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Book SynopsisGeorge Hunsinger is McCord Professor of Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA.
Trade ReviewHere is the living voice of Hans Frei speaking as a Jewish Christian theologian, amplified by the witness of many who have known him and his writings intimately. This collection of new and classic essays will stand as the most useful introduction to Frei’s work for a new generation of theologians. -- Ellen F. Davis, Duke Divinity School, USA
This set of essays will be as seminal for future reflection about Frei as Frei himself has been for twentieth and twenty-first century theology. They will introduce new readers to Frei, while showing veterans how Frei continues to be near the top of any list of thinkers shaping future religious and theological thought and practice. -- James J. Buckley, Loyola University Maryland, USA
Table of ContentsForeword, Katherine Sonderegger (Virginia Theological Seminary, USA)
Part 1: Personalia 1. Interview with Hans W. Frei, 1980 (Fortunoff Archive for Holocaust Testimonies)
Part 2: The Enduring Importance of Hans W. Frei’s Work 2. Hans Frei and the Meaning of Biblical Narrative, William C. Placher (Wabash College, USA) 3. Hans Frei in Context: A Theological and Historical Memoir, John F. Woolverton (Editor of Anglican and Episcopal History, USA)
Part 3: Theological Themes in Frei’s Work 4. Frei's Early Christology: The Book of Detours, George Hunsinger (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA) 5. Frei's Later Christology: Radiance and Obscurity, Jason A. Springs (University of Notre Dame, USA) 6. The Barthian Heritage of Hans W. Frei, John Allen Knight (Marist College, USA) 7. Hans Frei and Anselmian Theology, Jeffrey Stout (Princeton University, USA) 8. Frei and the Project of Christological Reflection, David H. Kelsey (Yale Divinity School, USA)
Part 4: Postliberal Hermeneutics 9. Hans Frei and the Hermeneutics of the Second Naïveté, Garrett Green (Connecticut College, USA) 10. Hans Frei and Eberhard Jüngel on Narrative in Christian Theology, R. David Nelson (Independent Scholar, USA) 11. The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: Analysis and Critique, George P. Schner, SJ (Regis College, Toronto, Canada) 12. Meaning and Truth in Narrative Interpretation: A Reply to George Schner, Bruce D. Marshall (Perkins School of Theology, USA)
Part 5: Hans Frei's Achievement 13. Hans Frei, George Lindbeck, and the Objectivity of Scripture, Mike Higton (Durham University, UK) 14. The Carl Henry/Hans Frei Exchange Reconsidered, George Hunsinger (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA) 15. On Being Theologically Hospitable to Jesus Christ: Hans Frei's Achievement (University of Cambridge, UK) Bibliography Index
