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Book SynopsisAshley Cocksworth is the Tutor in Systematic Theology at the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham, UK. He studied theology at the University of Edinburgh, UK and received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge, UK.Trade ReviewNot all theologians write about the relationship of prayer and Christian theology. In this splendid study, Cocksworth (systematic theology, Queen's Foundation, UK) offers a persuasive demonstration that prayer stands at the center of Karl Barth’s theological work. For Barth, Cocksworth writes in his conclusion, “‘prayer’ and theological ‘work’ are not imagined to be independent or sequential but one and the same.” Cocksworth describes treatments of prayer in Barth’s works before focusing on particular aspects of prayer: contemplation, petition, invocation, pneumatology, and revolt. Though Barth was uneasy with historic, contemplative prayer, Cocksworth sees his theology of the Sabbath as providing room for contemplation. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- D. K. McKim, Memphis Theological Seminary, USA * CHOICE *This is not only a deep and original study of Barth on prayer, engaging with the whole Church Dogmatics and a great many of this other writings, and showing how utterly central prayer is to his conception of Christian life, politics and theology; Cocksworth also sensitively relates Barth to other traditions of prayer, especially contemplation and meditation. His culminating original insight is into the importance of Barth's development beyond a main emphasis on petition to an embracing 'turn to invocation'. Anyone interested in Barth or prayer should appreciate this profound and perceptive book. * David F. Ford, University of Cambridge, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Contemplation 3. Petition 4. Invocation 5. Pneumatology 6. Revolt 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJohn Webster was Professor of Systematic Theology, University of St Andrews, UK.Trade ReviewThese essays are essential reading for anyone wishing to think through moral theology on their way to pressing practical considerations. * Currents in Theology and Mission *Webster’s commitment to comment on the nature of theology, the place of each doctrine as well as its content, and to wrestle with people who disagree on both topics, makes for a read which is, in a particular sense of the word, entertaining. …[God Without Measure, Vol. 1] offers an appeal to most every theologically minded reader regarding where theology has been and where it is going. * Princeton Theological Review *The late John Webster had an impressive grasp of the scope of theological science. He believed that theology involved the contemplation of God and of all things in relation to him. In his own words, ‘Theology is about everything…it is the science of all things’(Virtue). [God without Measure] is perhaps his single most comprehensive illustration of this claim. * Anglican Theological Review *Webster’s untimely death prevented him from completing his larger systematic project, and these two volumes can only whet the appetite of those who looked forward to that project. Yet, they may also stir up a thirst for something much greater than his dogmatics or any work of pilgrim theology for that matter. They may stir up a thirst for the living waters, and in so doing encourage pilgrims on their journey toward the visio Dei. * Theology and History *God Without Measure is a mature work of theological revival. Many of these essays are jewels in their own right, yet when read together they reveal the working of a first-class theological mind in its prime developing a consistent conception of the task of systematics and directed at matters of first theology: God's life in itself and then towards the world. * Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA *These "working papers", though originally composed for a variety of purposes, exhibit an extraordinary consistency and coherence. Christian theology has a distinct shape, order and proportion. It is concerned with "God and all things in relation to God", and the order implied in this phrase - God first, all things in relation to God second - is key. Webster returns again and again to these simple convictions about the nature of theology, and shows in a patient and quiet but rather powerful way the consequences they have across a whole range of theological loci, and the resistance they suggest to some of the most prominent stances in contemporary Protestant theology. * Karen Kilby, Durham University, UK *Despite the diversity of the topics covered there is a very clear and distinctive unity of argument that is exhibited here. * Reviews in Religion and Theology *These articles are indeed those of a genuine Christian theologian at his prime. * Regent's Reviews *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Omnia... percractantur in sacra doctrina sub ratione Dei. On the matter of Christian theology God in Himself 2. Life in and of himself 3. Eternal generation 4. Christology, Theology, Economy. The Place of Christology in Systematic Theology 5. One who is Son God's Outer Works 6. Trinity and Creation 7. 'Love is also a lover of life': creatio ex nihilo and creaturely goodness 8. Non ex aequo: God's relation to creatures 9. One the theology of providence 10. 'It was the will of the Lord to bruise him': soteriology and the doctrine of God 11. Rector et iudex super omnia genera doctrinarum? The place of the doctrine of justification 12. 'In the society of God': some principles of ecclesiology 13. Purity and Plenitude: Reflections on Congar's Tradition and Traditions Epilogue 14. What Makes Theology Theological? Index

