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What, if anything, does Jesus of Nazareth have to do with
philosophy? This question motivates this collection of new essays
from leading theologians, philosophers, and biblical scholars. Part
I portrays Jesus in his first-century intellectual and historical
context, attending to intellectual influences and contributions and
contemporaneous similar patterns of thought. Part II examines how
Jesus influenced two of the most prominent medieval philosophers.
It considers the seeming conceptual shift from Hebraic categories
of thought to distinctively Greco-Roman ones in later Christian
philosophers. Part III considers the significance of Jesus for some
prominent contemporary philosophical topics, including epistemology
and the meaning of life. The focus is not so much on how
"Christianity" figures in such topics as on how Jesus makes
distinctive contributions to such topics.
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The first of a two-volume project delving into the doctrine of
justification. Michael Horton seeks not simply to recover a clear
message of its role in modern Reformed theology, but also to bring
a fresh discovery of the gospel in a time when contemporary debates
around justification have reignited. The doctrine of justification
stands at the center of our systematic reflection on the meaning of
salvation and grace as well as our piety, mission, and life
together. And yet, within mainline Protestant and evangelical
theology, it's often taken for granted or left to gather dust in
favor of modern concerns and self-renewal. Volume 1 is an exercise
in historical theology, exploring the doctrine of justification
from the patristic era to the Reformation. This book: Provides a
map for contemporary discussions of justification, identifying and
engaging principal sources: Origen, Chrysostom, Augustine, Thomas
Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Gabriel Biel, and the
magisterial reformers. Studies the transformations of the doctrine
through Aquinas, Scotus and the nominalists leading up to the era
of the Reformation and the Council of Trent. Concludes by examining
the hermeneutical and theological significance of the Reformers'
understanding of the law and the gospel and the resultant
covenantal scheme that became formative in Reformed theology.
Engaging and thorough, Justification will not only reenergize the
reader-whether Protestant or Catholic-with a passion for
understanding this essential and long-running doctrinal
conversation, but also challenge anyone to engage critically with
the history of the Church and the heart of the gospel.
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The second of a two-volume project delving into the doctrine of
justification. Michael Horton seeks not simply to recover a clear
message of its role in modern Reformed theology, but also to bring
a fresh discovery of the gospel in a time when contemporary debates
around justification have reignited. The doctrine of justification
stands at the center of our systematic reflection on the meaning of
salvation and grace as well as our piety, mission, and life
together. And yet, within mainline Protestant and evangelical
theology, it's often taken for granted or left to gather dust in
favor of modern concerns and self-renewal. Volume 2 embarks on the
theologically constructive task of investigating the biblical
doctrine of justification in light of contemporary exegesis. Taking
up the topic from a variety of theological vantage points, Horton
engages with contemporary debates in biblical, especially Pauline,
scholarship. Part 1 draws out The Horizon of Justification from the
Old Testament narratives of Adam and Israel. Part 2 defines The
Achievement of Justification in the blood of Christ and seeks to
lay the groundwork for understanding its extent. Part 3 focuses on
The Gift of Righteousness, delving into a clear articulation of
what justification means, its mechanism, and the role of works on
the day of judgement. Part 4 proposes a way forward for Receiving
Justification and understanding faith and justification within the
broader framework of union with Christ. Engaging and thorough,
Justification shows that the doctrine of justification finds its
most ecumenically significant starting point and proper habitat in
unity with Christ, where the greatest consensus, past and present,
is to be found among Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant
theologies.
A daring examination of the foundational event of Christianity, and an inspiring vision for reconciliation between Jews and Christians. Using approaches from the Hebrew interpretive tradition to discern the actual events surrounging Jesus' death, Bishop Spong questions the hitorical validity of literal narrative concerned the Ressurection. He asserts that the resurrection story was born in an experience that opened the disciples' eyes to the reality of God and the meaning of Jesus of Nazareth. Spong traces the Christian origins of anti-Semitism to the Church's fabrication of the ultimate Jewish scapegoat, Judas Iscariot. He affirms the inclusiveness of the Christian message and emphasizes the necessity of mutual integrity and respect among Christians and Jews.
