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Baker Publishing Group A New Heaven and a New Earth Reclaiming Biblical
Book SynopsisDrawing on the full sweep of the biblical narrative, Middleton makes a case for the new earth as the appropriate Christian hope and suggests its ethical and ecclesial implications.Table of ContentsContentsPreface: How I Came to Write This Book1. Introduction: The Problem of Otherworldly HopePart 1: From Creation to Eschaton2. Why Are We Here? Being Human as Sacred Calling3. The Plot of the Biblical StoryPart 2: Holistic Salvation in the Old Testament4. The Exodus as Paradigm of Salvation5. Earthly Flourishing in Law, Wisdom, and Prophecy6. The Coming of God in Judgment and SalvationPart 3: The New Testament's Vision of Cosmic Renewal7. Resurrection and the Restoration of Rule8. The Redemption of All ThingsPart 4: Problem Texts for Holistic Eschatology9. Cosmic Destruction at Christ's Return?10. The Role of Heaven in Biblical EschatologyPart 5: The Ethics of the Kingdom11. The Good News at Nazareth12. The Challenge of the KingdomAppendix: Whatever Happened to the New Earth?Index
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Baker Publishing Group Christian Dogmatics Reformed Theology for the
Book SynopsisDrawing deeply on the catholic and Reformed heritage, leading theologians introduce the major doctrines of the Christian faith, displaying the power of theological retrieval for the church's renewal.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction Michael Allen and Scott R. Swain1. Knowledge of God Michael Allen2. Holy Scripture Kevin J. Vanhoozer3. Divine Attributes Michael Allen4. Divine Trinity Scott R. Swain5. Covenant of Redemption Scott R. Swain6. Creation out of Nothing John Webster7. Providence John Webster8. Anthropology Kelly M. Kapic9. Sin Oliver D. Crisp10. Incarnation Daniel J. Treier11. The Work of Christ Accomplished Donald Macleod12. The Work of Christ Applied Richard Gaffin13. The Law of God and Christian Ethics Paul T. Nimmo14. The Church Michael Horton15. Sacraments Todd Billings16. Kingdom of God Michael HortonIndexes
£27.19
Baker Publishing Group Gods Relational Presence The Cohesive Center of
Book SynopsisTwo leading biblical scholars explain that relational presence is central to the grand narrative of the Bible, showing that the thread running from Genesis to Revelation is God's desire to be with his people.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. The Relational Presence of God in the Pentateuch2. The Relational Presence of God in the Historical Books, Psalms, and the Wisdom Books3. The Relational Presence of God in the Prophets4. The Relational Presence of God in Matthew, Mark, and Luke-Acts5. The Relational Presence of God in Paul's Letters and in Hebrews and the General Letters6. The Relational Presence of God in John's Gospel, Epistles, and ApocalypseConclusionIndexes
£22.49
Baker Publishing Group Reformed Catholicity The Promise of Retrieval
Book SynopsisThis manifesto for a catholic and Reformed approach to dogmatics seeks theological renewal through the retrieval of the rich resources of the historic Christian tradition.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Renewal through Retrieval1. Learning Theology in the School of Christ: The Principles of Theology and the Promise of Retrieval2. Retrieving Sola Scriptura, Part One: The Catholic Context of Sola Scriptura3. Retrieving Sola Scriptura, Part Two: Biblical Traditioning4. A Ruled Reading Reformed: The Role of the Church's Confession in Biblical Interpretation5. In Defense of Proof TextingAfterword: Rediscovering the Catholic-Reformed Tradition for Today: A Biblical Christ-Centered Vision for Church Renewal by J. Todd BillingsIndex
£16.19
Baker Publishing Group Between Wittenberg and Geneva Lutheran and
Book SynopsisTwo highly regarded scholars compare and contrast the history and theological positions of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions.Table of ContentsContents1. Scripture and Its Interpretation2. Law and Gospel3. The Person and Work of Christ4. Election and the Bondage of the Will5. Justification and Sanctification6. Baptism7. The Lord's Supper8. WorshipConclusionIndexes
£17.99
Baker Publishing Group Participation and Atonement An Analytic and
Book SynopsisA highly respected theologian sets out a new, comprehensive account of the nature of the atonement, exploring how this doctrine affects our participation in the life of God and in the shared life of the Christian community.Table of ContentsContentsIntroductionPart 1: Approaching the Atonement1. Methodological Issues2. The Value and Necessity of AtonementPart 2: Models of Atonement3. Moral Exemplarism and Transformation4. The Ransom Motif5. Satisfaction Guaranteed6. Problems with Penal SubstitutionPart 3: Atonement and Salvation7. Sin and Salvation8. Representation and Atonement9. The Mystical Body of Christ10. Soteriological SynthesisIndex
£19.54
Baker Publishing Group Tulip The Five Points of Calvinism in the Light
Book SynopsisPoint by point, this concise handbook outlines the differences between Calvinism and Arminianism for pastors, teachers, and laypeople.