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Book SynopsisSteven J. Duby (PhD, St Andrews, UK) is a member of the faculty at Grand Canyon University, USA.Trade ReviewWhat a magnificent book. The philosophical erudition of this book alone makes it worthwhile - Duby has a mastery of classical and analytic metaphysics. To this mastery, Duby adds a rich set of biblical reflections on his theme, demonstrating an equally sure-handed exegetical gift. And his brilliance in drawing upon the Church Fathers, Thomas Aquinas, and especially the greatest Protestant Scholastics forms yet another major contribution. In clear and penetrating prose, Duby takes up every possible challenge to divine simplicity and answers each one in a fashion that will be difficult, indeed in my view impossible, to refute. In sum, this book is a surpassing theological achievement of the very highest order. I commend it gratefully as required reading for all Christian theologians and philosophers. * Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary, USA *Table of Contents1. Introduction Chapter 1: Some Historical Bearings Chapter 2: Contours of a Dogmatic Approach Chapter 3: An Exegetical-Dogmatic Case for Divine Simplicity (Part One) Chapter 4: An Exegetical-Dogmatic Case for Divine Simplicity (Part Two) Chapter 5: Objections of Divine Simplicity Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJohn Webster is Chair of Divinity at St Mary's College, University of Aberdeen, UK.Trade ReviewWell worth reading, dwelling upon, and discussing. * Princeton Theological Review *Webster’s untimely death prevented him from completing his larger systematic project, and these two volumes can only whet the appetite of those who looked forward to that project. Yet, they may also stir up a thirst for something much greater than his dogmatics or any work of pilgrim theology for that matter. They may stir up a thirst for the living waters, and in so doing encourage pilgrims on their journey toward the visio Dei. * Theology and History *John Webster has few peers, and this book serves further notice to the extraordinary breadth and calibre of his theological project. Always in service to Jesus Christ, Webster lays our basic components of the moral life, seamlessly and astutely drawing upon the Fathers, Aquinas, Calvin, John Owen, and Barth. One reads Webster with amazement and appreciation that theology, in a time of much superficiality, can again be so deeply and richly theocentric. This is a work of a contemporary master to whom all Christians must attend. * Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary, USA *Written with the luminous clarity, scholarly depth and intellectual rigour for which John Webster is renowned, this collection reflects on the practical and ethical settings of the Christian life. Pursuing a resolutely theological approach to the dispositions and practices of faith, the various essays here will repay careful study and consideration. * David Fergusson, University of Edinburgh, UK *Despite the diversity of the topics covered there is a very clear and distinctive unity of argument that is exhibited here. * Reviews in Religion and Theology *These articles are indeed those of a genuine Christian theologian at his prime. * Regent's Reviews *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: agere sequitur esse 2. 'Where Christ is': Christology and Ethics 3. The Dignity of Creatures 4. Mercy 5. Dolent gaudentque: Sorrow in the Christian Life 6. Courage 7. Mortification and Vivification 8. Sins of Speech 9. On the Theology of the Intellectual Life 10. God, Theology, Universities 11. Intellectual Patience Index

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Book SynopsisShelli M. Poe is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Director of the Initiative for Vocational Inquiry, and Director of the interdisciplinary minor in Vocation, Ethics and Society at Millsaps College, USA.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Part I: Re-reading Schleiermacher I. Chapter One: Introduction a. Schleiermacher’s Critics 1. Subjectivism 2. Sexism and the Privatization of Christianity 3. Uncritical Adoption of Enlightenment Thinking 4. Non-Trinitarian Theology b. Complexity in Trinitarian Theologies c. Chapter Overview 1. Part One: Re-reading Schleiermacher 2. Part Two: Schleiermacher and the Trinity 3. Part Three: Tensions and Connections d. A Final Word II. Chapter Two: Schleiermacher’s Approach a. An Eternal Covenant between Christian Faith and Academic Inquiry 1. Theology in the Modern University 2. Theology for a Modern Church 3. Christian Union in Protestant Prussia 4. Methodological Barriers to Schleiermacher’s Goals 5. Similarities with Calvin b. Anti-speculative Doctrine 1. Knowledge or Consciousness of God and Self 2. Holistic Christian Faith 3. Divine Activity in Relation to Creation c. Different Conceptual Structures in the Doctrine of God 1. Duplex Cognitio Dei 2. Simplex Cognitio Dei d. Anticipating Implications for Trinitarianism Part II: Schleiermacher and the Trinity III. Chapter Three: Rejecting Immanent Trinitarianism a. Schleiermacher’s ‘Trinitarian Treatise’ 1. Potential Explanations for Misreadings 2. The Placement of the ‘Trinitarian Treatise’ 3. Calls for Protestant Revitalization b. Anti-speculative Objection 1. Dogmatics as Part of Historical Theology 2. Similarities with Immanent Trinitarianism 3. The New Testament as the Distinctive Source for the Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity c. Conceptual Difficulties 1. Inequality of Persons and Essence 2 Inequality of Causality and Persons 3. The Doctrine of the Trinity as a Stumbling Block d. Sabellianism Reconsidered IV. Chapter Four: Constructing Essential Trinitarianism a. Three Distinctions-in-Relation 1. Causality 2. Love 3. Wisdom 4. Essential Trinitarianism b. Personhood and the Divine Life 1. Schleiermacher’s Relation to Spinoza 2. Rejecting ‘Personality’, Affirming ‘the Living God’ 3. Using Personal Analogies c. Toward Divine Personhood 1. Transcendental Reasoning 2. Communicability of Difference 3. Activity in Relation to Matter 4. Christologically-Centered Relationality 5. Discerning Attention and Circumscribed Ineffability V. Chapter Five: Developing Economic Trinitarianism a. Methodological Divergences 1. Between Divine Attributes: Christ and the Church 2. Interrupting a Strictly Backwards Reading b. Jesus of Nazareth c. Spirit in the Church d. Preparation for the Union of the Divine Essence with Human Nature 1. Holiness 2. Justice e. Relating the Doctrines of the Immanent and Economic Trinity 1. Hesitations about a Doctrine of Appropriation 2. Schleiermacher’s Doctrine of the Trinity as Eternal and Temporal Part III. Tensions and Connections VI. Chapter Six: Divine Alterity a. Via Causalitatis b. Apophatic Attributes 1. Eternity 2. Omnipresence 3. Omnipotence 4. Omniscience c. Coherence of Alterity and Trinity VII. Chapter Seven: Consciousness of God a. Distinguishing Christian God-Consciousness from General Religious Consciousness 1. Christian God-Consciousness 2. Cause and Effect, Subject and Object b. Christomorphic Anthropology VIII. Chapter Eight: Conclusion a. Apophasis and Kataphasis b. Christian Ecumenism c. Ecotheology Bibliography Index of Primary Sources Index of Authors

