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Few issues engender so much heat between Christians as the topic of
creation. Reasonable, calm, and supremely well informed, this is a
book written by someone who is passionate about both science and
the Bible. 'I hope,' says Denis Alexander, 'that reading it will
encourage you to believe, as I do, that the 'Book of God's Word'
and the 'Book of God's Works' can be held firmly together in
harmony.' This substantial new edition updates the science, and
extends the author's discussion of the theological implications.
The Christian life requires faith. That means that believers are
sometimes faced with uncertainty. But is all uncertainty bad?
Theologian Joshua McNall encourages readers to reclaim the little
word "perhaps" as a sacred space between the warring extremes of
unchecked doubt and zealous dogmatism. To say "perhaps" on certain
contested topics means exercising a hopeful imagination, asking
hard questions, returning once again to Scripture, and reclaiming
the place of holy speculation as we cling to a faith that stands
distinct from both pervasive skepticism and abrasive certainty. In
this day especially, it's time Christians learned to say "perhaps."
Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing Christian movement,
particularly outside Europe, and Allan Heaton Anderson is one of
the foremost scholars of this phenomenon. His innovative
interpretation of Pentecostalism focuses on the serious
contribution made by both western and Majority World participants
in its development. In this second edition of his leading
introductory course book, Anderson presents an updated global
history of the movement, which addresses significant events and
changes in recent years, and surveys important theoretical issues
such as gender and society, as well as politics and economics. The
book also offers a comprehensive explanation of the significance of
Charismatic Christianity throughout the world, plus its effect upon
the globalisation of religion and its transformation in the present
century. This new edition will be an important resource for those
studying Pentecostalism, Charismatic Christianity, theology and
sociology of religion.
An Exploration of Different Issues in the Doctrine of the Trinity.
Throughout the last century, theologians gave great attention to
the doctrine of the Trinity, and they largely succeeded in
restoring it to a central place in Christian thought. But as they
highlighted the novelty of the revolutionary new trinitarianism, a
number of generalizations crept into the discussion that requires a
careful reevaluation of the classical tradition. Trinitarian
Theology-the subject of the second annual Los Angeles Theology
Conference-sought to make constructive progress in the doctrine of
the Trinity by aligning the trinitarian revival with the ongoing
task of retrieving the classical doctrine of the Trinity. The nine
diverse essays in this collection include discussions on: Ways to
clarify the doctrine of the Trinity without sacrificing its
essential mystery. The ways in which trinitarian theology applies
practically to the Christian life and mission. Highlighting the
counter-revolutionary trends in the most recent trinitarian
thought. Discourse on the role Karl Barth played in advancing
trinitarian thought. Each of the essays collected in this volume
engage with Scripture as well as with others in the
field-theologians both past and present, from different
confessions-in order to provide constructive resources for
contemporary systematic theology and to forge a theology for the
future.
In 2011, Frances Young delivered the Bampton Lectures in Oxford to
great acclaim. She offered a systematic theology with contemporary
coherence, by engaging in conversation with the fathers of the
church - those who laid down the parameters of Christian theology
and enshrined key concepts in the creeds - and exploring how their
teachings can be applied today, despite the differences in our
intellectual and ecclesial environments. This book results from a
thorough rewriting of those lectures in which Young explores the
key topics of Christian doctrine in a way that is neither simply
dogmatic nor simply historical. She addresses the congruence of
head and heart, through academic and spiritual engagement with
God's gracious accommodation to human limitations. Christianity and
biblical interpretation are discussed in depth, and the book covers
key topics including Creation, anthropology, Christology,
soteriology, spirituality, ecclesiology and Mariology, making it
invaluable to those studying historical and constructive theology.
Chaplaincy has emerged as a highly significant form of ministry in
the twenty-first century, and chaplaincy studies is growing as a
field of study that learns from the experience and work of
chaplains in their diverse sectors. Chaplains from a range of
different faith traditions pioneer ministry within the secular yet
religiously plural contexts of contemporary life with often
considerable creativity and skill, generating a wealth of insight
to be gleaned for understanding the place of faith in the modern
world. One of the disciplines that has been most concerned with
gleaning those insights and developing the field of chaplaincy
studies is practical theology. The journal Practical Theology
(formerly Contact) is a key repository for much of the wisdom
gained through such study, and this book draws on the archive of
the journal to trace the development of chaplaincy research and
provide a resource for those seeking to join the conversation about
the nature and significance of chaplaincy as a form of ministry and
mission today. Drawing on different sectors of chaplaincy and
different methodological approaches, this book is invaluable for
those engaged in chaplaincy work, those seeking to research that
work, and for anyone interested in contemporary, pioneering forms
of ministry.
