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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Does God Exist A Dialogue
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas Volume 1
Book SynopsisIncludes the whole of the First Part of the Summa Theologica. Pegis''s revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas'' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas'' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.Table of ContentsContents: God and the Order of Creation. Summa Theologica, Part I (complete) I. God: The Divine Unity (Qs. 1-26) II. God: The Divine Persons (Qs. 27-43) III. Creation in General (Qs. 44-49) IV. The Angels (Qs. 50-64) V. The Work of the Six Days (Qs. 65-74) VI. Man (Qs. 75-89) VII. On the First Man (Qs. 90-102) VIII. The Divine Government (Qs. 103- 119).
£41.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas Volume 1
Book SynopsisIncludes the whole of the First Part of the Summa Theologica. Pegis''s revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas'' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas'' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.Table of ContentsContents: God and the Order of Creation. Summa Theologica, Part I (complete) I. God: The Divine Unity (Qs. 1-26) II. God: The Divine Persons (Qs. 27-43) III. Creation in General (Qs. 44-49) IV. The Angels (Qs. 50-64) V. The Work of the Six Days (Qs. 65-74) VI. Man (Qs. 75-89) VII. On the First Man (Qs. 90-102) VIII. The Divine Government (Qs. 103- 119).
£70.54
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas Volume 2
Book SynopsisIncludes substantial selections from the Second Part of the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. Pegis''s revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas'' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas'' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.Table of ContentsContents: Man and the Conduct of Life. Summa Contra Gentiles (III, chs. 1-113) IX. The End of Man (ch. 1-63) X. Man and the Providence of God (ch. 64-113) Summa Theologica, First Part of the Second Part XI. Human Acts (Qs. 6-21) XII. Habits, Virtues and Vices (Qs. 49-89) XIII. Law (Qs. 90-108) XIV. Grace (Qs. 109-114) Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part XV. Faith (Qs. 1-7).
£41.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Basic Writings of St Thomas Aquinas Volume 2
Book SynopsisIncludes substantial selections from the Second Part of the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. Pegis's revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.Table of ContentsContents: Man and the Conduct of Life. Summa Contra Gentiles (III, chs. 1-113) IX. The End of Man (ch. 1-63) X. Man and the Providence of God (ch. 64-113) Summa Theologica, First Part of the Second Part XI. Human Acts (Qs. 6-21) XII. Habits, Virtues and Vices (Qs. 49-89) XIII. Law (Qs. 90-108) XIV. Grace (Qs. 109-114) Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part XV. Faith (Qs. 1-7).
£66.59
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Theology in America
Book Synopsis Covering nearly 300 years of American religious writing, this anthology compiles selections from thirteen notable thinkers--including Thomas Hooker, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Hodge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Josiah Royce, William James and H. Richard Niebuhr--to reveal the vital and creative history of Protestant theology in America. In his substantial Introduction, Sydney Ahlstrom relates the history of American theology in broad and accessible terms, tackling his subject with characteristic clarity, passion, and intellectual rectitude.
£23.39
Legare Street Press The Christian in Compleat Armour
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LEGARE STREET PR Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to
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Cambridge University Press Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great Community Theology and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt
Book SynopsisShenoute the Great (c.347â465) led one of the largest Christian monastic communities in late antique Egypt and was the greatest native writer of Coptic in history. For approximately eight decades, Shenoute led a federation of three monasteries and emerged as a Christian leader. His public sermons attracted crowds of clergy, monks, and lay people; he advised military and government officials; he worked to ensure that his followers would be faithful to orthodox Christian teaching; and he vigorously and violently opposed paganism and the oppressive treatment of the poor by the rich. This volume presents in translation a selection of his sermons and other orations. These works grant us access to the theology, rhetoric, moral teachings, spirituality, and social agenda of a powerful Christian leader during a period of great religious and social change in the later Roman Empire.Trade Review'The book includes footnotes, a valuable bibliography, and a useful index of names, subjects, maps, and figures. Brakke and Crislip's book is a modern and accurate translation of Shenoute's Discourses, so that it is an important contribution in the spirituality of Shenoute and his form of monasticism. Meticulously researched, this competent book provides a starting point for new investigations of the role of Shenoute in the history of Egyptian asceticism. Undoubtedly, Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great will become a significant landmark for researchers in the field.' Daniel Lemeni, TealogiaTable of ContentsShenoute's life, times, and Discourses; Part I. Heretics and Other Enemies of the Church: 1. And it happened one day; 2. As I sat on a mountain; 3. I am amazed; Part II. Shenoute as Pastor and Preacher: 4. I see your eagerness; 5. Some kinds of people sift dirt and Whoever seeks God will find; 6. The idolatrous pagans, or And we will reveal something else; 7. And let us also reprove; 8. I answered; 9. And after a few days; 10. See how clearly revealed is the foolishness of pitiless people; 11. Truly when I think; 12. A priest will never cease; 13. When the Word says; Part III. The Christian's Struggle with Satan: 14. In the night; 15. Because of you too, O Prince of Evil; 16. A beloved asked me years ago; 17. As we began to preach; Part IV. The Conflict with Gesios: 18. Not because a fox barks; 19. Let our eyes (translated by Stephen Emmel); 20. A26; 21. God says through those who are His; 22. God is blessed.
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Cambridge University Press The Theology of the Book of Kings
Book Synopsis1 and 2 Kings unfolds an epic narrative that concludes the long story of Israel''s experience with institutional monarchy, a sequence of events that begins with the accession of Solomon and the establishment of the Jerusalem temple, moves through the partition into north and south, and leads inexorably toward the nation''s destruction and the passage to exile in Babylon. Keith Bodner''s The Theology of the Book of Kings provides a reading of the narrative attentive to its literary sophistication and theological subtleties, as the cast of characters - from the royal courts to the rural fields - are variously challenged to resist the tempting pathway of political and spiritual accommodations and instead maintain allegiance to their covenant with God. In dialogue with a range of contemporary interpreters, this study is a preliminary exploration of some theological questions that arise from the Kings narrative, while inviting contemporary communities of faith into deeper engagement with thTable of Contents1. Towards the theology of the Book of Kings; 2. Dynasty and succession; 3. Palace and temple; 4. Kingdom and division; 5. Prophets and apostasy; 6. Upheaval and reprieve; 7. Demolition and exile; 8. The theology of kings past and present.