£9.49
Baker Publishing Group Introducing Covenant Theology
Book SynopsisUnwinds the intricacies of covenant theology, making the complex surprisingly simple and accessible to every reader.
£12.59
Baker Publishing Group Christless Christianity
Book SynopsisThis inspired challenge to contemporary American Christianity calls the church to return to its biblical foundation.
£12.34
Baker Publishing Group Talking with Your Kids about Jesus
Book SynopsisPopular blogger, author, and speaker equips parents in this concise, easy-to-understand apologetics resource revealing specific conversations about Jesus that they need to have with their kids.
£11.69
Baker Publishing Group The End of Interpretation Reclaiming the
Book SynopsisArguing that Scripture is interpreted correctly only when read through the lens of creedal orthodoxy, a leading scholar and public theologian defends a classical model of interpretation.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. What Makes Exegesis Theological?2. Theology and Interpretation3. Origen and Spiritual Reading4. Reformation Controversy and Biblical Interpretation5. In the Beginning6. That They All May Be One7. Law, Loyalty, and Love8. An Exegetical PostmortemIndex
£16.19
Baker Publishing Group Sacramental Preaching Sermons on the Hidden
Book SynopsisA leading theologian offers a primer on the ministry of preaching that demonstrates the implications of theological exegesis for sermon preparation and delivery.Table of ContentsContentsForeword by Eugene H. PetersonIntroduction1. Why Join the Chariot?Acts 8:26-35Part 1: Sensed Happiness2. First Things FirstExodus 12:1-123. Eat, Drink, and Be Merry?Ecclesiastes 2:24-26; 3:12-13, 22; 5:18-20; 8:15; 9:74. Virgin MotherSong of Solomon 4:16b-5:1a5. The Blessing of a ChildExodus 1:1-2:10Part 2: Pilgrim Happiness6. Out of EgyptMatthew 2:13-217. Going Up the HillPsalm 248. God's Own RestHebrews 3:7-4:13Part 3: Heavenly Happiness9. Happiness in ChristPsalm 110. Resurrection FaithfulnessLuke 20:27-4011. Perfect BlessingRevelation 22:14Part 4: Unveiled Happiness12. The Gate of HeavenGenesis 28:10-2213. When the Heavens Open UpEzekiel 114. God of Change2 Corinthians 3EpilogueIndex
£17.84
Baker Publishing Group Kingdom Conspiracy Returning to the Radical
Book SynopsisAn Award-Winning Challenge to Popular Ideas of the KingdomAccording to Scot McKnight, 'kingdom' is the biblical term most misused by Christians today. It has taken on meanings that are completely at odds with what the Bible says and has become a buzzword for both social justice and redemption. In Kingdom Conspiracy, McKnight offers a sizzling biblical corrective and a fiercely radical vision for the role of the local church in the kingdom of God. Now in paper.Praise for Kingdom Conspiracy2015 Outreach Resources of the Year Award WinnerOne of Leadership Journal''s Best Books for Church Leaders in 2014'This is a must-read for church leaders today.'--Publishers Weekly'A timely resource for the missional church to reexamine some basic assumptions that impact church practice in the everyday.'--OutreachTable of ContentsContents1. Skinny Jeans Kingdom2. Pleated Pants Kingdom3. Tell Me the Kingdom Story4. Kingdom Mission Is All about Context5. Kingdom Is People6. No Kingdom outside the Church7. Kingdom Mission as Church Mission8. The King of the Kingdom9. Kingdom Redemption Unleashed10. Kingdom Is a Moral Fellowship11. Kingdom Is Hope12. Kingdom ThesesAppendix 1: The Constantinian TemptationAppendix 2: Kingdom TodayAfter WordsIndexes
£16.14
Baker Publishing Group Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition
Book SynopsisThis introduction to biblical interpretation evaluates the problems of post-Enlightenment hermeneutics and offers an alternative approach--exegesis in harmony with the Great Tradition.Table of ContentsContents1. Who is the Suffering Servant? The Crisis in Contemporary HermeneuticsPart 1: Theological Hermeneutics2. Toward a Theology of Scripture3. The Theological Metaphysics of the Great Tradition4. The History of Biblical Interpretation ReconsideredPart 2: Recovering Premodern Exegesis5. Reading the Bible as a Unity Centered on Jesus Christ6. Letting the Literal Sense Control All Meaning7. Seeing and Hearing Christ in the Old Testament8. The Identity of the Suffering Servant RevisitedAppendix 1: Criteria for Limiting the Spiritual SenseIndexes
£20.39
Baker Publishing Group None Greater
Book SynopsisAuthor and theologian helps readers get to know a God who is much bigger than we ever imagined by explaining his attributes in a way that highlights their relevance and impact on the Christian life.Table of ContentsTable of Contents 1. Can We Know the Essence of God? Incomprehensibility 2. Can We Think God's Thoughts after Him? How the Creature Should (and Should Not) Talk about the Creator 3. Is God the Perfect Being? Why an Infinite God Has No Limitations 4. Does God Depend on You? Aseity 5. Is God Made Up of Parts? Simplicity 6. Does God Change? Immutability 7. Does God Have Emotions? Impassibility 8. Is God in Time? Timeless Eternity 9. Is God Bound by Space? Omnipresence 10. Is God All-Powerful, All-Knowing, and All-Wise? Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnisapience 11. Can God Be Both Holy and Loving? Righteousness, Goodness, and Love 12. Should God Be Jealous for His Own Glory? Jealousy and Glory
