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A landmark book answering the greatest philosophical questions of our time, from Yale's leading theologians.
We are facing a crisis of meaning. Swept up in the obstacles of the day-to-day, the deeper questions of our fundamental purpose linger just beneath the surface of our personal lives and our collective culture. What we need is to seek the truth.
In A Life Worth Living, Yale's leading theologians Volf, Croasmun and McAnnally-Linz offer a deep dive beneath the levels of habit, strategy and introspection to the bedrock question of what kind of life is truly worth living. Inspired by the leading Yale course of the same, this perspective-shifting book will guide you through life's biggest questions. Drawing on the world's greatest religious and philosophical traditions, this is your path to understanding the true meaning of life.
What kind of life would be truly worth wanting? What kind of world
would be truly worth seeking? How should we live? We are facing a
crisis of meaning. Swept up in the obstacles of the day-to-day, the
deeper questions of our fundamental purpose linger just beneath the
surface of our personal lives and our collective culture. What we
need is to seek the truth. In A Life Worth Living, Yale's leading
theologians Volf, Croasmun and McAnnally-Linz offer a deep dive
beneath the levels of habit, strategy and introspection to the
bedrock question of what kind of life is truly worth living.
Inspired by the leading Yale course of the same, this
perspective-shifting book will guide you through life's biggest
questions. Drawing on the world's greatest religious and
philosophical traditions, this is your path to understanding the
true meaning of life.
Christianity Today 2020 Book Award (Award of Merit,
Theology/Ethics) Outreach 2020 Recommended Resource of the Year
(Theology and Biblical Studies) The question of what makes life
worth living is more vital now than ever. In today's pluralistic,
postsecular world, universal values are dismissed as mere matters
of private opinion, and the question of what constitutes
flourishing life--for ourselves, our neighbors, and the planet as a
whole--is neglected in our universities, our churches, and our
culture at large. Although we increasingly have technology to do
almost anything, we have little sense of what is truly worth
accomplishing. In this provocative new contribution to public
theology, world-renowned theologian Miroslav Volf (named "America's
New Public Intellectual" by Scot McKnight on his Jesus Creed blog)
and Matthew Croasmun explain that the intellectual tools needed to
rescue us from our present malaise and meet our new cultural
challenge are the tools of theology. A renewal of theology is
crucial to help us articulate compelling visions of the good life,
find our way through the maze of contested questions of value, and
answer the fundamental question of what makes life worth living.
We live in the midst of a crisis of home. It is evident in the
massive uprooting and migration of millions across the globe, in
the anxious nationalism awaiting immigrants in their destinations,
in the unhoused populations in wealthy cities, in the fractured
households of families, and in the worldwide destruction of
habitats and international struggles for dominance. It is evident,
perhaps more quietly but just as truly, in the aching sense that
there is nowhere we truly belong. In this moment, the Christian
faith has been disappointingly inept in its response. We need a
better witness to the God who created, loves, and reconciles this
world, who comes to dwell among us. This book tells the "story of
everything" in which God creates the world as the home for humans
and for God in communion with God's creatures. The authors render
the story of creation, redemption, and consummation through the
lens of God's homemaking work and show the theological fruit of
telling the story this way. The result is a vision that can inspire
creative Christian living in our various homes today in
faithfulness to God's ongoing work.
From its English publication in 1973, Jrgen Moltmanns The Crucified
God garnered much attention, and it has become one of the seminal
texts of twentieth-century theology. Moltmann proposes that
suffering is not a problem to be solved but instead that suffering
is an aspect of Gods very being: God is love, and love invariably
involves suffering. In this view, the crucifixion of Jesus is an
event that affects the entirety of the Trinity, showing that The
Crucified God is more than an arresting titleit is a theological
breakthrough.
We are at our human best when we give and forgive. But we live in a
world in which it makes little sense to do either one. In our
increasingly graceless culture, where can we find the motivation to
give? And how do we learn to forgive when forgiving seems
counterintuitive or even futile? A deeply personal yet profoundly
thoughtful book, Free of Charge explores these questions--and the
further questions to which they give rise--in light of God's
generosity and Christ's sacrifice for us. Miroslav Volf draws from
popular culture as well as from a wealth of literary and
theological sources, weaving his rich reflections around the sturdy
frame of Paul's vision of God's grace and Martin Luther's
interpretation of that vision. Blending the best of theology and
spirituality, he encourages us to echo in our own lives God's
generous giving and forgiving. A fresh examination of two practices
at the heart of the Christian faith--giving and forgiving--the
Archbishop of Canterbury's Lenten study book for 2006 is at the
same time an introduction to Christianity. Even more, it is a
compelling invitation to Christian faith as a way of life.
"Miroslav Volf, one of the most celebrated theologians of our day,
offers us a unique interweaving of intense reflection, vivid and
painfully personal stories and sheer celebration of the giving God
. . . I cannot remember having read a better account of what it
means to say that Jesus suffered for us in our place." -- Dr. Rowan
Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
Covering such timely issues as witness in a multifaith society and
political engagement in a pluralistic world, this compelling book
highlights things Christians can do to serve the common good. Now
in paperback.
