Theology Books
SCM Press The Trial of Jesus
Book SynopsisSCM Studies in Biblical Theology Second series 13
£25.98
SCM Press Way of Jesus Christ Christology in Messianic Dimensions
Book SynopsisThis 3rd volume in his systematic contributions to theology is devoted to christology. Biblical and narrative in character rather than patristic and dogmatic it looks at the ecological significance of Christ, developing Teilhard de Chardin's views.
£36.10
SCM Press Creating a Just Future
Book SynopsisHere is Moltmann discussing the questions that matter more than any others for our world: How is it possible to create a world society worth living in? What positive contribution can Christians make in the face of the nuclear threat? What can be done to mobilize concern for the future of the environment and its natural resources?
£18.19
SCM Press Church Charism and Power
Book Synopsis'We are living in privileged times. There is an upsurge of life in the church that is revitalizing the entire body from head to toes. The church has been placed on the road to renewal, which will surely result in a new manifestation of the church as institution...'
£25.98
SCM Press The Courage to Doubt
Book SynopsisThe Hebrew Bible is, in part, a history of individuals who, in order to retain faith in God, were led to rebel against and question what was being confidently affirmed about God. Robert Davidson helps the reader see that this theme is particularly relevant today when many within the believing community find themselves forced to question and doubt.
£25.98
SCM Press Crisis of Moral Authority
Book SynopsisWritten in 1970, this was the beginning of a course which took Don Cupitt, as he himself confesses, much further than he ever expected. Many have parted company on the way at various stages; they, and those who find Cupitt speaks to them more than most modern theology, will find that these early stages, in retrospect, make fascinating reading.
£20.42
SCM Press The Cross of the Son of God
Book SynopsisThis volume conveniently collects together three related short studies by Professor Hengel, The Son of God, Crucifixion and The Atonement. Together they form an important introduction to the crucial period of Christian belief between the crucifixion of Jesus and the writings of Paul.
£25.98
SCM Press The God of Jesus Christ
£37.11
SCM Press The Practice of Faith
Book SynopsisThis volume is in one sense the spiritual and pastoral counterpart of Rahner's theological masterpiece, Foundations of Christian Faith. Divided into three parts, Faith, Hope and Love, it deals with the sacraments, the theological virtues, the states of life, the various kinds of prayer, and other aspects of ascetical and mystical theology.
£25.98
SCM Press The Semantics of Biblical Language
Book SynopsisBehind the academic and innocently descriptive title of this book is to be found one of the most explosive works of biblical scholarship to be published last century. Many of those who read it on its first appearance were never the same again, and it signalled the end of what had hitherto been a flourishing literature on 'biblical theology'.
£25.00
SCM Press Spirit of Life
Book SynopsisPart of Moltmann's contributions to systematic theology, this is an invitation to openness and the affirmation of life. A truly charismatic book, offering new hope and vision.
£31.56
SCM Press Studies in the Gospel of Mark
Book SynopsisHere Professor Hengel argues with a wealth of documentation that the traditional views of the origin and content of the Gospel of Mark have far more to be said for them than has been usually allowed by modern New Testament scholars.
£25.98
SCM Press The Trinity and the Kingdom of God The Doctrine of God
Book SynopsisMoltmann considers the interrelation of Christian concepts and doctrines with the aim of overcoming schism both within the churches and with Judaism. Offers profound insight into the relationship between suffering and God.
£30.00
SCM Press Unexpected Messiah or How the Bible Can Be Misleading
Book SynopsisLucas Grollenberg looks again at the messianic prophecies, the political and spiritual background to the life of Jesus, at Easter and Pentecost and the new community to which they gave rise, and its adoption of scriptures old and new. Finally, he considers what Jesus can truly be said to fulfil.
£25.98
SCM Press History and the Triune God
Book SynopsisThis new book takes forward Professor Moltmann's thought on the Trinity during the 1980s, It begins with a survey of the doctrine of the Trinity today, which sees the main issues as being the social doctrine of the Trinity, gender and the Trinity, and the Trinity and the cross, and ends with a fascinating retrospect, 'my theological career'.
£25.98
SCM Press Time Being
Book SynopsisDon Cupitt describes time-pessimism as the spiritual disorder of the age, and its cure as the prime task of postmodern religious thought. We must redeem and revalue time, transience and this mortal life of ours. He believes that it can be done. It really can be done.
£24.87
SCM Press God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality
Book SynopsisFocussing on texts in the Hebrew Bible, and using feminist hermeneutics, Phyllis Trible brings out what she considers to be neglected themes and counter literature.
£25.98
SCM Press Faith and the Future
Book SynopsisJohann-Baptist Metz and Jurgen Moltmann have been among the most influential European theologians of the past thirty years. In complementary ways they have emphasized the eschatological character of Christianity in a way that does justice both to the transcendent and this-worldly implications of the gospel.
£25.98
SCM Press The Coming of God
Book SynopsisCompletes the systematic theology which Moltmann began in 1980. Offers a rich discussion of belief in life after death, messianic eschatology and cosmic eschatology as advocated down history by its representatives.