£12.34
Baker Publishing Group Reforming Apologetics Retrieving the Classic
Book SynopsisChallenging the dominant Van Tillian approach, a leading expert in contemporary Reformed theology sets forth the principles that undergird a classic Reformed approach to apologetics.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. The Light of Nature2. Common Notions3. Calvin4. Thomas Aquinas5. Worldview6. Transcendental Arguments7. Dualisms8. The Book of Nature and ApologeticsIndexes
£17.09
Baker Publishing Group A Peculiar Orthodoxy
Book SynopsisA world-renowned theologian demonstrates the power of classic trinitarian faith to bring illumination, surprise, and delight whenever it engages with the arts.Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Created Beauty: The Witness of J. S. Bach 2. Beauty, Sentimentality, and the Arts 3. Faithful Feelings: Music and Emotion in Worship 4. Openness and Specificity: A Conversation with David Brown on Theology and Classical Music 5. Confidence and Anxiety in Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius 6. The Holy Spirit at Work in the Arts: Learning from George Herbert 7. Natural Theology and Music 8. Room of One's Own? Music, Space, and Freedom 9. The Future of Theology amid the Arts: Some Reformed Reflections Index
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William B Eerdmans Publishing Co Beyond Immanence
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Duke University Press On the Modern Cult of the Factish Gods
Book SynopsisBuilding on his earlier book We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour develops his argument about the Modern fetishization of facts, or the creation of factishes.Trade Review“Latour is the best scholar in the field with a huge range and fine grasp ofthe literature. . . . Latour can also be a sparkling writer, exploiting his licence as a foreigner to write English with flair and adventure. . . . I admire [Chapter 3] not only because of its brilliance and fresh insights but also because of the courage it must have taken to write it.” - Harry Collins, Metascience“. . . [B]oth thought provoking and potentially transformative. Latour lulls the reader into accompanying him on a quest to rethink objects as acting independently of our belief in them, and through this same belief. He also exemplifies this wonderful goal, proper to anthropology at its best: to displace common sense understanding and its objects, not deconstruct them.” - Julie Kleinman, Anthropological Quarterly“Latour came into view in the 1980s as an uncommonly engaging as well as radical practitioner of the new discipline of science studies.... witty, imaginative, literate and unrelentingly ironic. For some, all this spells something manifestly frivolous and naturally suspect. Others, including many not ordinarily drawn to treatises on science and technology, are attracted by Latour’s style into engaging with ideas they find illuminating and a mode of analysis they can use.” - Barbara Herrnstein Smith, London Review of Books"Eloquent, amusing and fabulously well-informed, Bruno Latour is one of the superstars of French intellectual life…. His recent book On the Modern Cult of the Factish Gods shows that Latour remains a great star." - Jonathan Rée, New Humanist“Bruno Latour’s is a joyous and generous science, not a warmongering, invidious one. His unique intellectual trajectory beautifully replicates those strange objects he was the first to fully discern. For his work is eminently suitable to an actor-network treatment; it thrives on associations; it deals in mediations; it articulates heterogeneous modes of existence; it modulates its own regime of enunciation as the truth it describes changes its own conditions of production. What started as a ‘social description of scientific practice’ morphed into a radical redescription of the social at least as much as of science itself, and it bloomed as a daring project of a general anthropology of truth, within which facts and fetishes, divine forces and material forms, art and science, religion and law, all are made to inhabit a virtual plane of coexistence, which we are challengingly invited to bring into actuality as our common world.”—Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro)“What immense spiritual and intellectual relaxation! With what vivacity and cunning Bruno Latour gets us out of the cage holding us hostage to the mumbo-jumbo of Subjects and Objects all these long years of Western Civ. Out-fetishizing these fetishes, nudging us toward the mastery of non-mastery, he invites us thereby to the sort of thinking needed to remake a failing world.”