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1 & 2 Peter (Paperback)
Douglas Harink; Edited by (general) R. Reno; Series edited by Robert Jenson, Robert Wilken, Ephraim Radner, …
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This addition to the well-received Brazos Theological Commentary on
the Bible offers a theological exegesis of 1 & 2 Peter. This
commentary, like each in the series, is designed to serve the
church--through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so
forth--and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical
viability of theological interpretation of the Bible. "The Brazos
Theological Commentary exists to provide an accessible authority so
that the preacher's application will be a ready bandage for all the
hurts of life. The Brazos Commentary offers just the right level of
light to make illuminating the word the joy it was meant to
be."--Calvin Miller, author of A Hunger for the Holy and Loving God
Up Close
The theme of justice pervades the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
And all Christians agree that justice is important. We often
disagree, however, about what justice means, both in Scripture and
for us today. Many turn to Old Testament laws, the prophets, and
the life of Jesus to find biblical guidance on justice, but few
think of searching the letters of Paul. Readers frequently miss a
key source, a writing in which justice is actually the central
concern: the book of Romans. In Resurrecting Justice, theologian
Douglas Harink invites readers to rediscover Romans as a treatise
on justice. He traces Paul's thinking on this theme through a
sequential reading of the book, finding in each passage facets of
the gospel's primary claim-that God accomplishes justice in the
death and resurrection of Jesus Messiah. By rendering forms of the
Greek word dikaiosyne as "just" or "justice," Harink emphasizes the
inseparability of personal, social, and political uprightness that
was clear to Paul but is obscured in modern translations' use of
the words "righteous" and "righteousness" instead. Throughout this
book, Harink includes personal reflection questions and
contemporary implications, helping readers connect Paul's teaching
to issues in their world such as church life, politics, power,
criminal justice, and violence. Romans demands nothing less than a
fundamental rethinking of all things in the light of the gospel.
And in Romans the life, death, resurrection, and exaltation of
Jesus makes all the difference in how we think about justice.
Resurrecting Justice makes clear that the good news of a justice
that can come only from God is crucial not only for individual
lives but for all peoples and nations of the world.
Douglas Harink's "Paul Among the Postliberals "sheds new light on
Paul's letters by creating links between contemporary scholarship
and the writings of theologians such as Stanley Hauerwas and John
Howard Yoder. Harink argues that Paul's central doctrine of
justification by faith has been widely misunderstood; he emphasizes
instead that the goal of the gospel is to free Christians for
faithful action.
Reading Paul in dialogue with Yoder and Hauerwas, Harink outlines
the political ramifications of Paul's writings, calling the church
to embrace, rather than avoid, the political realm. Finally,
drawing on the Pauline doctrine of God's election of Israel, "Paul
Among the Postliberals" addresses the need for a Christian theology
of Israel and Judaism.
Pastors, teachers, students, and anyone seeking a more thorough
understanding of Paul's letters will take a keen interest in "Paul
Among the Postliberals."
Synopsis: Ernst Kasemann famously claimed that apocalyptic is the
mother of Christian theology. J. Louis Martyn's radical
interpretation of the overarching significance of apocalyptic in
Paul's theology has pushed Kasemann's claim further and deeper.
Still, despite the recognition that apocalyptic is at the core of
New Testament and Pauline theology, modern theology has often
dismissed, domesticated, or demythologized early Christian
apocalyptic. A renewed interest in taking apocalyptic seriously is
one of the most exciting developments in recent theology. The
essays in this volume, taking their point of departure from the
work of Martyn (and Kasemann), wrestle critically with the promise
(and possible peril) of the apocalyptic transformation of Christian
theology. With original contributions from established scholars
(including Beverly Gaventa, Stanley Hauerwas, Robert Jenson, Walter
Lowe, Joseph Mangina, Christopher Morse, and Fleming Rutledge) as
well as younger voices, this volume makes a substantial
contribution to the discussion of apocalyptic and theology today. A
unique feature of the book is a personal reflection on Ernst
Kasemann by J. Louis Martyn himself. Endorsement: "Many Pauline
scholars have long recognized the importance of Martyn's
apocalyptic reading of Paul's gospel in Galatians, while some view
it as the sine qua non of accurate work on Paul. But questions then
arise: where should interpreters go after Martyn? What other
interpretative trajectories need to be engaged? And how should the
apocalyptic reading be teased out further? This collection is an
array of vigorous responses to these questions, whose diversity
indicates the debate will certainly continue, and whose depth
suggests the conversation will be rich and significant." --Douglas
A. Campbell, Associate Professor of New Testament, Duke Divinity
School "In conversation with the groundbreaking work on New
Testament apocalyptic by Louis Martyn, this excellent collection of
essays illuminates the current challenging contours of apocalyptic
theology. Bringing together New Testament scholars and Christian
theologians, this is an important, compelling book not to be
missed." --Travis Kroeker, Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster
University "This is as distinguished a collection on the relation
between apocalyptic and theology as can be imagined. If the whole
is more than the sum of its parts, each essay makes a decisive
contribution to figuring a relation that is profoundly constructive
and generative. The collection represents a fitting tribute to the
pioneering work of the biblical scholar Louis Martyn." --Cyril
O'Regan, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame Author
Biography: Joshua B. Davis (PhD, Vanderbilt) has been Visiting
Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign and has taught courses for the Loyola
University (Chicago) Institute for Pastoral Studies. His research
and writing interests include modern Roman Catholic theology,
Continental philosophy, and the doctrines of grace, creation, and
divine and human agency. Douglas Harink is Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Professor of Theology at The King's University College in
Edmonton, Canada. He is the author of Paul among the Postliberals
(2003) and 1 & 2 Peter (2009) in the Brazos Theological
Commentary on the Bible, and the editor of Paul, Philosophy and the
Theopolitical Vision (2010) in the Theopolitical Visions series
published by Cascade.
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