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Cambridge University Press Martin Luther in Context
Book SynopsisMartin Luther remains a popular, oft-quoted, referenced, lauded historical figure. He is often seen as the fulcrum upon which the medieval turned into the modern, the last great medieval or the first great modern; or, he is the Protestant hero, the virulent anti-Semite; the destroyer of Catholic decadence, or the betrayer of the peasant cause. An important but contested figure, he was all of these things. Understanding Luther''s context helps us to comprehend how a single man could be so many seemingly contradictory things simultaneously. Martin Luther in Context explores the world around Luther in order to make the man and the Reformation movement more understandable. Written by an international team of leading scholars, it includes over forty short, accessible essays, all specially commissioned for this volume, which reconstruct the life and world of Martin Luther. The volume also contextualizes the scholarship and reception of Luther in the popular mind.Trade Review'Whitford … brought together a sterling team of Reformation specialists to produce this volume, which offers a comprehensive topical introduction to Martin Luther and his world … This book will be a fine reference resource as well as a readable introduction to Luther and the world that shaped him.' M. A. Granquist, ChoiceTable of ContentsPart I. Life and Education: 1. Luther: a life of successful struggle Adam L. Wirrig; 2. Luther's family and home life Sabine Hiebsch; 3. Education in early sixteenth-century Europe Christopher Carlsmith; 4. Monastic life and monastic theology in early modern Germany Tarald Rasmussen; 5. The University of Wittenberg Jonathan Mumme; Part II. Religious and Intellectual Context: 6. Western Christianity in 1500 Kenneth J. Woo; 7. Late medieval piety: St Anne, Martin Luther, and the Salvific journey Beth Allison Barr; 8. Late medieval theology Gordon Jensen; 9. Calls for reform before Martin Luther Euan Cameron; 10. Penance and indulgences Ronald K. Rittgers; 11. Luther and the papacy Ralph Keen; 12. Northern humanism and its impact David H. Price; 13. Martin Luther and the printing press Allyson F. Creasman; Part III. Social and Cultural Context: 14. The Holy Roman Empire David Luebke; 15. The Imperial Diet in the 1520s Christopher W. Close; 16. The German Peasants' War Michael G. Baylor; 17. Origins of the Schmalkaldic League W. Bradford Smith; 18. The Turks Gregory J. Miller; 19. Women and gender Amy E. Leonard; 20. Apocalypticism in the sixteenth century Lawrence P. Buck; 21. Jews and Judaism Stephen G. Burnett; 22. Luther's artists Larry Silver; 23. Persecution, martyrdom, and flight in Luther's Europe Timothy J. Orr; Part IV. People: 24. Martin Luther's magisterial defenders David M. Whitford; 25. Luther's Catholic opponents Michael Tavuzzi; 26. Charles V Violet Soen; 27. Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt Martin Kessler; 28. The Wittenberg circle Michael J. Lohrmann; 29. Huldrych Zwingli Rebecca A. Giselbrecht; Part V. Themes in Luther's Thoughts: 30. The 'Solas' of the Reformation Anna Vind; 31. Law and gospel Kirsi Stjerna; 32. Luther's theology of the cross Steven D. Paulson; 33. Erasmus: humanist and theologian Greta Grace Kroeker; 34. Two kingdoms/political theology Jarrett A. Carty; 35. Implementing reform Volker Leppin; Part VI. Works: 36. Luther's treatises and polemics Hans Wiersma; 37. Martin Luther's university lectures and biblical commentaries Mickey L. Mattox; 38. Luther's sermons, catechisms, and worship aids Timothy H. Maschke; 39. Luther´s table talk Ingo Klitzsch; 40. The Luther Bible Arnoud Visser; 41. German and Latin editions of Luther's works Vincent Evener; 42. English editions of Martin Luther's works Alyssa Lehr Evans; Part VII. Reception: 43. The Anabaptists Brian C. Brewer; 44. John Calvin and Calvinism R. Ward Holder; 45. The English Reformation Susan Wabuda; 46. Discord and concord: from the Wittenberg Reformation to Lutheranism Matthias Pohlig; 47. Luther as a German hero John A. Maxfield.
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Cambridge University Press Theology in a Suffering World
Book SynopsisIn this book, Christopher Southgate proposes a new way of understanding the glory of God in Christian theology, based on glory as sign. Working from the roots of the concept in the Hebrew Bible,Theology in a Suffering World: Glory and Longingshows that ''glory'' is not necessarily about beauty or radiance, but is better understood as a sign of the unknowable depths of God. Southgate goes on to show how John and Paul transform the concept of glory in the light of the cross. He then explores where glory may be discerned in the natural world, including in situations of pain and suffering. In turn glory is explored in the poetry of R. S. Thomas and the writings of the Jewish mystic Etty Hillesum. Finally, the book considers what it might mean for Christians to be ''transformed from one degree of glory to another'': that might mean becoming a sign of the great sign of God that is Christ, and conforming their longing to God''s longing for the Kingdom to come.Trade Review'What Southgate has attempted here is nothing less than courageous; whether he has succeeded will be up to the reader. I would recommend Theology in a Suffering World to all those who are interested in theodicy, suffering and impassibility, and the vexing question of natural and moral evil in the Christian life. Southgate's work should be commended as an honest look at difficult issues and indeed is an engaging contribution to theological studies concerning glory and suffering; it can be approached by theologians and ministers alike.' Brent McCulley, International Journal of Systematic TheologyTable of Contents1. Glory as sign: relation of glory to beauty and wonder; 2. Glory in the Scriptures; 3. Glory in the natural world; 4. Glory in the arts and in mysticism; 5. Glory in the Christian journey.