£28.00
SCM Press In Memory of Her
Book SynopsisMore than ten years after it was first published, this book is as important and influential as when it first appeared. By way of celebration, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza has written a new introduction, surveying responses and developments over recent years and the issues which arise from them, and commenting on her own intentions.Trade ReviewHere is a classic alternative reconstruction of the early church from a woman's perspective. 'It is a serious contribution to women's history and, at the same time, it carries an argument for major reassessment of Christian living and church structure to the extent that they express partiarchal domination and continue to confirm it.' Theology
£33.00
SCM Press Systematic Theology
Book Synopsis1993 saw the publication in English of Mysterium Liberationis, a mammoth two-volume reference work on liberation theology originally published in Spanish. This abridged version contains the key themes of systematic theology from Mysterium Liberationis, comprising studies by the major liberation theologians on the heart of Christian doctrine.
£31.56
SCM Press Serious Talk
Book SynopsisSerious Talk begins with the search for an acceptable meeting point for science and religion. Following this are examinations of specific theological issues approached in the spirit of such a meeting point: creation, the role of chance, God's engagement with time, the anticipation of a destiny beyond death, and the end of the universe.
£18.19
SCM Press God and the Web of Creation
Book SynopsisThe ongoing ecological crisis keeps raising important questions for traditional Christian theology. If belief in God as creator means not only that God created the world in the first place but is involved in all that goes on in it, valuing creation and desiring its good, what form does divine action take in the world of today?
£25.98
SCM Press Gustavo Gutierrez
Book SynopsisThis book offers a selection of representative texts which should enable readers to perceive the whole breadth and depth of Gutierrez's challenge to late twentieth-century Christians.
£31.56
SCM Press Wolf in the Sheepfold
Book SynopsisThis provocative study, first published by SPCK in 1991, looks at how the Bible has been subjected to ideological manipulation. This second edition contains a substantial new Preface.
£20.42
SCM Press Marcion Muhammad and the Mahatma
Book SynopsisArgues that the new historical consciousness of the relativity of all cultures profoundly affects our view of scripture.
£25.98
SCM Press James the Brother of Jesus
Book SynopsisA shadowy and mysterious figure from the earliest history of the church who presents problems for the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary and the apostolic succession. This investigation into his life and rôle makes fascinating reading.
£28.00
SCM Press Source of Life
Book SynopsisAn accessible introduction to the life and thought of one of the most influential theologians of our time.
£25.98
SCM Press The Signs of a Prophet
Book SynopsisHere is a fascinating study which contributes much to our understanding of the Gospel tradition and shows that biblical theology is still alive and flourishing.
£20.42
SCM Press History and Theology of the New Testament Writings
Book SynopsisThe first completely new introduction to the New Testament to appear from Germany since the 1970s and likely to replace the standard work by W.G. Kummel. Provides a comprehensive account of the current state of scholarship.
£28.00
SCM Press Animals on the Agenda
Book SynopsisAre animals part of a fallen creation? Do animals have immortal souls? How does God value animals? Does Christ's reconciling work include animals? This encyclopaedic volume is the most comprehensive collection of original studies on animals and theology ever published.
£28.00
SCM Press The Revelation of Being
Book SynopsisA companion to The Religion of Being which deserves to become a classic of modern spirituality. The analysis of a violent religious experience becomes a postmodern vision of the world and a secular version of the doctrine of the Trinity.
£14.86
SCM Press God for a Secular Society
Book SynopsisHaving grown from lectures which Moltmann has given in predominantly secular institutions, this text covers theology and politics, theology and the changing values of the modern world, and theology and religion.
£25.98
Hymns Ancient & Modern Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ
Book SynopsisAsks how the term 'gospel' came to be used both for proclamation and narrative, and why the church in forming the canon of scripture chose to include four different and sometimes contradictory accounts of the life of Jesus.Trade Review'This is a scholarly study of many areas of the historical origins and nature of the Gospels, taking up basic introductory questions for a historical critical approach to Gospel study. (...) Hengel shows his mastery of the areas of the history of the early Church and his great familiarity with the text of the Gospels themselves and early Christian writings. (...) A book for good libraries and for serious teachers and students of the Gospels.' -- P.M. Meagher * S. J. *
£31.35
SCM Press Beyond Resurrection
Book SynopsisArgues that historical investigation of the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus in only the first stage. Investigation is also needed into the systematic and philosophical implications of the exegetical findings.
£30.00
SCM Press On Being a Theologian
Book SynopsisA picture of what it is like to live and work as a theologian. Incorporates Macquarrie's own reminiscences, some unpublished lectures and correspondence from distinguished theologians. Also includes a survey of his major works and a full bibliography.
£18.16
SCM Press Meaning of it All in Everyday Speech
Book SynopsisThe second of Don Cupitt's Everyday Speech books, which introduce a new empirical way of doing theology - by examining ordinary language for evidence of our current religious outlook . This book studies our use of the terms It and It All.