Praise for the cloth edition
Named one of the "Top 100 Books" and one of the "Top 10 Religion
Books" of 2011 by "Publishers Weekly
""Accessible, wise guidance for people of all faiths."--"Publishers
Weekly" (starred review)
"Highly original. . . . The book deserves a wide audience and is
one that will affect its readers well after they have turned the
final page."--"Christianity Today" (5-star review)
What do the fields, rivers, and streams that provide food have to
do with the God who created them? How do we become at home in this
world where so many hunger for food, for companionship, or for the
presence of God? "Scripture is also a feast." As an invitation to
feast at the table of God's word, The Hunger for Home explores the
deepest human longings for home through the simple ingredients of
bread, water, wine, and stories. Matthew Croasmun and Miroslav Volf
read the meals of the Gospel of Luke as stories of God eating with
God's people. By making a common home with us in this way, God
turns all our meals into invitations to eat in God's home-a home
with a seat open for all who are willing. No longer is bread simply
fuel for getting through the day, but also a call to be present to
the agricultural workers, grocers, chefs, friends, and strangers
with whom food connects us: everyone God is calling to the banquet.
As Croasmun and Volf show, Luke gives us an image of creation at
home by bringing God into the home, as it was always meant to be.
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
Yale University religion scholar Miroslav Volf--widely known for
the much-publicized course on faith and globalization he coteaches
with Tony Blair--places this question at the root of the
twenty-first century's most sensitive, and critical, geopolitical
concerns. Volf reveals how the prevalent belief that these
traditions worship different gods is directly linked to increased
hostility and violence around the globe. Theological wars fuel real
wars.
Celebrated Theologian Offers Wisdom for Civic Engagement Christian
citizens have a responsibility to make political and ethical
judgments in light of their faith and to participate in the public
lives of their communities--from their local neighborhoods to the
national scene. But it can be difficult to discern who to vote for,
which policies to support, and how to respond to the social and
cultural trends of our time. This nonpartisan handbook offers
Christians practical guidance for thinking through complicated
public issues and faithfully following Jesus as citizens of their
countries. The book focuses on enduring Christian commitments that
should guide readers in their judgments and encourages legitimate
debate among Christians over how to live out core values. The book
also includes lists of resources for further reflection in each
chapter and "room for debate" questions to consider.
This collection of the finest contemporary Christian writing is "a
prime example of diverse beliefs among Christians."-- Los Angeles
Times
This year's volume brings together an elegant and engaging array
of essays by Christian luminaries tackling relevant issues. These
writers distill the riches of belief into lucid explorations of
faith and truth, reflecting the many dimensions of today's
Christianity.
Includes contributions from a diverse group of distinguished
writers:
David Batstone
J. Bottum
Andy Crouch
Scott Derrickson
Jennifer Holberg
Philip Jenkins
Douglas Jones
Jeremy Lott
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Wilfred M. McClay
Kathleen Norris
Julie Polter
The Preacher
James Calvin Schaap
Lewis B. Smedes
John D. Spalding
Tim Stafford
James R. Van Tholen
Lauren F. Winner
Albert Louis Zambone
Wendy Murray Zoba
In a time when academic theology often neglects the lived practices
of the Christian community, this volume seeks to bring balance to
the situation by showing the dynamic link between the task of
theology and the practices of the Christian life. The work of
thirteen first-rate theologians from several cultural and Christian
perspectives, these informed and informative essays explore the
relationship between Christian theology and practice in the daily
lives of believers, in the ministry of Christian communities, and
as a needed focus within Christian education. Contributors: -
Dorothy C. Bass Nancy Bedford Gilbert Bond Sarah Coakley Craig
Dykstra Reinhard Hutter L. Gregory Jones Serene Jones Amy Plantinga
Pauw Christine Pohl Kathryn Tanner Miroslav Volf Tammy Williams-
In "After Our Likeness," the inaugural volume in the Sacra Doctrina
series, Miroslav Volf explores the relationship between persons and
community in Christian theology. The focus is the community of
grace, the Christian church. The point of departure is the thought
of the first Baptist, John Smyth, and the notion of church as
"gathered community" that he shared with Radical Reformers.Volf
seeks to counter the tendencies toward individualism in Protestant
ecclesiology and to suggest a viable understanding of the church in
which both person and community are given their proper due. In the
process he engages in a sustained and critical ecumenical dialogue
with the Catholic and Orthodox ecclesiologies of Joseph Cardinal
Ratzinger and the metropolitan John Zizioulas. The result is a
brilliant ecumenical study that spells out a vision of the church
as an image of the triune God.
A celebrated theologian explores how the greatest dangers to
humanity, as well as the greatest promises for human flourishing,
are at the intersection of religion and globalization More than
almost anything else, globalization and the great world religions
are shaping our lives, affecting everything from the public
policies of political leaders and the economic decisions of
industry bosses and employees, to university curricula, all the way
to the inner longings of our hearts. Integral to both globalization
and religions are compelling, overlapping, and sometimes competing
visions of what it means to live well. In this perceptive, deeply
personal, and beautifully written book, a leading theologian sheds
light on how religions and globalization have historically
interacted and argues for what their relationship ought to be.
Recounting how these twinned forces have intersected in his own
life, he shows how world religions, despite their malfunctions,
remain one of our most potent sources of moral motivation and
contain within them profoundly evocative accounts of human
flourishing. Globalization should be judged by how well it serves
us for living out our authentic humanity as envisioned within these
traditions. Through renewal and reform, religions might, in turn,
shape globalization so that can be about more than bread alone.
On reclaiming the moral roots of capitalism for a virtuous future
For good or ill, the capitalism we have is the capitalism we have
chosen, says Kenneth Barnes. Capitalism works, and the challenge
before us is not to change its structure but to address the moral
vacuum at the core of its current practice. In Redeeming Capitalism
Barnes explores the history and workings of this sometimes-brutal
economic system. He investigates the effects of postmodernism and
unpacks biblical-theological teachings on work and wealth.
Proposing virtuous choices as a way out of such pitfalls as the
recent global financial crisis, Barnes envisions a more just and
flourishing capitalism for the good of all.
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