—Michael Taussig, Columbia University“[B]oth thought provoking and potentially transformative. Latour lulls the reader into accompanying him on a quest to rethink objects as acting independently of our belief in them, and through this same belief. He also exemplifies this wonderful goal, proper to anthropology at its best: to displace common sense understanding and its objects, not deconstruct them.” -- Julie Kleinman * Anthropological Quarterly *“Latour came into view in the 1980s as an uncommonly engaging as well as radical practitioner of the new discipline of science studies.... witty, imaginative, literate and unrelentingly ironic. For some, all this spells something manifestly frivolous and naturally suspect. Others, including many not ordinarily drawn to treatises on science and technology, are attracted by Latour’s style into engaging with ideas they find illuminating and a mode of analysis they can use.” -- Barbara Herrnstein Smith * London Review of Books *“Latour is the best scholar in the field with a huge range and fine grasp ofthe literature. . . . Latour can also be a sparkling writer, exploiting his licence as a foreigner to write English with flair and adventure. . . . I admire [Chapter 3] not only because of its brilliance and fresh insights but also because of the courage it must have taken to write it.” -- Harry Collins * Metascience *"Eloquent, amusing and fabulously well-informed, Bruno Latour is one of the superstars of French intellectual life…. His recent book On the Modern Cult of the Factish Gods shows that Latour remains a great star." -- Jonathan Rée * New Humanist *Table of ContentsPreface vii 1. On the Cult of the Factish Gods 1 2. What is Iconoclash? Or Is There a World Beyond the Image Wars? 67 3. "Thou Shalt Not Freeze Frame," Or How Not to Misunderstand the Science and Religion Debate 99 Notes 125 Index 151
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University of Pittsburgh Press Bound in the Bond of Life
Book SynopsisOn October 27, 2018, three congregations were holding their morning Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood when a lone gunman entered the building and opened fire. He killed eleven people and injured six more in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. The story made international headlines for weeks following the shooting, but Pittsburgh and the local Jewish community could not simply move on when the news cycle did.The essays in this anthology, written by local journalists, academics, spiritual leaders, and other community members, reveal a city's attempts to come to terms with an unfathomable horror. Here, members from each of the three impacted congregations are able to reflect on their experiences in a raw, profound way. Local journalists who covered the story as it unfolded explore the personal and public aspects of reporting the news. Activists consider their work at a calm distance from the chaotic intensity of th
£13.50
Kregel Publications,U.S. Reinventing Jesus How Contemporary Skeptics Miss
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£17.09
David C Cook Publishing Company Gods Crime Scene Participants
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£12.73
Brigham Young University Press Classical Foundations of Islamic Educational
Book SynopsisEducation has always been an important pursuit in Islam. The Prophet Muhammad enjoined his followers to 'seek knowledge, even unto China.' Within the religion, educational theory and practice were founded on the work of itinerant teachers who taught the fundamental tenets of the faith in exchange for lodging and other services.Trade Review"The Islamic Translation Series... has established itself as one of the most valuable resources available to scholars of Islamic theology and Arab philosophy." (Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies)"
£35.62
Colin Smythe Ltd The Prophecies of St Malachy and St Columbkille
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£8.48
Christian Literature Crusade Pray in the Spirit The Work of the Holy Spirit in
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£999.99
Rudolf Steiner Press Threefold Mary
Book SynopsisThis precious little book contains three lectures -- The Mystery of the Virgin Mary in Body, Soul, and Spirit -- presented during the Christmas Holy Nights of 1950/51. On November 1, 1950, Pius XII proclaimed the Dogma of the Assumption--Mary's bodily assumption into heaven--which sent shock waves throughout the Christian world. C.G. Jung, for example, wrote his Answer to Job in response. Emil Bock's response was these lectures, which answer some of the issues and broaden the scope to include not only the Mary-Sophia mystery in human history, but also the meaning of the feminine element in the evolution of consciousness. Anyone interested in an anthroposophic perspective on Mary in body, soul, and spirit will gain much from this book.