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Cambridge University Press Christian Martyrdom and Political Violence
Book SynopsisIn recent years, martyrdom and political violence have been conflated in the public imagination. Rubén Rosario Rodríguez argues that martyr narratives deserve consideration as resources for resisting political violence in contemporary theological reflection. Underlying the three Abrahamic monotheistic traditions is a shared belief that God requires liberation for the oppressed, justice for the victims and, most demanding of all, love for the political enemy. Christian, Jewish and Muslim martyr narratives that condone political violence - whether terrorist or state-sponsored - are examined alongside each religion''s canon, in order to evaluate how central or marginalized these discourses are within their respective traditions. Primarily a work of Christian theology in conversation with Judaism and Islam, this book aims to model religious pluralism and cooperation by retrieving distinctly Christian sources that nurture tolerance and facilitate coexistence, while respecting religious difference.Trade Review'This is an exceptional academic contribution to the historical study of martyrdom among the classic Abrahamic religions, but also to its contemporary religious, political, and cultural relevance. It is a highly ambitious project that will leave an enduring mark in the always pertinent field of religiosity and human sacrifice. I strongly recommend its careful and critical reading.' Luis N. Rivera-Pagán, Henry Winters Luce Professor in Ecumenics Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey'Christian Martyrdom and Political Violence is a serious and important work in constructive Christian theological ethics, intending to rescue the concept of martyrdom from contemporary corruptions - corruptions so grave that the very concept of martyrdom risks being discredited. This is a groundbreaking book which I recommend highly.' Rev. David P. Gushee, Distinguished Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life, Mercer University, Georgia'Rosario-Rodriguez's attempt at a fundamental theology built around the narratives of martyrdom is a remarkable synthesis of long and serious work in the fields of liberation theology, biblical studies, systematics, interreligious dialogue, 'world church' studies, and moral theology; it is something truly new, and opens a whole fertile field of inquiry. I am especially impressed by the care and integrity with which he approaches Islamic martyr narratives without either assimilating them to the Christian narratives or creating a false partition between their theological meanings.' David Hart, Fellow of The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies'Not only does this book offer a knowledgeable and self-critical reconstruction of the concept of Christian martyrdom, it also makes a plea for a living Christian witness in the globalized world of the twenty-first century.' Paul Schroffner, translated from Zeitschrift fur katholische Theologie 'Chapter 3, probably the strongest chapter, discusses the meaning of martyrs and martyrdom in the Jewish and Muslim Scriptures, in 'conversation with the book's central narrative about Christian martyrdom as nonviolent political resistance'. There is a very careful analysis of the Muslim interpretation of jihad ('struggle'), along with the Christian concept of just war. This chapter also offers a trenchant critique of Christian Zionism, along with Islamist violence, Israeli nationalism, and misuse of just war theory in the American 'war on terror'. These, Rosario Rodríguez asserts, do not reflect their parent traditions, but rather 'imperialist ideologies', like that of ancient Rome, which Christian martyrdom attempted to subvert.' Journal of Religion and Violence'[Rubén Rosario] Rodríguez astutely emphasizes that only forgiveness modeled on that of Jesus will break the cycle of violence. This book is an exemplary effort to sort out how a Christian comparative theology of martyrdom would appear. Ultimately, no religion can justify itself without reference to other religions which accompany it through history, sometimes peacefully and sometimes as antagonists. The author has credibly demonstrated that a viable Christian theology of martyrdom can be written and has honored the memory of its witnesses.' Michael T. McLauglin, Reading Religion'For scholars of Christian ethics … [Rubén Rosario Rodríguez] demonstrates that liberation theology is an essential literature for Christian ethics in the twenty-first century with almost unprecedented persuasion. With derision for 'contextual theology,' many Christian ethicists continue to doubt liberation theology's capacity to speak to our most urgent global problems. Rosario's work ought to disabuse the field of this shallow dismissal, demonstrating liberation theology's enormous potential to grapple with the problem of political violence across religious traditions.' Nichole M. Flores, Journal of the Society of Christian EthicsTable of Contents1. Scripture and political violence; 2. Early Christian martyrdom and political violence; 3. Comparative martyrologies; 4. Martyrdom or political violence?; 5. On becoming a 'faithful witness' today.
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Cambridge University Press The Christian Idea of God
Book SynopsisIn this book, eminent theologian Keith Ward takes a fresh look at the ancient philosophy of Idealism, connects it with findings in modern science, and shows that a combination of good science, good philosophy, and a passion for truth and goodness, can underpin religious faith. Going back to first principles, he argues for the Idealist view that all knowledge begins with experience. Critically examining the idealism of Plato, Kant, and Hegel, Ward shows how this philosophy is strengthened by a knowledge of modern physics, and how it can lead to a new and vivid presentation of Christian faith. A work of philosophical rigour that makes clear the rational nature of belief in God, this book challenges the easy assumptions of materialism and the relativity of truth that undermine both science and religion. Ward writes in an accessible and readable style that gives new life and practical usefulness to idealist philosophy.Trade Review'Ward does not shrink from the big issues, and his engagement with the problem of suffering is especially challenging.' Church Times'The Christian Idea of God, by preeminent theologian and Kant scholar Keith Ward, is an ambitious and surprisingly fast-paced exploration into cutting-edge possibilities for Christian philosophical theology in the light of remarkable recent developments in 21st century Western rationality.' William Greenway, Reading Religion'Commendable … is Ward's speculative humility. His articulation of his views is neither arrogant nor imperious, and the result is a book that invites the reader to join in the speculation.' F. G. Kirkpatrick, Choice'Ward presents, in an accessible book aimed at the general public, a revisionary account of God and His place in the universe … Evaluating whether Ward's theodicy is successful or attractive could prompt valuable discussion among students.' Fr. James Dominic Rooney, Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Nature of Mind: 1. What personal idealism is; 2. Beginning from experience; 3. The unitary self; 4. The self as agent; 5. Inferential and interpretative hypotheses; 6. The objectivity of value; 7. Personal knowledge; Part II. External Mind: 8. The idea of ultimate mind; 9. The supreme informational principle; 10. Explaining the Universe; 11. Creation and evolution; 12. Is nature sacred? 13. Eternal mind; 14. Freedom and necessity; Part III. Supreme Good: 15. Morality and creativity; 16. Philokalia; 17. The world to come; 18. Moral demand and human fulfilment; 19. Judgment and compassion; 20. Kenosis and Theosis; 21. Divine causality; 22. Reason and revelation.
£71.25
Cambridge University Press Atheism Fundamentalism and the Protestant Reformation
Book SynopsisBecause of its provocative thesis and mutli-disciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to historians, theologians, philosophers, and sociologists of religion. Key subject areas include atheism and non-religion, Protestant fundamentalism, science and religion, the theological origins of the modern world, and the effects of postmodernity.Table of Contents1. The unfinished reformation; 2. Things fall apart; 3. An inductive theology; 4. The secret sympathy; 5. A house divided.
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Cambridge University Press More Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Book SynopsisMost of the Tales and Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegms) have survived in Greek and most of them are now available in English, almost 2500 in number. A further six hundred items in six languages have been available in French for some time, but often in second- and even third-hand translations. These have now been newly translated directly from the original languages by scholars skilled in those languages and are presented, alongside an Introduction and brief notes, to the English reader who wishes to know more of those men and some women who rejected ''the world'' and went to live in the desert regions of Egypt and elsewhere in the fourth to seventh centuries.Table of ContentsPreface Samuel Rubenson; 1. Introduction John Wortley; 2. Sayings preserved in Greek John Wortley; 3. Sayings preserved in Latin John Wortley; 4. Sayings preserved in Syriac Robert Kitchen; 5. Sayings preserved in Armenian Robert W. Thomson; 6. Sayings preserved in Coptic Tim Vivian; 7. Sayings preserved in Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Witold Witakowski.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
Book SynopsisFor centuries, theologians and philosophers, among others, have examined the nature of religious experience. Students and scholars unfamiliar with the vast literature face a daunting task in grasping the main issues surrounding the topic of religious experience. The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience offers an original introduction to its topic. Going beyond an introduction, it is a state-of-the-art overview of the topic, with critical analyses of and creative insights into its subject. Religious experience is discussed from various interdisciplinary perspectives, from religious perspectives inside and outside traditional monotheistic religions, and from various topical perspectives. Written by leading scholars in clear and accessible prose, this book is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, and scholars across many disciplines.Table of ContentsPart I. Characterizing Religious Experience: Interdisciplinary Approaches: 1. Psychology of religion approaches to the study of religious experience Ann Tayes; 2. Philosophy of religion approaches to the study of religious experience Phillip H. Wiebe; 3. Theology, religious diversity, and religious experience Gwen Griffith-Dickson; Part II. Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism: 4. Illumined by meaning: religious experience in classical Judaism Howard Wettstein; 5. Religious experience in early Christianity James D. G. Dunn; 6. Religious experience in traditional Islam William Chittick; Part III. Religious Experience Outside Traditional Monotheism: 7. Religious experience in ancient Confucianism and Daoism Xinzhong Yao; 8. Religious experience in Buddhism David Burton; 9. Ramanuja's eleventh century Hindu theology of religious experience: an informative, performative, transformative discourse Francis X. Clooney; Part IV. Prominent Themes and Challenges: 10. Exploring the nature of mystical experience Steven T. Katz; 11. Miraculous and extraordinary events as religious experience Fiona Bowie; 12. Evil, Suffering, and Religious Experience Michael L. Peterson; 13. Naturalism and religious experience William B. Drees; 14. Meaning and social value in religious experience Mark Owen Webb.