Unique among the species, humans create their world through
language and imagination. In this we have the potential to be
aggressive, violent and oppressive, or gentle, creative and
vulnerable. Words express and shape what we are or might become. We
are all poets when we attempt to express the essence of our own
experiences. As we tell and listen, we develop our sense of
community and our humanity. Because the personal is also political,
this process creates peace between people, in society, and among
nations. The readings and activities in this book aim to lead us to
a deeper understanding of how we use language. As we become more
discriminating in our use of words, so we can better tell our own
stories and relate to the experiences of others.
Few thinkers have been as influential as Augustine of Hippo. His
writings, such as Confessions and City of God, have left an
indelible mark on Western Christianity. He has become so synonymous
with Christianity in the West that we easily forget he was a man of
two cultures: African and Greco-Roman. The mixture of African
Christianity and Greco-Roman rhetoric and philosophy gave his
theology and ministry a unique potency in the cultural ferment of
the late Roman empire. Augustine experienced what Latino/a theology
calls mestizaje, which means being of a mixed background. Cuban
American historian and theologian Justo Gonzalez looks at the life
and legacy of Augustine from the perspective of his own Latino
heritage and finds in the bishop of Hippo a remarkable resource for
the church today. The mestizo Augustine can serve as a lens by
which to see afresh not only the history of Christianity but also
our own culturally diverse world.
2020 Christian Book Award (R) Winner (Bible Reference Works) This
textbook offers students a biblically rich, creedally structured,
ecumenically evangelical, and ethically engaged introduction to
Christian theology. Daniel Treier, coeditor of the popular
Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, discusses key Scripture
passages, explains Christian theology within the structure of the
Nicene Creed, explores the range of evangelical approaches to
contested doctrines, acquaints evangelicals with other views
(including Orthodox and Catholic), and integrates theological
ethics with chapters on the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer.
The result is a meaty but manageable introduction to the
convictions and arguments shaping contemporary evangelical
theology.
This book details the development and contours of Karl Barth's
robust and lively vision of Christian and ecclesial life in the
early years of his career. In this remarkable work Michael O'Neil
investigates Karl Barth's theology in the turbulent and dynamic
years of his nascent career, between 1915 and 1922. It focuses on
the manner in which this great theologian construed Christian and
ecclesial existence. The author argues that Karl Barth developed
his theology with an explicit ecclesial and ethical motive in a
deliberate attempt to shape the ethical life of the church in the
troublesome context within which he lived and worked. O'Neil adopts
a chronological and exegetical reading of Barth's work from the
initial dispute with his liberal heritage (c.1915) until the
publication of the second edition of his commentary on romans. Not
only does this work contribute to a broader understanding of
Barth's theology both in its early development, and with regard to
his ecclesiology and ethics, it also provides a significant
framework and material for contemporary ecclesial reflection on
Christian identity and mission.
Bede's Ecclesiastical History is our main source for early
Christian Anglo-Saxon England, but how was it written? When? And
why? Scholars have spent much of the last half century
investigating the latter question - the 'why'. This new study is
the first to systematically consider the 'how' and the 'when'.
Richard Shaw shows that rather than producing the History at a
single point in 731, Bede was working on it for as much as twenty
years, from c. 715 to just before his death in 735. Unpacking and
extending the period of composition of Bede's best-known book makes
sense of the complicated and contradictory evidence for its
purposes. The work did not have one context, but several, each with
its own distinct constructed audiences. Thus, the History was not
written for a single purpose to the exclusion of all others. Nor
was it simply written for a variety of reasons. It was written over
time - quite a lot of time - and as the world changed during that
time, so too did Bede's reasons for writing, the intentions he
sought to pursue - and the patrons he hoped to please or to
placate.
The book illustrates the fact that in reforming theology sixteenth
century theologians also reformed practice or the imperatives of
Christian living. Experts in reformation studies identify and
elucidate areas of sixteenth century reforming activity in Martin
Luther, John Calvin and other leading reformers to demonstrate the
thoroughgoing nature of the reformation agenda. The interpretation
of Scripture, the centrality of Jesus Christ, the Jewish question,
freedom and pastoral insight form the contents of an important
section on Luther. The use of feminine imagery for God, the
Augsburg Confession, deification, education, and the gospel are
treated in relation to Calvin. The final section deals with
Oecolampadius, the Son of Man texts in Matthew, justification,
texts on difficult deaths and a Trinitarian exegesis of Scripture.
By careful reading of both the historical situation and the primary
texts this volume adds significantly to our understanding of the
period.
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Paul on Humility
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Eve-Marie Becker; Translated by Wayne Coppins; Series edited by Wayne Coppins, Simon Gathercole
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Humility in the modern world is neither well understood nor well
received. Many see it as a sign of weakness; others decry it as a
Western construct whose imposition onto marginalized persons only
perpetuates oppression. This skepticism has a long pedigree:
Aristotle, for instance, pointed to humility as a shameless front.