£14.24
St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. On the Mystical Life Vol II
Book SynopsisThe second of a three-volume set translating St Symeon's "The Ethical Discourses" into English. The text asserts that "Apatheia", or "dispassion", the ancient term for freedom from sinful passion, denotes the real possibility of a transfigured life.
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St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. On God and Man Gregory
Book SynopsisIn these poems St Gregory speaks of the joys and frustrations of his own life; he reveals his inner questioning about the purpose and value of life in the face of sin and mortality; and his ultimate faith in Christ at redeeming and reconciling all things.
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SteinerBooks, Inc Voice of the Eagle
Book SynopsisThe homily of John Scotus Eriugena, a jewel of lyrical mysticism, theology and cosmology, containing the essence of Celtic Christian wisdom.Trade Review"Christopher Bamford has written a wonderful book. It combines a rigour of scholarship with a lyrical unveiling of how this wonderful text of Eriugena's can resonate with the hungers and discoveries of our times. It deserves a wide readership. John O'Donohue, author of Anam Cara."
£14.99
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Augustines Sermons
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Ratzinger
Book SynopsisJoseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, fundamentally shaped Christian theology in the 20th and early 21st centuries. This book surveys the major themes and topics that Ratzinger explored, and highlights aspects of the ideas that he developed in his engagement with a wide variety of intellectual and religious currents.Table of ContentsPart I. Life and Context: 1. Influences Jacob Phillips; 2. Interlocutors Nicholas J. Healy; 3. The second Vatican council and the third millennium Christopher Ruddy; Part II. Main Theme: 4. Logos and reason Pablo Blanco-Sarto; 5. Revelation Rudolf Voderholzer; 6. Scripture and tradition Matthew J. Ramage; 7. The fathers of the church José Granados; 8. God and the trinity Thomas Joseph White; 9. Creation Michael Dominic Taylor; 10. Jesus Christ Emery de Gaál; 11. Ecclesiology Maximilian Heim; 12. The Priesthood Sara Butler; 13. Liturgy Uwe Michael Lang; 14. Canon law James Bradley; 15. Eschatology Helmut Hoping; 16. Modernity and secularism Tracey Rowland; 17. Preaching Daniel Cardó; 18. The theological virtues Peter John McGregor; Part III. Dialogue and Perspectives: 19. Dialogue with orthodoxy and protestantism Kurt Cardinal Koch; 20. Dialogue with judaism and with religions Achim Buckenmaier; 21. General reception and perspectives Thomas G. Weinandy.
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Cambridge University Press Theophrastus on First Principles
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£18.00
Legare Street Press History of the Associate Reformed Synod of the
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£26.96
Legare Street Press Louisa May Alcott Her Life Letters and Journals
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£26.96
Creative Media Partners, LLC A Way to Sion Sought out and Found for Believers
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£25.60
Legare Street Press An Apology for the True Christian Divinity
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£30.56
Cambridge University Press The Theology of the Book of Proverbs
Book SynopsisGives an overview of research on Proverbs, focusing especially on its theological themes - God as creator, the fear of the Lord and the role of Wisdom in creation, education and character formation. It is for scholars, students, clergy and all interested in this rather less well-known book within the Bible.Table of Contents1. Wisdom in Proverbs: The Fountain of Life; 2. Scholarly Evaluations of Proverbs: A Selective Overview; 3. The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Knowledge: The Theology of Proverbs 1-9; 4. The Theology of the Oldest Proverbial Material; 5. Echoes of Egypt: The Theology of Proverbs 22:17-24:22; 30:1-14; and 31:1-31; 6. Following Life's Path: The Theology of the Book of Proverbs as a Whole; 7. Speaking to a Wider Audience: The Theological Influence of the Book of Proverbs in the Canon; 8. Offering Sagacious Advice: The Ongoing Significance of the Book of Proverbs.