Dynamic New Teaching from Bestselling Author Ed Silvoso It's no
secret that the church today has lost its influence in culture. But
why? With the technology, affluence, and knowledge we have today,
why are we less effective than the first-century church--which
didn't have social media, fancy buildings, professional pastors, or
even religious freedom? What are we missing? In these vital,
eye-opening pages, bestselling author Ed Silvoso digs into
Scripture, unearthing Jesus' true design for his church--his
Ekklesia. He shows how the early church was a radical,
countercultural force of people who transformed the hostile, pagan
places in which they lived. Here Dr. Silvoso shows how we, in the
midst of social, economic, political, and moral chaos, can once
again become the revolutionary, transformational, life-giving
Ekklesia Jesus called us to be.
Since the Reformation, Protestants have confessed that the church
is reformed and always reforming. But do we really believe this?
Why, then, are we so shocked to hear that the church itself needs a
sexual reformation? That the church has been fighting to uphold
biblical distinction between the sexes against a culture that is
rapidly and aggressively challenging this, is certainly one reason.
But in trying to be faithful to the beauty of God's design for man
and woman, the church has instead latched onto a pagan,
Aristotelian concept of man and woman--that woman is by nature
inferior to man--which robs us of the dignity of personhood as man
and woman created in the image of God. Much of the evangelical
teaching on the sexes is based on cultural stereotypes and an
unbiblical ontology of male authority and female subordination.
While some try to correct this, they often flatten the meaningful
distinctions in the feminine and masculine gift. We end up missing
the beautiful message that our bodies, and our whole selves as men
and women, tell: the story of the great joy in which Christ
received his gift of his bride, the church. Having taken on flesh,
he is bringing her to the holy of holies, ushering her behind the
veil, and securing communion with his bridal people in sacred
space. He gave himself as the ultimate Gift and he loves us to the
end. We see this highlighted in the book placed right in the middle
of our Bibles. The Song of Songs enfleshes our hope as it
poetically sings the metanarrative of Scripture. In this book,
Aimee Byrd invites you to enter into the Song's treasures as its
lyrics reveal a typology in God's design of man and woman, one that
unfolds throughout the canon of Scripture. The meaning of man and
woman extends beyond biology, nature, and culture to give us a
glimpse of what is to come. Our bodies are theological. They are
visible signs that tell us something about our God. This
often-ignored biblical book has much to teach us about Christ, his
church, man, and woman. It teaches us the whole point of it all.
And what it teaches us is not a list of roles and hierarchy, but a
love song. We are ripe for a sexual reformation in the church, and
recovering a good theological anthropology is imperative to it. We
desperately need to peel away the Aristotelian mindset of man and
woman that still pervades much of the teaching on gender and
sexuality in the church today.?The Holy Spirit is speaking to us in
his Word to bring about a sexual reformation. He invites us to sing
an eschatological song. In doing so, we find ourselves in it. We
participate in it. We find beauty in it. We persevere by it. It
changes us.
This book describes the relationship of Christian Public Theology
to other religions and their ways of contributing to the common
good. It also promotes mutual learning processes in public
education to strengthen the public role and responsibility of
religions in pluralistic societies. This volume brings together not
only public education and public theology, but also scholars from a
variety of disciplines such as philosophy, cultural studies, and
sociology, and from different parts of the world. By doing so, the
book intends to widen the horizon and provide fresh impulses for
public theology as well as the discourse on public religious
education.
This workbook accompanies Wayne Grudem's highly regarded Systematic
Theology. Following the textbook's structure, it features review
material and exercises for every chapter, and all major areas of
Christian doctrine are covered, including: The Word of God God
Humanity Christ and the Holy Spirit The Application of Redemption
The Church The Future The workbook further maintains the clear
writing, friendly tone, and frequent applications to life found in
the textbook. Students will benefit from this hands-on engagement
with the important teachings in Systematic Theology.