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Cambridge University Press The Foundation of Norms in Islamic Jurisprudence and Theology
Book SynopsisIn this book, Omar Farahat presents a new way of understanding the work of classical Islamic theologians and legal theorists who maintained that divine revelation is necessary for the knowledge of the norms and values of human actions. Through a reconstruction of classical Ash?ari-Mu?tazili debates on the nature and implications of divine speech, Farahat argues that the Ash?ari attachment to revelation was not a purely traditionalist position. Rather, it was a rational philosophical commitment emerging from debates in epistemology and theology. He further argues that the particularity of this model makes its distinctive features helpful for contemporary scholars who defend a form of divine command theory. Farahat''s volume thus constitutes a new reading of the issue of reason and revelation in Islam and breaks new ground in Islamic theology, law and ethics.Trade Review'The book undoubtedly makes important contributions to contemporary scholarship on theology, the history of Islamic sects and doctrines, and uṣūl al-fiqh.' Necmettin Kızılkaya, Nazariyat'Written in a scholarly, yet clear, fashion, the book is suitable for scholars and students of Islamic studies generally, and Islamic theology, Islamic law, Islamic history, and Islamic ethics more specifically… this work offers an important contribution for religious moral and legal theories in general.' Sami Al-Daghistani, Journal of Law and Religion'… an important contribution for religious moral and legal theories …' Sami Al-Daghistani, Journal of Law and ReligionTable of ContentsIntroduction: classical Islamic thought and the promise of post-secularism; Part I. Epistemological and Metaphysical Foundations: 1. What do we know without revelation? The epistemology of divine speech; 2. God in relation to us: the metaphysics of divine speech; 3. The nature of divine speech in classical theology; Part II. The Construction of Norms in Islamic Jurisprudence: 4. The nature of divine commands in classical legal theory; 5. Divine commands in the imperative mood; 6. The persistence of natural law in Islamic jurisprudence.
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Cambridge University Press The Antichrist
Book SynopsisThe malign figure of the Antichrist endures in modern culture, whether religious or secular; and the spectral shadow he has cast over the ages continues to exert a strong and powerful fascination. Philip C. Almond tells the story of the son of Satan from his early beginnings to the present day, and explores this false Messiah in theology, literature and the history of ideas. Discussing the origins of the malevolent being who at different times was cursed as Belial, Nero or Damien, the author reveals how Christianity in both East and West has imagined this incarnation of absolute evil destined to appear at the end of time. For the better part of the last two thousand years, Almond suggests, the human battle between right and wrong has been envisaged as a mighty cosmic duel between good and its opposite, culminating in an epic final showdown between Christ and his deadly arch-nemesis.Trade Review'An ambitious untangling of a host of different traditions and stories - all super-heated by religious controversy - The Antichrist succeeds triumphantly in reducing them to calm intelligibility. This is a major feat, not only of scholarship, but also of reflection, planning and writing.' Marion Gibson, University of Exeter, and author of Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft and of Witchcraft: The Basics'Philip Almond's remarkable new book - a companion piece to his earlier work on the Devil - is clearly and vividly written. Giving full attention to previous ideas about the Antichrist, the author looks at the subject differently and originally in a way that meshes the topical and the chronological. The book is an advance both in theological and popular understanding, and I recommend it warmly.' Jeffrey Burton Russell, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages and of A History of Heaven: The Singing Silence'This entertaining romp through the subject leads Mr Almond down many obscure paths, peopled by cobwebbed theologians such as Irenaeus and Hippolytus, and deep into the weirdest thickets of medieval fantasy-weaving. He has fun - 'Sexy Beast' is his heading on a section about the Antichrist visions, peculiarly like ink blots, of Hildegard of Bingen - but does not forget that a modern reader also needs to know why the Antichrist was important.' Ann Wroe, The Economist'What makes this biography really thought-provoking is Almond's easy demonstration of how ideas actually percolate and embed over time, and how, paradoxically, the greater the distance we travel from actual facts, the greater our sense of confidence in - and identification with - spurious thought systems becomes.' Nicola Barker, The Spectator'This engaging, often entertaining, and lavishly illustrated book may well be the last word on the subject …' John Saxbee, Church Times'This is a great work of scholarship, impressive in its breadth at the same time that it is clear and succinct in its presentation.' Rodrigo Galiza, Andrews University Seminary Studies'This engaging, often entertaining, and lavishly illustrated book may well be the last word on the subject.' The Rt Revd Dr John Saxbee, Church Times'… Almond's intellectual biography makes comprehensible for the modern reader the complex and obscure world of prophetic scripture interpretation, and that is a massive accomplishment.' Gary K. Waiteu, Journal of Ecclesiastical History'Almond has a flair for presenting complex histories with clarity and wit, and the result here is an engaging narrative well-suited to the perspective of the 2020s.' Sean L. Field, Scottish Journal of TheologyTable of ContentsPrologue; 1. The Origins of the Antichrist Tradition; 2. The Story Begins; 3. The Antichrist, East and West; 4. Antichrists, Present and Future; 5. Of Prophets, Priests, and Kings; 6. The Antichrist Divided; 7. Antichrists – Papal, Philosophical, Imperial; Epilogue: A Brief Meditation on History.