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Cambridge University Press Entailment Contradiction and Christian Theism
Book SynopsisThis Element aims to chart out a very elementary but abstract framework to approach contradictions in Christian theology. It charts a few salient abstract options for thinking about contradictions in the face of logical entailment.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Tools, Terminology and Basic Ideas: 1. Entailment, contradiction and theories; 2. The threat of contradiction; 3. Outline of target abstract responses in general; Part II. Two Principal Examples: 4. One central example: incarnation; 5. Partial theology: responses to the incarnation; 6. Robust theology: responses to the incarnation; 7. Another central example: trinity; 8. Partial theology: responses to the trinity; 9. Robust theology: responses to the trinity; Part III. Towards Other Examples of Contradiction: Part IV. Some Common Objections to Glut-Theoretic Theology: Part V. Closing Takeaways: References.
£17.00
Cambridge University Press Theology and Poetry in Early Byzantium
Book SynopsisTheology and Poetry in Early Byzantium examines the kontakia and thought-world of Romanos the Melodist, the sixth-century hymnographer whose vibrant and engaging compositions had a far-reaching influence in the history of Byzantine liturgy. His compositions bring biblical narratives to life through dialogue, encourage a level of participation unparalleled in homiletics and push the boundaries of liturgical expression of theology. This book provides an original analysis of Romanos'' poetry, drawing attention to the coherence of his theology and the performative nature of his rhetoric. The main theological themes which emerge encourage the congregation to enact the life of Christ and anticipate the new creation: restoration of humanity to God, re-creation in the incarnation and life of Christ, and liturgical participation and transformation in that life. By analysing the rhetorical performance of theology in the kontakia, the book provides new insights into religious practice in late antTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. On the Passion of Christ; 2. The second Adam: a typology of salvation; 3. The second creation: a new reality for Christians; 4. The second coming: a theology of time and liturgy; On the Resurrection IV: conclusions and beyond.
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Cambridge University Press Believing in Dante
Book SynopsisAlison Cornish offers a compelling new take on the Commedia with modern sensibilities in mind. Believing in Dante re-examines the infernal dramas of Dante''s masterpiece that alienate and perplex modern readers, offering an invigorating view of the whole Divine Comedy, bringing it to meaningful life today. Addressing the characteristics that distance an author like Dante from the modern world, Alison Cornish shows the value of critically and constructively engaging with texts that do not coincide with current worldviews. She thereby reveals how we might discover constellations by which to navigate the process of reading. Written with incisiveness and sophistication, this landmark book elucidates Dante''s eminently readable universe: one where we can and must choose what we want to believe.Trade Review'Compelling, fresh and illuminating, this ought to become an important point of reference for scholars working on Dante in our time … this is certainly one of the best books on Dante I have had the privilege of reading.' Vittorio Montemaggi, King's College London'Alison Cornish rings the changes on the question of belief in Dante - belief in God, in Christian 'revelation,' in the Commedia's veracity, in how what characters believe determines who and where they are for eternity. She offers a bracing view of the poem as an adventure in reading that has consequences. Cornish writes with clarity and elegance so that there is nary a dull sentence in the book. Her wide-ranging work is at once learned and accessible, written for Dantisti but open to a larger audience.' Peter S. Hawkins, Yale Divinity SchoolTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. 'So great a lover': Facts and narratives in the love stories of the lustful; 2. 'Bad light': Factionalism and the Facts in the cemetery of the heretics; 3. 'Never broke faith': Losing credibility in the wood of the suicides; 4. 'Where your soul is pointed': Facts and values in Ulysses' quest and the examination on love; 5. 'Against Her Will': Diversity of desire in the heaven of the moon; 6. 'How much from the point': Saving appearances at the edge of the universe; Conclusion.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology