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Book SynopsisDarren Sarisky is Tutor in Doctrine and Ministry at Wycliffe Hall and member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, UK.Trade ReviewThe Christian tradition is rich with perennial truths about who God is and who we are in relation to him. The work of theology requires the wisdom and insight to determine whether and how to mine those truths in ways that are not only faithful to their original presentation but also relevant to addressing the concerns and challenges of our times. This book brings into fruitful conversation some of the leading voices in the debate, providing a valuable resource for those prepared to undertake the arduous and delicate task of retrieval. * Lydia Schumacher, King’s College London, United Kingdom *Sarisky’s Theologies of Retrieval is a significant and indispensable contribution to the central problem of theology: its relation to its historical past and tradition and its ability to retrieve in a creative way what is central to the ongoing life of Christian communities. Sarisky has assembled a top list of diverse theologians, who engage the main issues both historically and constructively. The book is a must read for anyone and any course interested in the Christian tradition and its retrieval. * Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction, Darren Sarisky (University of Oxford, UK) I. Genealogies of Modernity: The Role of Intellectual-Historical Judgments 1. 'There's Always One Day Which Isn't The Same As The Day Before': Christianity and History in the Writings of Charles Péguy, John Milbank (University of Nottingham, UK) 2. The Past Matters Theologically: Thinking Tradition, Stanley Hauerwas (Duke University, USA) II. Different Inflections to Retrieval: Confessional Approaches 3. Orthodoxy, Andrew Louth (Durham University, UK) 4. Reformed Retrieval, Michael Allen (Reformed Theological Seminary, USA) 5. "Only what is rooted is living" A Roman Catholic Theology of Ressourcement, Jennifer Newsome Martin (University of Notre Dame, USA) III. Twentieth-Century Figures 6. Georges Florovsky, Paul Gavrilyuk (University of St. Thomas, USA) 7. Karl Barth, Kenneth Oakes (University of Notre Dame, USA) 8. Henri de Lubac, David Grumett (University of Edinburgh, UK) IV. Theological Sources 9. Scripture: Three Modes of Retrieval, Michael Legaspi (Penn State University, USA) 10. Tradition I: Tradition in Congar, de Lubac and Blondel, Gabriel Flynn (Dublin City University, Ireland) 11. Tradition II: Thinking With Historical Texts - Reflections on Theologies of Retrieval, Darren Sarisky (University of Oxford, UK) V. Major Doctrines 12. Back to the Trinity, Fred Sanders (Biola University, USA) 13. "Love is also a Lover of Life": Creatio ex Nihilo and Creaturely Goodness, John Webster (University of St Andrews, UK) 14. The Church and the Christian: Their Theological Interdependance, Nicholas Healy (St. John’s University, USA) VI. A Broadening Conversation 15. "You Can't Go Home Again": Retreival and Mulattic Theological Method, Brian Bantum (Seattle Pacific University, USA) 16. On Gender and Theology in the Mode of Retrieval, Ruth Jackson (University of Cambridge, UK) 17. Roman Catholic Christians and the Jewish People after the Holocaust, Gavin D'Costa (University of Bristol, UK) VII. Critical Appraisals 18. David Tracy: A Critical Theology of Retrieval, William E. Myatt (Loyola University Chicago, USA) 19. Restoration, Retrieval and Renewal: Recovering Healing Ministry in the Church - Some Critical Reflection, Martyn Percy (University of Oxford) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRyan M. McGraw is Morton H. Smith Professor of Systematic Theology at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Adjunct Professor of Doctoral Studies at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and Research Fellow for the University of the Free State, South Africa.Trade ReviewMcGraw’s Reformed Scholasticism is a welcome addition to the growing scholarly literature focusing on the often overlooked generations of Reformed theologians following the earliest figures such as Zwingli and Calvin. * The Journal of Reformed Theology *A professional, experienced and gifted teacher guides us in the basics of doing theology, alerts us to the many dangers in divinity, leads through the rich sources of historical theology, shows the cohesion of several theological streams in history, illuminates the importance of seemingly insignificant details, and clarifies how historical theology is relevant for today. * Willem van Vlastuin, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands *Ryan McGraw provides a helpful guide for students of Reformed scholastic theology. There are practical tips on reading, researching, and writing about this interesting and instructive period in the Reformed tradition. And while one need not agree with every conclusion, readers can nevertheless benefit from his insights and profit from this book. * J. V. Fesko, Westminster Seminary California, USA *Ryan McGraw is an expert teacher who has led many a class through the theological battlefields of the early modern period, and in Reformed Scholasticism he graciously shares a guidebook that will aid eager students and experienced docents alike. * Chad van Dixhoorn, Westminster Theological Seminary, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Introduction: Why Reformed Scholasticism? Research Methodology 2. Sources: Primary 3. Sources: Secondary 4. Research Methodology: Historiography and Writing Historical Theology 5. Writing Historical Theology The Nature of Reformed Scholasticism: Method and Trajectories 6. General History and Terminology 7. A Theology of the Schools 8. A Theology in Conversation with the Entire Catholic Tradition 9. A Theology of Continuities and Discontinuities The Character of Reformed Scholasticism: International Catholicity and Piety 10. International Catholicity 11. Piety Contemporary Appropriations of Reformed Scholasticism 12. What Is Next?: Personal Growth, Theological Reflection, and Service to the Church Works Cited Index