£29.44
Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Christian Theology
Book SynopsisFar from being solely an academic enterprise, the practice of theology can pique the interest of anyone who wonders about the meaning of life. This introduction to Christian theology exploring its basic concepts, confessional content, and history emphasizes the relevance of the key convictions of Christian faith to the challenges of today''s world. Part I introduces the project of Christian theology and sketches the critical context that confronts Christian thought and practice today. Part II offers a survey of the key doctrinal themes of Christian theology, including revelation, the triune God, and the world as creation, identifying their biblical basis and the highlights of their historical development before giving a systematic evaluation of each theme. Part III provides an overview of Christian theology from the early church to the present. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition ofAn Introduction to Christian Theology includes a range of new visual and pedagogical feaTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction to Theology: 1. What is theology?; 2. The critical context of theology today; Part II. Key Themes of Christian Theology: 3. Revelation and knowledge of God; 4. A tale of two theisms; 5. The triune God; 6. The world as creation; 7. Humanity in the image of God and the disfigurement of sin; 8. The problem of evil and the question of theodicy; 9. The identity and person of Jesus Christ; 10. The reconciling work of Jesus Christ; 11. The person and work of the Holy Spirit; 12. Dimensions of salvation; 13. The church and its mission; 14. Christianity in a global context; 15. Hope and the future; Part III. Historical Survey of Christian Theology: 16. Theology in the patristic era (c. 100–500); 17. Theology in the middle ages (c. 500–1400); 18. Theology in the Reformation period (c. 1400–1700); 19. Theology in modernity (c. 1700–1960); 20. Theology in the contemporary period (c. 1960–present).
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
Book SynopsisThe Second Vatican Council was the most significant event in the history of Roman Catholicism since the Protestant Reformation. Unfortunately, the enormous amount of documentation produced by the council has proven daunting to many. This Companion helps the reader better grasp the abiding significance of this council for Catholicism today.Trade Review'The splendid Companion engages readers in the lively process of understanding and interpreting Vatican II in its time, and applying it for our times.' Hilmar M. Pabel, The TabletTable of ContentsPart I. Vatican II in context: 1. Church life in the first half of the twentieth century Mark R. Francis; 2. Theological renewal in the first half of the twentieth century Gabriel Flynn; 3. Papal leadership in the first half of the twentieth century: resistance and renewal Karim Schelkens; 4. The council as ecclesial process Massimo Faggioli; 5. The role of non-voting participants in the preparation and conduct of the council Peter De Mey; 6. Conciliar hermeneutics Ormond Rush; Part II. Conciliar themes and reception: 7. The pilgrim church: An ongoing journey of ecclesial renewal and reform Gerard Mannion; 8. The church in mission Stephen Bevans; 9. Revelation Richard Gaillardetz; 10. Liturgy David Turnbloom; 11. The word and spirit co-instituting the church Brian Flanagan; 12. The Christian faithful Amanda Osheim; 13. Leadership and governance in the church Thomas Rausch; 14. Ministry in the church Richard Lennan; 15. Professed religious life Gemma Simmonds; 16. Ecumenism Susan K. Wood; 17. The church and other religions Edmund Kee-Fook Chia; 18. The renewal of moral theology James Keenan; Appendix: resources for the study of Vatican II Catherine Clifford.
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Cambridge University Press Bonaventure the Body and the Aesthetics of Salvation
Book SynopsisIn this work of historical theology, Rachel Davies considers the relationship between aesthetics and anthropology in Bonaventure''s thought, and shows how bodily diminishment can become a sign and source of the self''s renewal. Drawing from texts like theCollations on the Six Days, and theMajor Life of Francis, Davies reconfigures traditional accounts of the fallen body''s rebellion against the soul and emphasizes instead the soul''s original abandonment of the body. Her interpretation draws attention to the crucial but undervalued role that Bonaventure assigns to the body in the self''s coming-to-be, and shows how contemplation involves the soul''s tender recovery of the body it once rejected. Though contemplation makes body-soul integrity possible again, Davies argues that the body never fully recovers from its primordial alienation. Instead, Bonaventure suggests that individuals can experience brokenness and healing at the same time, and that suffering bodies can become paschal spacTrade Review'Rachel Davies's highly original reading of Bonaventure's understanding of the suffering human body and its meanings not only questions established presumptions about Bonaventure's 'Platonism', but also provides a fresh fulcrum for contemporary theological assessments of bodily suffering and its transformations. The result is not merely a fine monograph in historical theology, but a study of great suggestive importance for contemporary systematic thinking. Davies writes with exegetical acuity, spiritual sensitivity, and theological insight.' Sarah Coakley, Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity Emerita, University of Cambridge'With vision that is at once scholarly and deeply compassionate, Rachel Davies helps us to see the body and salvation afresh through the eyes of Saint Bonaventure. If we have been tempted to see in Bonaventure an 'Augustinian pessimism' and a 'dualistic Platonism', Davies illuminates a Bonaventurean paschal theology of embodied beauty. Here the body is not an obstacle but, in its very fragility and 'diminishment', a vessel of holiness. In Davies' elegant treatment, we discover in Bonaventure a bodying forth of the Christian paradox, 'When I am weak, then I am strong.' (2 Cor 12:10) Take and read!' Kevin L. Hughes, Villanova University, Pennsylvania'… Davies offers a rich and illuminative journey through Bonaventure, gleaning from his many riches resources to advance a constructive vision of human bodily being for our time. This book remains an admirable and enjoyable exercise in thinking along with Bonaventure towards an expansive constructive goal. It is a commendable work of constructive theology.' Junius Johnson, Modern Theology'Davies has offered a lucid study of Bonaventure's theology, one that is noteworthy for the elegance of its argumentation and attentiveness to the mutual intersection of a theology of the body with aesthetic concerns ... readers of Franciscan theology from a variety of disciplines and vantage points will find [this] study erudite, engaging, and provocative.' Peter Casarella, Theological StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Bonaventure's aesthetic vision; 2. Beauty and the soul's ascent in the Collations on the Six Days; 3. The journey of the body to God; 4. Transfiguration in the Tree of Life; 5. Corporeality reclaimed in the Major Life of Francis; 6. Paschal bodies.
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Cambridge University Press Animal Suffering and the Darwinian Problem of Evil
Book SynopsisThis book will be of interest to college faculty and advanced students interested in the relationship between religion and science, particularly at Christian colleges and seminaries. Its value is to offer an innovative Christian theological approach to the daunting problem that Darwinian animal suffering poses to belief in God.Table of Contents1. Facing the Darwinian problem of evil; 2. Darwinian evil and anti-theistic arguments; 3. Ways around the problem: Neo-Cartesian theory and skeptical theism; 4. Making a 'case for God' (a Causa Dei); 5. Animal suffering and the fall: Lapsarian theodicy; 6. Narrow is the way of world making: only way theodicy; 7. God-justifying beauty: aesthetic theodicy; 8. Suffering 'for no reason': job and the Darwinian problem; 9. Darwinian Kenōsis and 'divine selection'; 10. Animals in heaven: the defeat of Darwinian evils.