£18.19
SCM Press Practice of Theology A Reader
Book SynopsisThis accessible reader is focused on a standard theme for introductory level university courses in systematic theology. The texts are selected from a variety of positions from across the country, and are designed to promote engagement with major theological debates.Table of ContentsPart I Sources for theology: scripture as the source of Christian theology; the authority of the Christian tradition; the place of creeds and confessions; reasoning about God; reflecting on the experience of God. Part II The nature of theological claims: can we know anything about God anyway?; how do we know what we know?; the nature of religious language; neutral and committed knowledge. Part III Doing theology today: modernity and postmodernity; the rise of local theologies; Christian theology in a multi-faith world; theology in the academy; challenges and opportunities. Part IV Essay on doing theology, Colin E Gunton.
£26.60
Hymns Ancient & Modern Theology of Compassion
Book SynopsisIn this volume, Davies argues for a renewal of metaphysics, as the language of createdness, based not on a return to outmoded concepts of essence, but in a new understanding of ontology as narrative and performance.
£26.60
Hymns Ancient & Modern A Short Course in the Philosophy of Religion
Book SynopsisAimed at introductory students and general readers interested in thinking and God in the context of modern thought and experience. Discusses work by Kant, Dostoevsky and Heidegger amongst others.Table of ContentsWhat is the philosophy of religion?; modern trends (i) - history; modern trends (ii) - the turn to the subject; modern trends (iii) - the linguistic turn; "nothing but..."; a matter of interpretation; beyond criticism; theodicy; evil and subjectivity; eternal life.
£26.60
Hymns Ancient & Modern Taking Leave of God SCM Classics
Book SynopsisRejecting Christian doctrines and metaphysics in favour of the religious consciousness which characterizes human identity, Cupitt "takes leave" of God by abandoning objective theism.Trade Review"'Composed with a moving integrity and honesty, with a stress on disinterested spirituality and discipline.' John Robinson in the Times Literary Supplement 'There shines through this lucid book a passion, an integrity, an often agonising seriousness of concern, which is in refreshing contrast to the dilettantism, the sceptical frivolity, which disfigures some other popular writing on religious matters.' The Tablet"
£21.99
SCM Press Arius
Book SynopsisArius is widely considered to be Rowan Williams' "magnum opus". With a fresh conclusion, in which the author reflects on how his views have changed or remained the same, this book will be useful reading for students of doctrine and church history.Table of ContentsPart I Arius and the Nicene crisis: Arius before Arianism; the Nicene crisis - documents and dating. Part II Arius and theology: the theology of Arius; Alexandria and the legacy of Origen; theology outside Egypt; conclusion. Part III Arius and philosophy: creation and beginning; intellect and beyond; analogy and participation; conclusion. Appendices: Arius since 1987; credal documents.
£43.00
SCM Press Honest to God SCM Classics
Book SynopsisOn first publication in the 1960s, "Honest to God" did more than instigate a passionate debate about the nature of Christian belief in a secular revolution. It epitomised the revolutionary mood of the era and articulated the anxieties of a generation.
£19.56
SCM Press Theology of Liberation
Book SynopsisThis is the credo and seminal text of the movement which was later characterized as liberation theology. This powerful, compassionate and radical book attracted criticism for daring to mix politics and religion in so daring a manner.
£33.00
Hymns Ancient & Modern Sounding the Depths Theology Through the Arts
Book SynopsisTheologians and artists reflect here on how theology and the arts can be mutually enriching and beneficial. The contibutors argue that it is part of theology's "calling" to engage with culture, particularly the arts, and that it is not in fact "true" theology unless it does so.
£21.99
SCM Press Speaking in Parables A Study in Metaphor and Theology SCM Classics
Book SynopsisThis work discusses the importance for theology of narrative and story. The central contention of the book is that, if Jesus' parables are taken as models of theological reflection, there is a form there that unites language, belief and life.Trade Review'This book is immensely valuable for its persuasive illustrations of the parabolic and metaphoric imagination.' Journal of the American Academy of Religion 'Absorbingly readable.' Andover Newton Quarterly
£21.99
SCM Press Eternal Now SCM Classics
Book SynopsisThese 16 sermons contain in concentrated form some of Tillich's most lambent themes. He discusses, among other topics, wisdom; salvation; loneliness and solitude; creation in relation to the creator; inequality and spiritual presence.Trade ReviewIt has an admirable unity, no to say a seamless argument across its twenty-two relatively short but relective chapters. (...) the author never takes the easy otpion, she faces each proble; squarely and with wisdom. Allan Doig, LMH.
£20.54
SCM Press Sexism and Godtalk
Book SynopsisHere, Ruether uses feminist theology as a tool to expose the male-centred bias of classical theology, examining the ways in which the female has been (uncomfortably) accommodated within the Christian tradition. She then articulates a faith which encorporates both genders in their totality.Trade ReviewBrian Frost charts the histories with immaculate care and many footnotes, but also with deep feeling and often personal recollections, expecially concerning our coomon contemporaries - which many, like myself, will particularly value. The Revd Dr John Vincent, Methodist Recorder, October 12, 2006.
£31.56