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Trade ReviewA theological analysis of Oliver O’Donovan’s moral theology, such as Samuel Tranter’s book presents, is long overdue. This is not only because of O’Donovan’s inspiring and fundamental work in theological ethics, but also because of Tranter’s sharp attention to the real intention and focus of O’Donovan’s work, as well as its importance for our time… This again makes Tranter’s analysis indeed a ‘remedy [for a] lack of a critical engagement with O’Donovan’s thought’, and—more than that—a significant textbook in theological ethics’ * Studies in Christian Ethics *This book is needed because Oliver O'Donovan is rightly not easy. Samuel Tranter makes O'Donovan's project clear without oversimplification. No one engaging O'Donovan can avoid this work. We are all in Tranter’s debt (and that includes Oliver himself). * Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University, USA *Oliver O’Donovan’s profound contribution to moral theology here receives the kind of insightful, artful, and critical engagement it rightly deserves. Tranter’s fine study sets an important benchmark for theological engagement with O’Donovan’s lifework even as it presses searching questions concerning the eschatological quality of Christian ethics more generally. * Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen, UK *Oliver O’Donovan’s moral theology is notoriously complex. Samuel Tranter has done a great service by providing this careful and insightful guide, as well as offering a critical assessment. Tranter’s book is replete with rich observations and astute judgments about O’Donovan’s work and the role of eschatology in Christian ethics. I highly recommend it! * Michael Mawson, Charles Sturt University, Australia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Groundwork: ‘The Natural Ethic’ 2. Topography: Resurrection and Moral Order – ‘The Objective Reality’ 3. Contour: Resurrection and Moral Order – ‘The Subjective Reality’ 4. Territory: Desire of the Nations and The Ways of Judgment 5. Remapping: Ethics as Theology Conclusion Postscript: The End of Ethics Appendix: Cartography with O’Donovan and Friends Bibliography

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Book SynopsisJoanna Leidenhag is Lecturer in Theology at the University of St Andrews, UK.Trade ReviewRigorously argued, philosophically astute, and theologically constructive, Joanna Leidenhag's monograph will generate intense debate on the theological potential of recent developments in panpsychist philosophy. In enabling us to consider its plausibility vis-à-vis the default position of emergentism, she has produced a work of originality and significance. -- David Fergusson, Professor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, UKThis is the best book-length treatment of panpsychism in relation to Christian theology in print. Joanna Leidenhag has produced an outstanding systematic study to this new area of philosophical and theological inquiry. -- Charles Taliaferro, Overby Distinguished Chair and Professor of Philosophy, St. Olaf College, USAPanpsychism is a novel theory of consciousness which has attracted much attention in recent years, yet very few have considered the theological implications of this view. In Minding Creation, Joanna Leidenhag offers a carefully reasoned, lucid discussion that explores the rationale for incorporating panpsychism into Christianity. This is an exciting and thought-provoking book that should not be missed. -- Yujin Nagasawa, H. G. Wood Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Taking Leave of Emergence Theory 2. Welcoming Contemporary Panpsychism 3. An Interlude on Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz 4. Indwelling Creation: Panpsychism and Divine Action 5. The Voices of Creation: Panpsychism and Ecology Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisGeorges Florovsky (1893-1979) was one of the most prominent Orthodox theologians and ecumenists of the twentieth century. His call for a return to patristic writings as a source of modern theological reflection had a powerful impact not only on Orthodox theology in the second half of the twentieth century, but on Christian theology in general. Florovsky was also a major Orthodox voice in the ecumenical movement for four decades and he is one of the founders of the World Council of Churches. This book is a collection of major theological writings by George Florovsky. It includes representative and widely influential but now largely inaccessible texts, many newly translated for this book, divided into four thematic sections: Creation, Incarnation and Redemption, The Nature of Theology, Ecclesiology and Ecumenism, and Scripture, Worship and Eschatology. A foreword by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware presents the theological vision of Georges Florovsky and discusses the continuing relevanceTrade ReviewThe volume represents a truly superb work of scholarship by two experts in the field: the essays that it contains are carefully curated, meticulously edited, extensively annotated and effectively introduced. ... This is an essential book for anyone with an interest in Orthodox theology, Russian intellectual history and the Orthodox position in ecumenical debate. * Modern Believing *Table of ContentsForeword Met. Kallistos Ware Introduction: Georges Florovsky and the 'Mind of the Fathers', Brandon Gallaher and Paul Ladouceur 1. Creation and Incarnation 2. The Nature of Theology 3. Ecclesiology and Ecumenism 4. Scripture, Worship and Eschatology Epilogue Index