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Cambridge University Press Aquinas Original Sin and the Challenge of Evolution
Book SynopsisIs original sin compatible with evolution? Many today believe the answer is ''No''. Engaging Aquinas''s revolutionary account of the doctrine, Daniel W. Houck argues that there is not necessarily a conflict between this Christian teaching and mainstream biology. He draws on neglected texts outside the Summa Theologiae to show that Aquinas focused on humanity''s loss of friendship with God - not the corruption of nature (or personal guilt). Aquinas''s account is theologically attractive in its own right. Houck proposes, moreover, a new Thomist view of original sin that is consonant with evolution. This account is developed in dialogue with biblical scholarship on Jewish hamartiology and salient modern thinkers (including Kant, Schleiermacher, Barth, and Schoonenberg), and it is systematically connected to debates over nature, grace, the desire for God, and justification. In addition, the book canvasses a number of neglected premodern approaches to original sin, including those of AnselmTrade Review'Daniel Houck's intriguing reconsideration of Aquinas's neglected theory of sin is both timely and illuminating. Not only is he able to show the distinctiveness of Aquinas's position, but also its potential for a fresh alignment with contemporary evolutionary theory. Houck is a ready exegete, a clear-thinking philosopher, and an insightful theologian of considerable learning and breadth. This is an outstanding first book from an emerging theological talent.' Sarah Coakley, FBA, Norris-Hulse Professor Emerita, University of Cambridge'As befits an attempt to marry dogmatic theology and modern science, Daniel Houck brings 'something old, something new' to the task of thinking through the meaning of original sin in light of challenges from evolutionary biology. Both aforementioned somethings pertain to Thomas Aquinas, from whose centuries' old texts Houck derives a new understanding of original sin, one that represents a distinct contribution to a doctrine that otherwise stands as a shocking 'offense to reason' (Pascal).' Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Chicago'Aquinas, Original Sin, and the Challenge of Evolution stands out among the best works in recent constructive theology. Houck retrieves and carries forward earlier Thomistic debates about original sin, as part of staking out his own position on this crucial topic in light of contemporary scientific evidence. He also explores the development of the doctrine before Aquinas, as well as the more influential contemporary proposals. A profound and timely book.' Matthew Levering, James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary'[this book] … for anyone interested in Aquinas's soteriology, ecumenical discussions of sin and the Fall, or the theological reception of evolutionary biology.' Brendan Case, Modern Theology'Daniel Houck's book offers a notable contribution to the literature on original sin, especially, but by no means only, in relation to Thomas Aquinas. It is also noteworthy as a work at the interface between theology and science, given that Houck's treatment of each is equally deft, with both given the detailed conceptual and historical attention they deserve … It is a particular delight to come across a work of theology so well versed in science.' Andrew Davison, International Journal of Systematic TheologyTable of Contents1. Augustine and the long twelfth century; 2. Aquinas on original justice; 3. Aquinas on the effects of original sin; 4. Aquinas on original guilt; 5. Original sin and some modern theologians; 6. Original sin and the challenge of evolution; 7. Original sin; 8. A response to some objections.
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Union Square & Co. Revered Wisdom
Book SynopsisOffers an abridged edition of William Paley's seminal work, "A View of the Evidence of Christianity", which was required reading at Cambridge University until the twentieth century.
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Crossway Books The Holy SpiritThe Comforter Volume 8
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John Murray Press Judas
Book SynopsisJudas: the most famous traitor in all of human history. But who was he really - and what does he mean for us today?Trade Review"Pick of the paperbacks'A cultural overview of Judas the mythical figure. -- Christopher Hart * The Sunday Times *Well-paced and engaging, * The Daily Telegraph *This engrossing book about the 2,000-year-old traitor manages to be fun as well as sometimes profound. * The Week *It's still a hotly debated topic. Stanford... has condensed the discussion into an accessible guide. * Sunday Herald *A fantastic book.. With a hint of quirk. * Together Magazine *A completely fascinating book, well written for lay people who want to understand more of how Judas Iscariot has been viewed through the ages. * Preach Magazine *
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Nothing New Under the Sun: A Blunt Paraphrase of
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and
Book SynopsisIn human progress unity and complexity are the two correlatives forming together the great paradox. Life is manifold, but it is also one. So it is seldom possible, and still more seldom advisable, to divide a civilization into departments and to attempt to trace their separate developments; life nowhere can be cut in two with a hatchet. And this is emphatically true of the civilization of Islam. Its intellectual unity, for good and for evil, is its outstanding quality. It may have solved the problem of faith and science, as some hold; it may have crushed all thought which is not of faith, as many others hold. However that may be, its life and thought are a unity.
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Baker Publishing Group Challenging Conversations
Book SynopsisWhen was the last time you had an honest, heartfelt, yet kind and productive conversation with someone about depression, mental illness, substance abuse, pornography, premarital sex, racism, divorce, abortion, LGBT issues, or politics? Our tendency is either to avoid talking about such volatile topics at all--even with other Christians--or to go on the attack, causing rifts that do nothing to encourage further discussion or growth. If you're tired of avoiding tough conversations, if you want to be a light in a dark world but you're not sure how, Challenging Conversations is the book you've been waiting for. With straightforward answers to some of the most challenging moral issues disrupting the church, this book will help you build your confidence using three simple steps to becoming a conversant Christian. Each chapter begins with a true story, clarifies misconceptions and misunderstandings about the subject, and equips you to build rapport, ask the right questions, find points of agreement, and take the next fruitful step in the relationship. Because even if we disagree on a moral issue, that shouldn't make us mortal enemies.