Book SynopsisIn recent years there has been a bold revival in the field of natural theology, where natural theology can be understood as the attempt to demonstrate that God exists by way of reason, evidence, and argument without the appeal to divine revelation. Today''s practitioners of natural theology have not only revived and recast all of the traditional arguments in the field, but, by drawing upon the findings of contemporary cosmology, chemistry, and biology, have also developed a range of fascinating new ones. Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology brings together twenty experts working in the field today. Together, they practice natural theology from a wide range of perspectives, and show how the field of natural theology is practiced today with a degree of diversity and confidence not seen since the Middle Ages. Aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students, the volume will also be of interest to researchers in philosophy, theology, biblical studies, and religTrade ReviewThe scope of these essays helps to articulate the exceptional breadth of Contemporary Argument in Natural Theology as a whole. The variety of arguments throughout the book provide a point of contact no matter the interest of the reader, and sprawling bibliographies at the end of each essay open up significant inroads to further study ... Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology is a worthwhile read for anybody interested in the topic. * Modern Reformation *Graduate students who wish to keep up with the latest work in natural theology will find this a useful resource. * Heythrop Journal *This excellent book is proof of the continuing interest in and relevance of natural theology. The essays are creative, clear, and rigorous. They provide both new arguments and creative, cutting-edge slants on old arguments. Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology will be helpful to advanced undergraduate students, seminary and graduate students, as well as philosophical scholars. * Stephen T. Davis, Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Claremont McKenna College, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction, Colin P. Ruloff and Peter Horban Part I: Revisiting the Classical Arguments for the Existence of God 1. The Argument from Contingency, Joshua Rasmussen 2. The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Andrew Loke 3. The Ontological Argument, Jason Megill 4. The Fine-tuning Argument, Michael Rota 5. The Argument from Biological Complexity, Michael Behe 6. The Argument from Information, Stephen Meyer 7. The Moral Argument, CS Evans and Trinity O’Neill Part II: Further Directions in Natural Theology 8. The Argument from Phenomenal Consciousness, JP Moreland 9. The Argument from Beauty, Brian Ribeiro 10. The Argument from Certainty, Katherin Rogers 11. The Argument from Mathematics, William Lane Craig 12. The Conceptualist Argument, Greg Welty 13. The Argument from Desire, William A. Lauringer 14. The Argument from Religious Experience, Kai-man Kwan 15. The Wager Argument, Joshua Golding 16. The Argument from the Meaning of Life, Stewart Goetz 17. The Argument from Common Consent, Jonathan Matheson 18. The Argument from Ramified Natural Theology, Sandra Menssen and Thomas D. Sullivan Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig Barth
Book SynopsisHighlighting the central importance of theological configurations of immortality and eternal life from 1914-1945, Mårten Björk explores the key writings of Franz Rosenzweig, Karl Barth and Oskar Goldberg to situate their ideas in relation to the political turmoil of the period, including the rise of social Darwinism, nationalism and fascism. The conversations happening among Christian and Jewish theologians and philosophers on the nature of immortality and eternal life during the period constitute what Björk calls a politics of immortality'. The speculative question of eternal life became a way to address the meaning of a good life' in a period when millions of lives were lost to war, camps and prisons. This book shows how theology was related to central political concepts and ideas of the era, revealing how the question of immortality pursued by Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg became a way to resist the reduction of life to race, blood and soil. By situating the exact politicalTrade Review[A] concise and consistently incisive presentations of Rosenzweig, Barth, and Goldberg ... Regardless of a reader’s prior familiarity with their work, there is much to be gained by following Björk in his search for a common front of resistance against forms of politics that equate life with a set of biologically determined traits. * Los Angeles Review of Books *This is the most thought-provoking and innovative book about contemporary theology and biopolitcs I’ve read in recent years. An essential book not only for students and researchers but also for anyone interested in the perennial question of immortality from a brand-new perspective anchored in the 21st century dilemmas. * Fabián Ludueña Romandini, Full Professor of Philosophy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina *What is the purpose of our biological lives? Survival for the sake of the reproduction of more life? Or the redemption of all life, past and future, from the grip of death? Björk shows how the trauma of the First World War led three very different theologians in Weimar Germany to choose the seemingly impossible option. With clarity and passion, Björk explains why their audacious vision for life beyond death remains as necessary today as it was a century ago. * Bruce Rosenstock, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Illinois, USA *The Politics of Immortality includes masterful presentations of the thought of Franz Rosenzweig, Karl Barth, and Oskar Goldberg; but its major innovation lies in its discovery of a constellation of counter-Darwinian forces that can be found in the configuration of the three thinkers, each of whom sees in life more than survival. * Peter Fenves, Joan and Sarepta Harrison Professor of Literature, Northwestern University, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Yearning for a System: Franz Rosenzweig and the Great Paganism of Life 2. Abundance and Scarcity: Karl Barth and the Struggle for Existence 3. The Animal of the Infinite: Oskar Goldberg and the Science of Evil 4. Life Outside Life: Theology and Resistance Notee Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Theology and Social Theory
