Synopsis: "In this dark, when we all talk at once, some of us must
learn to whistle." In this comprehensive collection of his work,
Craig Keen's voice emerges as that of a theologian who has indeed
learned to whistle. In a day when much of what passes for academic
"theology" is careful to maintain a safe distance from any
determinate act of faith or work of praise, Keen evinces a
single-minded determination to think and to speak, to write and to
live doxologically. And whether writing or lecturing, teaching or
conversing, Keen understands theology to be nothing less than an
invitation to work out one's faith with fear and trembling.
Throughout this volume Keen argues that the life, death, and
resurrection of Jesus disrupt all metaphysical attempts to
determine the reality of "God," and suggests instead that theology
is to be done liturgically and eucharistically-as the work of a
people whose labor is carried out with open hands, free from all
attempts to grasp and control. Keen discusses doctrinal issues-the
Trinity, incarnation, creation-as well as a number of critical
theological concerns-church and culture, justice, holiness,
Christian education-in this light. The result is a profound set of
reflections on the ways in which the word of the cross
simultaneously transgresses our constructions of "God" and gives us
to live transgressively in love. Endorsements: "We've come to
expect from Craig Keen that he will make things theological more
difficult and complex than we thought they were. Then, after
inviting us to accompany him in several unfamiliar paths, he makes
us more trusting of the gospel without insisting that we eschew the
complexity or arrive at a presumptuous conclusion. Masterful
teacher that he is, he proffers only accompaniment, in all the
richness of that term, knowing that each one will find the way only
by being found by the Way. This is the method of these essays. What
they also reveal is a writer whose humility and deference to God's
grace is palpable holiness. Would that this holy way could spread
among theologians." -M. Douglas Meeks Cal Turner Chancellor
Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies Vanderbilt Divinity
School "Talk of self-involving knowledge and performative speech
has become so widespread in recent years that I almost hesitate to
use it. But in relation to Craig Keen's work, there is really no
alternative. Keen's writing is animated by a deep personal desire
for an authentically kenotic existence, and a longing for the
coming of a community of women and men who understand that they
cannot live until they die. There is pain and anguish in these
essays but there is also well-founded hope. I cannot read them
without being reminded very forcibly of the crisis theology of the
young Karl Barth. This is a book to be read and savored-and read
again." -Bruce McCormack Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic
Theology Princeton Theological Seminary Author Biography: Craig
Keen is Professor of Systematic Theology at Azusa Pacific
University, Azusa, California. He is the author of the forthcoming
After Crucifixion (Cascade Books).
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