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Baker Publishing Group The Augustine Way – Retrieving a Vision for the
Book SynopsisChristianity Today 2024 Book Award Finalist (Apologetics/Evangelism) Southwestern Journal of Theology 2023 Book Award (Honorable Mention, Worldview and Apologetics) What can we learn from Augustine about apologetics? This book shows how Augustine defended the faith in late antiquity and how his approach to engaging the culture has great significance for the apologetic task today. Joshua Chatraw and Mark Allen, coauthors of the award-winning Apologetics at the Cross (an Outreach magazine and Gospel Coalition Resource of the Year), recover Augustine's mature apologetic voice to address the challenges facing today's church. The Augustine Way offers a compelling argument for Christian witness that is rooted in tradition and engaged with contemporary culture. It focuses on Augustine's best-known works, Confessions and The City of God, to retrieve his scriptural and ecclesial approach for a holistic apologetic witness. This book will be useful for students as well as for pastors, church leaders, and practitioners of Christian apologetics. It puts pastors and churches back at the center of apologetics, transcending popular contemporary methods with a view to a more effective witness in post-Christendom.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Time to Make Room at the TablePart 1: Going Back for the Future1. A Prodigal Son Returns Home . . . as an Apologist2. An Augustinian Assessment of Contemporary ApologeticsPart 2: An Augustinian Vision for Today3. A Renewed Posture4. An Ecclesial Pilgrimage of Hope5. A Therapeutic ApproachConclusion: The Return of the BishopIndex
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Discovery House Publishers,U.S. The Six Miracles of Calvary: Unveiling the Story
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Faithlife Corporation Our Program
Book SynopsisWhat are the political and social implications of the gospel?In Our Program, Abraham Kuyper presents a Christian alternative to the secular politics of his day. At that time, the church and state were closely tied, with one usually controlling the other. But Kuyper's political framework showed how the church and state could engage with each other while remaining separate. His insights, though specific to his time and place, remain highly relevant to Christians involved in the political sphere today.This new translation of Our Program, created in partnership with the Kuyper Translation Society and the Acton Institute, is part of a major series of new translations of Kuyper's most important writings. The Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology marks a historic moment in Kuyper studies, aimed at deepening and enriching the church's development of public theology.Trade ReviewAbraham Kuyper was trained as a theologian and self-trained as a political thinker and organizer. This comprehensive Program, which Kuyper crafted in the process of forming the Netherlands' first mass political party, brought the theology, the political theory, and the organizational vision together brilliantly in a coherent set of policies that spoke directly to the needs of his day. 'Ons Program' / Our Program served for decades as an inspiration to Kuyper's followers and set a high standard for his opponents to match. For us it sets out the challenge of envisioning what might be an equivalent witness in our own day.--JAMES D. BRATT, Professor of History, Calvin College, Author, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian DemocratIt is a scandal and a disgrace that we have all read Burke's response to the French Revolution, but few in the English-speaking world have read the equally profound and equally consequential response of Abraham Kuyper--a response that has at least as much to say to twenty-first-century readers as Burke's. It has been truly said that America never produced a really great political philosopher and has had to borrow them from Europe; Kuyper deserves a place beside Locke and Tocqueville as a titanic European intellect whose thought can help us understand the American experiment in religious liberty and constitutional democracy.In this book Kuyper lays out the intellectual architecture of what we now call 'sphere sovereignty,' staking out a democratic and republican alternative both to aristocratic traditionalism and to the implicitly totalitarian logic of secularism. Kuyper's rare talent for simultaneously giving due weight to the claims of both revelation and human culture uniquely equips him to explore the central paradoxes of modern politics: that religious freedom can be justified only on the assumption that we are responsible to God and that the state can rightfully rule over its subjects as individuals only if it acknowledges that it is in turn ruled by them in their social capacity as an organic community and culture. Kuyper's application of his political theology and philosophy to the particular situation of his own country in his own time illustrates how these paradoxes play themselves out in practice in ways that cast an invaluable light upon the problems of our own time and place.--GREG FORSTER, Director, Oikonomia Network; Visiting Assistant Professor of Faith and Culture, Trinity International UniversityThough Our Program is a work of its time rather than a work of enduring theological significance, this translation is to be warmly welcomed because of the new insight it gives English readers into the extraordinary mind and times of Abraham Kuyper. Kuyper's 'antirevolutionary' vision, worked out here at length, provides an illuminating historical lens through which to see contemporary debates between Christianity and secularism.--GORDON GRAHAM, Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts, Princeton Theological SeminaryThis early work of Abraham Kuyper was the intellectual basis for the first Christian political party in modern democracy and presented a new, modern way of doing politics. Our Program illustrates how Kuyper turned politics from an elite business into a public affair, how he changed the public involvement in politics from a single issue activity into permanent action, and how he challenged liberal politics based on reason and consensus by introducing a debating culture in parliament based on conflicting worldviews. It is amazing how relevant this monument in political history still is. Read it and you will be encouraged to make your voice heard!--GEORGE HARINCK, Professor of History and Archivist, VU University AmsterdamAbraham Kuyper ranks as one of the most important Christian intellectuals of the modern era, not least because he represents an unusual blend of theological orthodoxy and cultural progressiveness. His writings cover not only the church but spheres such as politics, education, scholarship, journalism, and the arts. He was also actively involved in these spheres, sparking developments that have long outlasted him. His influence continues to grow worldwide as more of his works are translated from Dutch. An English translation of Kuyper's political manifesto Our Program is long overdue and will be welcomed by scholars and practitioners alike. It unlocks some of the key ideas of Kuyper's creative genius.--PETER S. HESLAM, Director, Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, University of Oxford, Senior Member, Trinity College, University of CambridgeEven though modernity has discredited itself morally, despite its merciful insights by common grace, Kuyper outlines a biblically Christian alternative, or at least the beginning of one, for those who are searching down various postmodern trails and finding only greater despair and false promises. In this 1879 manifesto, Abraham Kuyper offers a biblically Christian understanding of political life that attempts to remedy what is still our crisis: the failure of modernity to satisfy the human spirit and its propensity to establish monstrous tyranny.If modernity, despite by common grace its merciful insights, has discredited itself morally, Kuyper outlines a biblically Christian alternative, or at least the beginning of one, for those who are searching down various postmodern trails and finding only greater despair and false promises. We can be grateful to Harry Van Dyke for making this translation of Our Program available to our generation.--D. C. INNES, Associate Professor of Politics, The King's CollegeComing so soon after the publication of James Bratt's magisterial biography of Abraham Kuyper, readers will welcome this new translation of the great Dutch statesman's seminal foray into political theory and practice. Although some elements of the Anti-Revolutionary Party's Program are obviously dated and culturally specific, there is much here that is surprisingly current, given the striking parallels between Kuyper's world and our own. Christians in the English-speaking world seeking wisdom for their own political efforts would do well to read Our Program.--DAVID T. KOYZIS, Professor and Chair of Political Science, Redeemer University CollegeAbraham Kuyper's Our Program has been much quoted by those who share his convictions about the lordship of Christ over all times, places, things, people, and societies. It is, therefore, a real advantage to see a capably translated and helpfully introduced edition of the whole document appear in English. For those concerned about Kuyper's own historical situation, as well as about contemporary social and political controversies, this edition should be a real boon.--MARK NOLL, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre DameGreat thinkers and great doers populate our great Christian heritage. Seldom does one find that rare combination of great thinking and doing in one person. Abraham Kuyper stands as one of those rare individuals whose relentless pursuit of God integrated the mind, heart, hands, and feet. Harry Van Dyke's translation of 'Ons Program' provides a new generation of Kuyper scholars and students with an important example of Kuyper's mind and actions at work. Here one sees the whole of Kuyper--his towering intellect, his Christian zeal, and his human fallibilities. Van Dyke's translation is a welcomed addition to the ever-growing Kuyperian renaissance.