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Book SynopsisDavid Emerton argues that Dietrich Bonhoeffer's ecclesial thought breaks open a necessary third way' in ecclesiological description between the Scylla of ethnographic' ecclesiology and the Charybdis of dogmatic' ecclesiology. Building on a rigorous and provocative discussion of Bonhoeffer's thought, Emerton establishes a programmatic theological grammar for any speech about the church. Emerton argues that Bonhoeffer understands the church as a pneumatological and eschatological community in space and time, and that his understanding is built on eschatological and pneumatological foundations. These foundations, in turn, give rise to a unique methodological approach to ecclesiological description an approach that enables Bonhoeffer to proffer a genuinely theological account of the church in which both divine and human agency are held together through an account of God the Holy Spirit. Emerton proposes that this approach is the perfect remedy for an endemic problem in contemporary accoTrade Review[A]s Emerton states, ‘the book hopes to act … as something of a clarion call towards genuinely theological ecclesiological speech which is allied to genuinely theological ecclesial action’ (p. 11). Those interested in this task, particularly those interested in following Bonhoeffer’s lead toward this end, will find in this book an intriguing conversation partner. * Studies in Christian Ethics *This book offers an incomparable account of Bonhoeffer’s ecclesiology. Rigorous and systematic, the book breaks through older “orthodoxies” and sheds new and much-needed light on Bonhoeffer as an ecclesiological thinker. Not only Bonhoeffer specialists but all theologians interested in the church would be wise to drink deeply here. * Tom Greggs, University of Aberdeen, UK *What an outstanding contribution to both Bonhoeffer studies and contemporary ecclesiology! In this rich resource, David Emerton highlights the problematic inherent in modern ecclesiological methodology, by which the being of the church is parsed primarily by either its ‘dogmatic’ or its ‘ethnographic’ aspect. Through a deep reading of Bonhoeffer’s own approach, Emerton proffers Bonhoeffer’s pneumatological-eschatological ecclesiology as a therapeutic alternative. * Mark R. Lindsay, University of Divinity, Australia *This original and convincing study shows how interconnected and fruitful some key elements in Bonhoeffer’s thinking on the church are, such as his way of relating divine action to human responsibility, his appreciation of the sociological reality of the church and his orientation to God’s future. But above all, Emerton shows how vital the invocation and work of the Holy Spirit is. * David F. Ford, University of Cambridge, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Ecclesiological Topography 2. The Theological Foundations of Bonhoeffer’s Ecclesiological Methodology 3. God’s Church-Community: Bonhoeffer’s ‘Both/And’ Ecclesiological Methodology 4. The Pneumatological Space of God’s Church-Community 5. The Eschatological Time of God’s Church-Community Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUlrik Nissen is Associate Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at Aarhus University, Denmark.Trade ReviewThe book is especially valuable in helping acquaint an English readership with theological debates in the Nordic context, and in particular in Denmark. Anyone interested in debates over public reason, method in religious ethics, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther will benefit greatly from reading this book. * Studies in Christian Ethics *An excellent, concise, clear overview of Protestant social teaching in the last century. Written with erudition, it warns against understanding justification by faith individualistically, and affirms a Christologically shaped understanding of natural law. This is a compelling account of why and how Christian faith may still play an important public role. * Esther D. Reed, University of Exeter, UK *Ulrik Nissen’s The Polity of Christ contributes to the renewal of Lutheran social ethics by building on the basis of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christology. In doing so, Nissen provides a theological foundation for understanding the nature and basis of Christian witness in a contemporary context, and he demonstrates how confessing Jesus Christ as Lord should simultaneously constitute the affirmation of, and taking responsibility for, a just and generous common life with others. * Luke Bretherton, Duke Divinity School, USA *This careful reading of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s work uses the scope of the Christological tradition of Chalcedon to develop a significant model for ethics, overcoming the incompatibility of universal validity and particular ethical identity. This book sets the stage for a unique universal Christological grammar, making it possible to communicate Christian ethics into a common world. * Hans G. Ulrich, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introducing Christian Ethics Between Universality and Specificity Chapter 2: The Simultaneity of Divinity and Humanity in Luther’s Social Ethics Chapter 3: The Chalcedonian Christology in Bonhoeffer’s Ethics Chapter 4: The Christological Shaping of Central Concepts in Bonhoeffer’s Ethics Chapter 5: Bonhoeffer’s Social Ethics Between Universality and Specificity Chapter 6: Political Thought in the Polity of Christ Chapter 7: Living in the Saeculum and Bearing Witness to Christ Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIlaria Ramelli is Professor of the Early Church at Sacre Cuore Milan, and at the Angelicum Rome, Italy. John A. McGuckin is the Nielsen Professor Emeritus of Early Christian History at Union Theological Seminary, USA.Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London, UK.Trade ReviewThis exciting handbook of the Early Church will intrigue laypersons, clergy and scholars alike. It departs from the traditional “history of doctrine” to focus on the struggles of early Christian communities to organize themselves, to sort out the roles of women, slaves, children and the differently abled and to create forms of unity within the remarkable diversity they embraced. -- Karen Jo Torjesen, Claremont Graduate Union California, USAThis Handbook is a breath of fresh air: it breaks free of the usual history of doctrine approach to the early Church to give an account of the wide range of different contexts in which Christian self-understanding and practice were formed. It will enable those who study this extraordinary period to learn with and within the early Church; to have their thinking and actions shaped and informed by it. -- Carol Harrison, University of Oxford, UKThis is a wonderfully rich collection of essays exploring many different aspects of the early centuries of Christian history, theology, spirituality, and so much more. It is sure to become the standard go-to handbook for scholars, students, and all those interested in early Christianity. -- John Behr, Aberdeen University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: On studying the early church Rowan Williams (Cambridge University, UK) Part 1: Emerging Christian identity 1st century CE. 1. Jewish-Christian relations – A painful split, Markus Vinzent (King’s College London, UK) 2. Graeco-Roman culture and Christians: Good neighbours? Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski (King’s College London, UK) 3. What was the role of women in the churches? Ilaria Ramelli (Catholic University, Angelicum, Princeton, USA) 4. To what extent were children and slaves welcomed in the early church? Ville Vuolanto (University of Tampere, Finland) 5. Disability in the early church, Monica Tobon, (Franciscan Study Centre, UK) 6. Eschatology in the early Christian thought-world, John A. McGuckin (Union Theological Seminary, USA) Part 2: Diversity and unity in the second century 7. Christianity and Christianities, Mark Edwards (Oxford University, UK) 8. The church’s unity around the bishop: Ignatius of Antioch and Irenaeus of Lyons, Allen Brent (King’s College London, UK) 9. Unity around a teacher: Clement and Origen, Ilaria L. E. Ramelli (Catholic University, Italy) 10. Diversity around a prophet: The case of Montanism, William Tabbernee (Theological Seminar in Tulsa, USA) 11. Unity around a martyr: Perpetua and Felicity, Sarah Parkhouse (University of Durham, UK) Part 3: Worship and faith 13. Community and liturgy: Emerging of the Trinitarian formula baptism, Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski (King’s College London, UK) 14. The community’s commemoration of Jesus in the Eucharist, John A. McGuckin (Union Theological Seminary, USA) 15. Prayer and poetry in the early Christian community, Paul Bradshaw 16. The Christian community and its structure: Deacons, priests and bishops, Paul van Geest (Tilburg University, the Netherlands) and Bart J. Koet 17. Dismissal from the clerical state and its consequences in the early church, Henryk Pietras (Pontificia Universita Gregoriana, Italy) 18. Graeco-Roman and Christian art in late antiquity, Jas Elsner (University of Oxford, UK) 19. The community’s hope: Soteriology in the early church, Robert Daly SJ (Boston College USA) Part 4: Under Christian emperors 20. From the community of martyrs to the church of the empire, Giulio Maspero (University of the Holy Cross, Italy) 21. Doctrine: Why were Christians obsessed with dogmas? Ilaria L. E. Ramelli (Catholic University, Italy) 22. Councils: The path towards an agreement in faith, Henryk Pietras (Pontificia Universita Gregoriana, Italy) 23. ‘Light from light’: The metaphysics of light of the early church, Isidoros Charalambos Katsos (Cambridge University, UK) 24. The oigins of monasticism, Tim Vivian (California State University, USA) 25. Persecution of heretics, Marcin Wysocki (KUL, Poland) 26. The Western church and its thought-world (major Latin Fathers), John A. McGuckin (Union Theological Seminary, USA) 27. The Eastern church and its thought-world (major Greek Fathers), John A. McGuckin (Union Theological Seminary, USA) 28. The Coptic church: Faithful to its roots, Mark Sheridan (Collegio San Anselmo Rome, Italy) 29. The Syriac Orthodox Church, Saliba Er Akhsenoyo (Salzburg University, Germany) Part 5: The early church and systematic theology 30. Does Jerusalem still need Athens? George Geréby (Central European University, Hungary) 31. Is the Canon of the Scriptures closed? Recent interest in the Nag Hammadi Codices, Paula Tutty (Oslo University, Norway) 32. The early church’s developing theology of (new) creation, Paul Blowers (Milligan University, USA) 33. Suffering of Christ: Suffering of people, Stefano Salemi (King’s College London, UK) 34. The Church: One, holy, catholic, apostolic, Nicolas Sagovsky (King’s College London, UK) Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAlcuin Reid is a monk of the Monastère Saint-Benoît in the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, France. He is an internationally renowned liturgical scholar and author whose work has been published in at least eight languages.Trade Review[The T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy] offers a comprehensive overview of current liturgical issues ... [and] it does so in a scholarly yet accessible way, allowing a voice to contrary arguments. It is undoubtedly a required resource for liturgy studies. * Catholic Herald *One of the most detailed, academic and up-to-date accounts of Roman Catholic worship I have come across. All the contributions are of a high scholarship and precise notes and extensive bibliographies accompany all the entries. It brings together a formidable group of liturgical experts ... I recommend it unhesitatingly. * Journal of Theological Studies *[T]he book exemplifies a noble seriousness of purpose, a depth of intellectual engagement, and a pastoral concern with the health of the Western