Many theologians and Christian philosophers have given considerable
attention to the theory of knowledge in recent years. However, the
rich resources of the biblical literature on questions of
knowledge, especially the knowledge of God, have hardly begun to be
mined because biblical scholars have rarely posed such questions to
the texts. In this volume, Catholic and Protestant biblical
scholars reflect on what different parts of the Bible may have to
contribute to our understanding of knowledge in general, and the
knowledge of God in particular. Chapters on Deuteronomy, the
Psalms, the Prophets, Wisdom literature, Luke-Acts, Johannine
literature and Paul's letters reveal something of the Bible's
diverse and nuanced approach to the issues. The book ends with some
reflections on the material from a theologian and from a Christian
philosopher.
What does it mean to forgive? The answer is widely assumed to be
self-evident but critical analysis quickly reveals the complexities
of the subject. Forgiveness has traditionally been the preserve of
Christian theology, though in the last half century - and at an
accelerating pace - psychologists, lawyers, politicians and moral
philosophers have all been making an important contribution to
questions about and our understanding of the subject. Anthony Bash
offers a vigorous restatement of the Christian view of forgiveness
in critical dialogue with those both within and without the
Christian tradition. Forgiveness is a much more complicated subject
than many theologians recognize. Bash explores the relevance of the
theoretical discussion of the topic to recent events such as the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, post-Holocaust
trials, the aftermath of 9/11 and July 7 and various high-profile
criminal cases.
In this Bible-saturated meditation on the nature of saving faith,
John Piper argues that the spiritual affection of treasuring Christ
belongs to the very essence of saving faith. If Christ is not
embraced as our supreme treasure, he is not embraced for who he is.
Betty Eadie died after an operation, but was later to recover. It was during the intervening period of a few hours that she had what has been described as the most profound near-death experience ever. Her description of her experience is one of the most convincing arguments for the existence of life after death.
Betty?s story is both inspiring and moving. She came back from her experiences with an almost photographic memory, and saw more perhaps than anyone has ever seen before.
In Embraced by the Light, Betty Eadie recalls the people she met, the truths she learned and the magnificent realities of the spirit world.
The message she was given during her near-death experience has filled countless people with hope, and changed her life forever. Reading this fascinating, dramatic and thought-provoking book may change yours too.
Christian Ethics and Commonsense Morality goes against the grain of
various postmodern approaches to morality in contemporary religious
ethics. In this book, Jung seeks to provide a new framework in
which the nature of common Christian moral beliefs and practices
can be given a new meaning. He suggests that, once major
philosophical assumptions behind postmodern theories of morality
are called into question, we may look at Christian morality in
quite a different light. On his account, Christian morality is a
historical morality insofar as it is rooted in the rich historical
traditions of the Christian church. Yet this kind of historical
dependence does not entail the evidential dependence of all moral
beliefs on historical traditions. It is possible to argue for the
epistemic autonomy of moral beliefs, according to which Christian
and other moral beliefs can be justified independently of their
historical sources. The particularity of Christian morality lies
not in its particular historical sources that also function as the
grounds of justification, but rather in its explanatory and
motivational capacity to further articulate the kind of moral
knowledge that is readily available to most human beings and to
enable people to act upon their moral knowledge.
While many scholars in Shakespeare and Religious Studies assume a
secularist viewpoint in their interpretation of Shakespeare's
works, there are others that allow for a theologically coherent
reading. Located within the turn to religion in Shakespeare
studies, this book goes beyond the claim that Shakespeare simply
made artistic use of religious material in his drama. It argues
that his plays inhabit a complex and rich theological atmosphere,
individually, by genre and as a body of work. The book begins by
acknowledging that a plot-controlling God figure, or even a
consistent theological dogma, is largely absent in the plays of
Shakespeare. However, it argues that this absence is not
necessarily a sign of secularization, but functions in a
theologically generative manner. It goes on to suggest that the
plays reveal a consistent, if variant, attention to the theological
possibility of a divine "presence" mediated through human wit, both
in gracious and malicious forms. Without any prejudice for divine
intervention, the plots actually gesture on many turns toward a
hidden supernatural "actor", or God. Making bold claims about the
artistic and theological of Shakespeare's work, this book will be
of interest to scholars of Theology and the Arts, Shakespeare and
Literature more generally.