--GERSON MORENO-RIAÃ`O, Associate Professor of Government, History, and Criminal Justice, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Regent UniversityHarry Van Dyke's new translation of Abraham Kuyper's Our Program offers a fresh treatment of the Dutch statesman's attempt to frame a Christian politics distinguished from the programs of the modernists who took their cues from the French Revolution and of the ultramontane Catholics who looked to papal pronouncements alone.If the reader requires some acquaintance with the nineteenth-century circumstances in which Kuyper pursued his Program--which the helpful footnotes supply--one quickly becomes aware that Kuyper was no romantic. 'None of us,' he wrote emphatically, 'dreams of visiting the museum of antiquities to bring back the old, clumsy, rusty state machine that had begun to creak on all sides.' As a number of scholars have noted, Kuyper transcends his own time and place. As globalization reorganizes governmental and nongovernmental jurisdictions, the principle of sphere sovereignty in particular and the antirevolutionary Program in general take on new and contemporary relevance.But it is as a communicator that Kuyper emerges from the pages of this new translation. A case in point is his argument that political principles derive from the conscience of government. Here we witness the care with which Kuyper articulates the Christian's core dilemma--formulating principles of obedient public justice in a fallen world that denies direct access to those principles.A century, a culture, and a language removed from our own circumstances, Kuyper's remains the voice of a practical Christian guide to wresting just political service from the issues of his day. With the help of this new translation, he may become such a guide for our own.--TIMOTHY SHERRATT, Professor of Political Science, Gordon CollegeThe longest tradition of serious Christian engagement in modern politics began in the Netherlands almost 150 years ago. The work of program articulation and political campaigning in that country was organized by Abraham Kuyper in the 1870s, and it prompted Catholics and other groups to follow suit. For more than a hundred years Dutch Christians argued with one another even as they worked together for a more just polity. What a benefit it would have been if Christians in North America and other parts of the world had been able to listen in and learn from their efforts that continued for decades. Now, through Harry Van Dyke's fine translation of Kuyper's second edition (1880) of his Program, we can get a feel for the beginning of that movement. However outdated parts of the document may be today, Our Program is stunning for its depth and breadth when compared with the empty chatter and cheap sloganeering that constitute so much of our politics today.--JAMES W. SKILLEN, Founding President, Center for Public JusticeHere, at last, we have in Our Program an English translation of the document that launched the national political career of pastor, theologian, journalist, and educator Abraham Kuyper. This document not only provides important insights about Kuyper's political per-spectives but, more importantly, sheds light on his approach to practical politics, with its attention to both theology and culture--an approach that can serve as a helpful methodology for the political thinking and action of contemporary American Christians.--CORWIN E. SMIDT, Research Fellow, Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, Calvin CollegeThe publication of Harry Van Dyke's excellent translation of Abraham Kuyper's 'Ons Program' by Lexham Press is a most welcome addition to the growing number of Kuyper's works available in English.Wonderfully reminiscent of both Publius's Federalist and Tocqueville's classic study of American democracy, Kuyper's argument moves with elegance and grace from abstract principle to concrete policy. With a surgeon's skill, he meticulously dissects both revolutionary and liberal thinking, exposing the false reality underlying them both: the revolutionary's delusion of malleable human reality and the liberal's delusion of isolated and 'independent' individuals. Examining a remarkably wide array of policies, he builds a strong and sensible case for the superiority of the 'antirevolutionary' cause, one grounded in divine authority and natural--thus inherited--organic community.While his specific policy prescriptions focus on the late nineteenth-century Dutch context that he confronted and thus do not always resonate with the political and cultural language of our day, his sharp eye and philosophic bent nonetheless shine through with essential lessons for our time and place.--WILLIAM R. STEVENSON JR., Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, Calvin CollegeOur Program details what it looks like when Abraham Kuyper's deep commitment to the gospel and the glory of God intersects with the practical realities of European politics at the turn from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. Although Kuyper's context differs from that of present-day readers, his practical wisdom, infectious passion, and sparkling intellect continue to inspire and illuminate.--GIDEON STRAUSS, Executive Director, Max De Pree Center for Leadership, Fuller Theological Seminary, Editor, Fieldnotes Magazine
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Sovereign Grace Publishers Complete Works of Thomas Boston, Volume 12 of 12
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Tughra Books Surrendering to God: Understanding Islam in the
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Tughra Books Map of the Divine Subtle Faculty
Book SynopsisThe heart in the Islamic understanding is the expression of a human being's spiritual existence. It is a Divine gift and Divine subtle faculty bestowed upon humanity. It is a polished mirror reflecting God. Like a general, the heart commands all other bodily organs and faculties, which are its troops, Everything that comes from a human being, whether good or bad, is a product of the heart. Mehmet Y. Seker, a scholar of Sufism and tasawwuf, studies the concept of the heart in the Islamic tradition looking at how it is approached by three prominent scholars and thinkers of Islam: Ghazali, Said Nursi, and Fethullah Gulen. Being the first in English to take as its focus the human heart from an Islamic spiritual, this book comparatively analyzes classical and modern age interpretations and evaluations on the concept and adds to the rich literature of spirituality in the Islamic tradition.
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Tughra Books The Opening (Al-Fatiha): A Commentary on the
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Pickwick Publications Handling Dissonance
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Xulon Press The Lord's Supper
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Islamic Legal Theory: A Critical Introduction:
Book SynopsisDavid Vishanoff’s thorough and original unpacking of the Sunnī jurist al-Juwaynī’s (1028–1085) Kitāb al-Waraqāt fī uṣūl al-fiqh introduces English-speaking readers to the main concepts, terms, principles, and functions of the classical Islamic discipline of legal theory. This volume offers an ideal entry to the otherwise dense and complex mainstream Sunnī views that dominated Islamic legal thought in al-Juwaynī’s day—and that are still widely accepted today. A critical edition of al-Juwaynī’s Arabic text is also included.Trade Review"In this brilliant, innovative, and engaging book, Vishanoff guides readers through some of the most fundamental questions Muslims have debated, and struggled with, for centuries. Most Muslim scholars' books on these topics are dense and difficult. But here Vishanoff takes one such book—al-Juwaynī’s classic Waraqat—and explains, with lucidity and precision, its complex and obscure arguments. Through this book, readers will reach a better understanding of why such debates mattered to Muslims in the past, why they matter now, and how they affect the ways in which the Sharia—God’s law—might be understood in the future."—Robert Gleave, University of Exeter"A gem! David Vishanoff ’s translation of, and commentary on, al-Juwaynī’s short treatise on legal theory is cleverly conceptualized, clearly organized, and lucidly presented. It will engage and instruct those new to the study of Islamic law while inviting specialists to appreciate, reflect on, and perhaps question its comparative and interpretive choices. Highly recommended."—Kecia Ali, Boston University"A wonderful and highly accessible primer on Islamic legal theory that clarifies as it enlightens. Vishanoff brings the subject to life; this book will be a valuable resource for students of Islamic law at all levels."—Rumee Ahmed, University of British Columbia"Islamic Legal Theory is essential reading for any course on Islamic law and the history of Islamic legal theory. The book provides not only a careful and accessible translation of Kitāb al‐Waraqāt fī uṣūl al‐fiqh, or Leaflet—a key teaching text in Islamic legal theory—but also engages in a dialogue with questions and concerns from contemporary Western thought. The nature of this book to provoke such conversations makes it an indispensable text for class discussions."—Samy A. Ayoub, The University of Texas at Austin
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Australian Theological Forum English for Theology: A Resource for Teachers and
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Australian Theological Forum A Thoughtful Life: Essays in Philosophical
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