liturgy that makes it an essential reference work for consultation on the host of topics taken up in its pages. * New Liturgical Movement *Immensely scholarly, with nearly 1400 footnotes, this is a book for research students. * Theology *Dom Alcuin Reid has combined a wide variety of sources into a wide-ranging reference book on the liturgy. It provides both a comprehensive introduction and plenty of direction for further exploration. * Dominicana *The work as a whole, with full use of the A-Z, comes well within the capabilities of the keen student. The historical material is presented and arranged consistently and clearly, supported by extensive further reading, and with an eye on implications for current research and religious practice ... Finally, the A-Z not only includes many helpful terms but also a good short listing of further reference works, and these will interest librarians. * Reference Reviews *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction—Alcuin Reid Abbreviations PART I: WHAT IS THE LITURGY? 1 Liturgical Theology—David W. Fagerberg PART II: THE LITURGY IN HISTORY 2 The Jewish Roots of Christian Liturgy— Robert Hayward, Durham University, UK 3 The Study of Early Christian Worship— Daniel Van Slyke, Holy Apostles College, USA 4 Key Themes in the Study of Early Medieval Liturgy— Yitzhak Hen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 5 Late Medieval Liturgy: A Celebration of Emmanuel, “God with us”.—James Monti, Liturgical Scholar and Writer, USA 6 The Roman Missal of the Council of Trent— Anthony Chadwick, Priest of the Traditional Anglican Communion, France 7 In Pursuit of Participation—Liturgy and Liturgists in Early Modern and Post Enlightenment Catholicism—Alcuin Reid, Monastère Saint-Benoît, France Appendix: Two Nineteenth Century Liturgists—Paul Gunter OSB, Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Saint Anselmo, Italy 8 The Twentieth Century Liturgical Movement—Alcuin Reid, Monastère Saint-Benoît, France 9 The Liturgy of the Sacraments—James Leachman OSB, St Benedict's Abbey, UK 10. The Divine Office in History—†Lázló Dobszay, (1935-2011) 11 Gregorian Chant—Susan Treacy, Ave Maria University, USA PART III: THE LITURGY OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL 12 The Vision of the Constitution on the Liturgy—†Anscar Chupungco OSB (1939-2013) 13 The Implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium—†Anscar Chupungco OSB (1939-2013) 14 After Sacrosanctum Concilium: Continuity or Rupture?—Alcuin Reid, Monastère Saint-Benoît, France 15 A Reform of the Reform?—Thomas Kocik, St Anne’s Parish, USA PART VI: THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY LITURGICAL STUDIES 16 Pastoral Liturgy Revisited—Alcuin Reid, Monastère Saint-Benoît, France 17 The Liturgy and Sacred Language—Uwe Michael Lang, Heythrop College, UK 18 Englishing the Mass—Bruce Harbert, Archdiocese of Birmingham, UK 19 Liturgical Music—Timothy McDonnell, Ave Maria University, USA 20 Liturgical Architecture—Thomas Gordon Smith, University of Notre Dame, USA 21 The Usus Antiquior: Its History and Importance after the Second Vatican Council—Alcuin Reid, Monastère Saint-Benoît, France 22 An Anglican Perspective— Ben Gordon-Taylor, College of the Resurrection, UK PART V: A-Z OF THE STUDY OF CATHOLIC LITURGY Contributors Notes Index

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Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Section 1: Reading Barth and Bonhoeffer Together Chapter 2: Barth’s Influence on Bonhoeffer Chapter 3: Bonhoeffer’s Influence on Barth Section 2: Engagements with Barth Chapter 4: Barth on Salvation Chapter 5: Barth on Eternity Chapter 6: Jesus is Victor! Chapter 7: Bringing Barth on Religion to the Inter-faith Table Chapter 8: The Lord of All Section 3: Engagements with Bonhoeffer Chapter 9: Religionless Christianity in a Complexly Religious and Secular World Chapter 10: Religionless Christianity and the Political Implications of Theological Speech Chapter 11: Bearing Sin in the Church Chapter 12: Priestly Mediation in the Church Section 4: Reading Barth and Bonhoeffer Together in a Fallen Pluralist World Chapter 13: Pessimistic Universalism Chapter 14: Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Trade ReviewThese stimulating conversations between scholars at home in Irenaeus’s thought and those from a Pauline stable make a valuable contribution to an understanding of both thinkers. But more than this, they take us beyond a linear view of Pauline reception, and binary models of whether Irenaeus got Paul ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, to a more measured reflection on the contextualization of all interpretation, and of the potential of Paul — and of Irenaeus— for new readings in the face of new challenges. * JUDITH LIEU, University of Cambridge, UK *Table of ContentsList of Contributors Preface 1. Irenaeus and Paul: An Introduction - David E. Wilhite, Baylor University, USA 2. Irenaeus and Opponents on Creator, Creation and the Apostle – Michael A. Williams, University of Washington, USA 3. Response: Paul, Ireaneus, and the Creation in Dialogue with Michael A. Williams - Jason Maston, Houston Baptist University, USA 4. The Use of Paul in Irenaeus’s Christology - Stephen O. Presley, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA 5. Response: Messiah Christology in Paul and Irenaeus - Joshua W. Jipp, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA. 6. The Personal/Substantial Spirit of Prophecy: Irenaeus’s Use of Paul Against the Heresies - David E. Wilhite, Baylor University, USA 7: Response: Irenaeus’s Use of Paul on the Spirit: A Response to David E. Wilhite - Craig Keener, Asbury Theological Seminary, USA. 8. On Sin: Irenaeus’s Appropriation of Paul - Thomas J. Holsinger-Friesen, Spring Arbor University, USA 9. Response: On Sin in Irenaeus’s Appropriation of Paul: A Response to Tom Hosinger-Friesen - Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer, University of Aberdeen, UK 10. The Covenant of Promise: Abraham in Irenaeus - Benjamin Blackwell, Houston Baptist University, USA. 11. Response: Irenaeus, Abraham, Covenants and