Book SynopsisThis is a revised edition of John Milbank's masterpiece, which sketches the outline of a specifically theological social theory. The Times Higher Education Supplement wrote of the first edition that it was a tour de force of systematic theology. It would be churlish not to acknowledge its provocation and brilliance. Featured in The Church Times 100 Best Christian Books Brings this classic work up-to-date by reviewing the development of modern social thought. Features a substantial new introduction by Milbank, clarifying the theoretical basis for his work. Challenges the notion that sociological critiques of theology are scientific'. Outlines a specifically theological social theory, and in doing so, engages with a wide range of thinkers from Plato to Deleuze. Written by one of the world's most influential contemporary theologians and the author of numerous books. Trade ReviewPraise for the First edition "Milbank's work is a tour de force of systematic theology. It would be churlish not to acknowledge its provocation and brilliance." Times Higher Education Supplement "The thesis is relatively simple, its orchestration is stunning in scope as well as in harmonies." Modern Theology "John Milbank’s sprawling, ambitious and intellectually demanding book is in a class of its own." Studies in Christian Ethics "John Milbank has written a masterful review of the development of modern social thought that at the same time offers a criticism of its dominant paradigms and suggests inherent limits on its accomplishments." Journal of Religion Praise for the Second Edition “Theology and Social Theory has proven to be a bombshell… We are, therefore, extremely fortunate to have this second edition with Milbank’s dazzling new ‘Preface’. Re-reading this book is always a pleasure, because it is filled with surprises that force thought.” Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University "When the first edition was published the reaction was one of shock. Now, fifteen years on, the shock has worn off; more and more people are questioning the universal competency of secular reason. But this make all the more important the publication of this second edition. Milbank develops an alternative which has been steadily developing and enriching in the intervening years." Charles Taylor, McGill University "[Theology and Social Theory] remains a dense, challenging and elusive masterpiece of a book, which has lost none of its power to intrigue and repel in equal measure." Times Literary Supplement, Sept 2006 "This second edition is a vital aid to any reader who wishes to understand more fully how Theology and Social Theory relates to Milbank's continued publications and radically orthodox sensibilities." Theological Book Review "An influential and important book … instructive for students in that it analyses and challenges contemporary assumptions about society and religion." Teaching Theology & ReligionTable of ContentsAcknowledgements for the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Introduction. Part I: Theology and Liberalism:. 1. Political Theology and the New Science of Politics. 2. Political Economy as Theodicy and Agonistics. Part II: Theology and Positivism:. 3. Sociology I: From Malebranche to Durkheim. 4. Sociology II: From Kant to Weber. 5. Policing the Sublime: A Critique of the Sociology of Religion. Part III: Theology and Dialectics:. 6. For and Against Hegel. 7. For and Against Marx. 8. Founding the Supernatural: Political and Liberation Theology in the Context of Modern Catholic Thought. Part IV: Theology and Difference:. 9. Science, Reality and Power. 10. Ontological Violence or, The Post-Modern Problematic. 11. Difference of Virtue, Virtue of Difference. 12. The Other City: Theology as a Social Science. Index of Names.
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Crossway Books The Kingdom of God
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Crossway Books What Is the Gospel
Book SynopsisThis accessible volume presents a straightforward statement of the gospel. Gilbert guides both Christians and non-Christians to the Bible as we gain a clear understanding of the central message of God's Word. Part of the 9Marks series.
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Crossway Books To Know and Love God
Book SynopsisFor beginners and advanced students alike, it deals with the nature of theology and presents a method for doing theology whose goal is both knowledge and wisdom. A volume in the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.
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Crossway Books Against the Gods
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Crossway Books Church Discipline
Book SynopsisProvides an accessible framework for understanding church discipline, offering nine case studies and several practical considerations for leading a church through disciplinary situations with grace and truth.
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