade ReviewWell conceived and well executed, this volume will be required reading for anyone concerned about the history of CPR or invested in contributing to its future. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *Continental Philosophy has led thinkers within the Catholic intellectual tradition to move beyond the confines of ontotheological thinking. Like a child, servant, slave, or someone who hears, being called by the Spirit, it has been engaged in enlarging its own horizons. Bearing witness to God from otherness and difference, and starting off from decentred, relational anthropologies, these endeavours have prompted inspiring dialogues for both philosophers and theologians alike! * Lieven Boeve, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium *Well organized ... interesting collection. * Theology *Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Preface - Colby Dickinson, Hugh Miller and Kathleen McNutt, Loyola University Chicago, USA Introduction: God as Challenge: The Past and Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion - Bruce Ellis Benson, University of St. Andrews, UK Chapter 1: Is God a Challenge for Philosophy? - Adriaan T. Peperzak, Loyola University Chicago, USA Chapter 2: On the Infinite: A Response to Adriaan Peperzak - David Tracy, University of Chicago, USA Chapter 3: God and the Ambivalence of Being - Jean-Luc Marion, University of Chicago, USA Chapter 4: Being, God, Nihilism, Love: On Marion’s ‘Ambiguity of Being’ - Hugh Miller, Loyola University Chicago, USA Chapter 5: A Phenomenology of Revelation: Contemporary Encounters with Saint Ignatius Loyola - Robyn Horner, Australian Catholic University, Australia Chapter 6: ‘Consolation Without Previous Cause’? Consolation, Controversy, and Devotional Agency - J. Michelle Molina, Northwestern University, USA Chapter 7: Tradition and Event: Radicalizing the Catholic Principle - John D. Caputo, Syracuse University and Villanova University, USA Chapter 8: Theological Thinking and John Caputo’s ‘Tradition and Event: Radicalizing the Catholic Principle’ - John McCarthy, Loyola University Chicago, USA Chapter 9: Epic and the Crucified God - Thomas J. J. Altizer, SUNY Stony Brook, USA Chapter 10: From Scripture, Epic, and Radical Catholicism: A Response to Thomas J.J. Altizer - Adam Kotsko, Shimer College, USA Chapter 11: Anatheism: A Theopoetic Challenge - Richard Kearney, Boston College, USA Chapter 12: The God Machine: Techno-Theology and Theo-Poetics - John Panteleimon Manoussakis, College of the Holy Cross, USA Bibliography Index
£30.39