What then are we to make of the New Testament's valorization of
this trait? Translated from German into English for the first time,
Paul on Humility seeks to reclaim the original sense of humility as
an ethical frame of mind that shapes community, securing its
centrality in the Christian faith. This exploration of humility
begins with a consideration of how the concept plays into current
cultural crises before considering its linguistic and philosophical
history in Western culture. In turning to the roots of Christian
humility, Eve-Marie Becker focuses on Philippians 2, a passage in
which Paul appeals to the lowliness of Christ to encourage his
fellow Christians to persevere. Becker shows that humility both
formed the basis of the ethic Paul instilled in churches and acted
as a mimetic device centered on Jesus' example that was molded into
the earliest Christian identity and community. Becker resists the
urge to cheapen humility with mere moralism. In the vision of Paul,
the humble individual is one immersed in a complex, transformative
way of being. The path of humility does not constrain the self;
rather, it guides the self to true freedom in fellowship with
others. Humility is thus a potent concept that speaks to our
contemporary anxieties and discomforts. Not for sale in Europe.
This collection, by leading legal scholars, judges and
practitioners, together with theologians and church historians,
presents historical, theological, philosophical and legal
perspectives on Christianity and criminal law. Following a Preface
by Lord Judge, formerly Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales,
and an introductory chapter, the book is divided into four thematic
sections. Part I addresses the historical contributions of
Christianity to criminal law drawing on biblical sources, early
church fathers and canonists, as far as the Enlightenment. Part II,
titled Christianity and the principles of criminal law, compares
crime and sin, examines concepts of mens rea and intention, and
considers the virtue of due process within criminal justice. Part
III looks at Christianity and criminal offences, considering their
Christian origins and continuing relevance for several basic crimes
that every legal system prohibits. Finally, in Part IV, the authors
consider Christianity and the enforcement of criminal law, looking
at defences, punishment and forgiveness. The book will be an
invaluable resource for students and academics working in the areas
of Law and Religion, Legal Philosophy and Theology.
Although typically separated, philosophy and New Testament theology
are mutually beneficial for the understanding of the distinctive
wisdom that guides Christian thought and life. The Wisdom of the
Christian Faith fills a major gap in the literature on the
philosophy of religion. It is the first book on the philosophy of
religion to be authored entirely by philosophers while directly
engaging themes of wisdom in the Christian tradition. The book
consists of all new essays, with contributions from John
Cottingham, Paul Gooch, Gordon Graham, John Hare, Michael T.
McFall, Paul K. Moser, Andrew Pinsent, Robert Roberts, Charles
Taliaferro, William Wainwright, Jerry Walls, Sylvia Walsh, Paul
Weithman and Merold Westphal.
A careful and exegetical reading and examination of the Pauline
passages that suggests particular atonement, together with a
thorough engagement with contemporary scholars on the subject. In
For Whom Did Christ Die? Williams argues that according to Paul,
Jesus died exclusively for the elect to achieve their salvation.
The book attempts to show that particular atonement is not simply
an abstract theological doctrine, imposed on the text by
theologians, and void of a biblical or exegetical foundation, but
that this doctrine is biblical, is Pauline, and that particular
atonement can be detected in Pauline theology by means of a
careful, exegetical analysis of the relevant Pauline texts and of
the relevant texts in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism.
This book explores the strange persistence of 'blasphemy' in modern
secular democracies by examining how accepted and prohibited ways
of talking and thinking about the Bible and religion have changed
over time. In a series of wide-ranging studies engaging disciplines
such as politics, literature and visual theory, Yvonne Sherwood
brings the Bible into dialogue with a host of interlocutors
including John Locke, John Donne and the 9/11 hijackers, as well as
artists such as Sarah Lucas and Rene Magritte. Questions addressed
include: * What is the origin of the common belief that the Bible,
as opposed to the Qur'an, underpins liberal democratic values? *
What kind of artworks does the biblical God specialise in? * If
pre-modern Jewish, Christian and Islamic responses to scripture can
be more 'critical' than contemporary speech about religion, how
does this affect our understanding of secularity, modernity and
critique?
An examination of the doctrine of God in the theological
construction of Stephen Charnock, exploring his use of reason and
his commitment to experiential faith. This study explores
Charnock's doctrine of the knowledge of God to discover his
contributions to the Restoration English Puritan understanding of a
balance of head and heart. Charnock paved a distinctive trail in
the midst of diverse paths the Restoration Puritans were taking,
but he also maintained certain characteristics, which were common
to the Puritan way.
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