Theology and Climate Change examines Progressive Dominion Theology
(PDT) as a primary cultural driver of anthropogenic climate change.
PDT is a distinctive and Western form of Christian theology out of
which the modern scientific revolution and technological modernity
arises. Basic attitudes to nature, to instrumental power over
nature, and to an understanding of humanity's relationship with
nature are a function of the deep theological preconditions of
Western modernity. Much of what we like about Western modernity is
indebted to PDT at the same time that this tacit cultural theology
is propelling us towards climate disaster. This text argues that
the urgent need to change the fundamental operational assumptions
of our way of life is now very hard for us to do, because secular
modernity is now largely unaware of its tacit theological
commitments. Modern consumer society, including the global economy
that supports this way of life, could not have the operational
signatures it currently has without its distinctive theological
origin and its ongoing submerged theological assumptions. Some
forms of Christian theology are now acutely aware of this dynamic
and are determined to change the modern life-world, from first
assumptions up, in order to avert climate disaster. At the same
time that other forms of Christian theology - aligned with
pragmatic fossil fuel interests - advance climate change skepticism
and overtly uphold PDT. Theology is, in fact, crucially integral
with the politics of climate change, but this is not often
understood in anything more than simplistic and polemically
expedient ways in environmental and policy contexts. This text aims
to dis-imbed climate change politics from polarized and unfruitful
slinging-matches between conservatives and progressives of all or
no religious commitments. This fascinating volume is a must read
for those with an interest in environmental policy concerns and in
culturally embedded first-order belief commitments.
What happens to us when we die? Will heaven be a place of fluffy
clouds, angels and cherubs playing harps? Is the Christian faith
just about securing a place in heaven when we die? In What on Earth
is Heaven? James Paul explores the radical truth of what the Bible
says about heaven and the afterlife, and its relevance for your
life here and now on earth. Unpacking the biblical story of the
separation and reunion of heaven and earth, he shows that heaven
isn't a place somewhere 'out there' but a dimension of reality -
the dimension where God's will is done. The Good News isn't that we
get to escape to heaven, but that God invites us to be a part of
his plan to bring the kingdom of heaven to our square inch of the
earth. Insightful and accessible, What on Earth is Heaven? is a
book for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the Bible's
teaching on heaven, or anyone who has wondered about the true
meaning of finding heaven on earth. Life-affirming and uplifting,
this book will fire your imagination as to how you can be a part of
bringing heaven to the world around you.
Regarded as the leading text in Christian theology for the last 25
years, Alister E. McGrath s The Christian Theology Reader is now
available in a new 5th edition featuring completely revised and
updated content. * Brings together more than 350 readings from over
200 sources that chart 2,000 years of Christian history * Situates
each reading within the appropriate historical and theological
context with its own introduction, commentary, and study questions
* Includes new readings on world Christianity and feminist,
liberation, and postcolonial theologies, as well as more selections
by female theologians and theologians from the developing world *
Contains additional pedagogical features, such as new discussion
questions and case studies, and a robust website with new videos by
the author to aid student learning * Designed to function as a
stand-alone volume, or as a companion to Christian Theology: An
Introduction, 6th edition, for a complete overview of the subject
Exploring how the Bible may be appropriately used in practical and
public theology, this book looks at types of modern practical
theology with specific emphasis on the use of the Bible. Bennett
juxtaposes the diversity of modern practical theology with the work
of leading nineteenth-century public 'theologian', John Ruskin, and
then assesses the contribution of this analysis to some modern
issues of public importance in which the Bible is used. The final
chapter offers a framework for a biblically informed critical
practical theology which draws on the writer's experience and
invites the readers to engage their own.
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