the One Thing Needful: The Second Adam - Mark W. Elliot, University of St. Andrews, UK. 12. Teaching the Rule of Faith in Love: Irenaeus on 1 Corinthians 8:1 - Scott D. Moringiello, DePaul University, USA 13. Response: Being Known by God: A Response to Scott D. Moringiello - Carla Works, Wesley Theological Seminary, USA 14. Irenaeus and Paul: Sexuality, Virginity, and Women - Helen Rhee, Westmont University, USA 15. Response: Irenaeus’s Reception of Pauline Teaching on Sexuality, Virginity, and Women: A Response to Helen Rhee - Judith Gundry, Yale Divinity School, USA 16. Paul and the Jerusalem Church in Irenaeus’s Against Heresies — Benjamin White, Clemson University, USA 17. Response: Irenaeus, Jerusalem, and Remembering the Poor: A Response to Benjamin White - Bruce W. Longenecker, Baylor University, USA 18. Paul in Irenaeus on the Last Things — A. Y. Collins, Yale Divinity School, USA 19. Response: Appropriating Paul: Irenaeus’s Use of the Apostle in Forming and Expressing His Eschatological Thought - Todd D. Still, Baylor University, USA Index

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Trade ReviewThese essays introduce one of the foremost theological ethicists of the past half century to an English-speaking audience that has much to learn from him. Ranging across many topics and disciplines, Ulrich's theology is an affirmation of the goodness of the human condition that begins by refusing to accept it on its own terms. -- Gerald McKinney, University of Notre Dame, USAAfter the trauma of German history during the twentieth century and the crisis that trauma initiated for Christian theology and ethics, a new generation of German thinkers set about rediscovering the proper foundation for theological ethics in God’s action in the midst of a fallen world. As the essays in this volume clearly demonstrate Hans Urlich’s participation in that project has borne rich fruit. Here is an approach to ethics that will be of enduring value precisely because it is founded, as theological ethics must always be, upon attentiveness to the presence and the work of God. -- Murray Rae, University of Otago, New ZealandWe have waited a long time for a translation of Transfigured not Conformed. It has been well worth the wait. Ulrich has written a masterpiece in any language. The breadth and depth of his scholarship are impressive. Occasionally a must read appears in the academy. This is one of those occasions. -- Brent Waters, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USAThe wonderfully crafted collection, itself the culmination of a lifetime of incisive engagements, gifts us with a beautifully interwoven system of thought that is not only timely and humane, but itself punctuates a timeful humanism, an account of the apocalypse of God in the humanity of the Word incarnated in the divinity of the world. -- Jonathan Tran, Baylor University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Part I. A Christian Ethics of Messianic Presence (Ecclesia) Chapter 1: The Messianic Contours of Evangelical Ethics Chapter 2: The Form and its Forms According to Bonhoeffer Chapter 3: Explorative Theology: Discovery and Discernment Part II: Christian Witness in the World (Politeia) Chapter 4: The Public Appearance of Religion: God’s Commandments and their Political Presence—In Lutheran Perspective Chapter 5: Human Economies at their Limits, but Governed within their Limits Chapter 6: Adoption: A Theological Account of Political Responsibility to Entrusted Lives Part III. Receiving Given Life (Oeconomia) Chapter 7: God’s Story and Engelhardt’s Bioethics: Christian Witness in Modern Medicine Chapter 8: A Theological-Critical Hermeneutics of Life: Engaging Genetic Science Chapter 9: God’s Transfiguring Presence: Newly Created in the Presence of Disabled Bibliography Index

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Trade ReviewJan-Olav Henriksen has produced a valuable resource for the church as it struggles to bring Christian faith to bear fruitfully on the climate crisis. He offers a deep dive into the power of symbols to engender consistent action – including political action – for transformation toward ways of living that allow earth’s climate systems to flourish. This book will be invaluable in the academy and in the church. -- Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary of California Lutheran University, USAThe late Ursula K Le Guin argued that if we going to think ourselves out of the current problems of climate change and globalization, we are going to need more speculative fiction writers. This means we need new symbols with which to imagine our planetary futures. This book is important because it critiques the underlying theological symbols of western style democracies and economics that are, in the era of the Anthropocence, quite simply deficient. We need new, planetary ways of imagining human-God-Earth relations that suggest we (and all things human) are emergent from the process of planetary evolution. -- Whitney Bauman, Florida International University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: The Deficit Thesis and the Task It Presents Part 1: Contexts for the Symbol Deficit Chapter One: From Acts of God to the Anthropocene Chapter Two: Culprits for the Predicament Chapter Three: Consumer Idolatry Chapter Four: Religion in Denial Chapter Five: To Empower Those Who Suffer and Give Voice to Those Who Lack It Part 2: Conditions for symbolic practices Chapter Six: Symbols as Mediating Practice Chapter Seven: Conditions for Agency: A Critique of Modernity’s Detached Subject Chapter Eight: Symbols for Enhancing Moral Motivation and Avoiding Defection Chapter Nine: An Inductive, Experientially Oriented Theology Part 3: Symbols for Practices Chapter Ten: God as Creator - A Critical Symbol? Chapter Eleven: From Anthropos to All of Creation Chapter Twelve: Symbolic Deficits in Apocalypticism – Towards a Presentist Eschatology Chapter Thirteen: Sin Chapter Fourteen: Symbols for Hope – A Critical Evaluation Chapter Fifteen: Sacrifice, Hope, and Grace Bibliography Index

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