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How is God sovereign with respect to creation? Does creation affect
God? Does God suffer or change because of creation? If so, how is
this related to Christology? Why have these questions been so
controversial in evangelical theology, even costing some people
their jobs? This book is a collection of lectures given to the
Forum for Evangelical Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological
Seminary. Six theologians answer the questions above from a variety
of perspectives. They draw on resources including the church
fathers, Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Jurgen Moltmann, process
theology, and open theism. In the process of answering the
question, does God suffer? each theologian also illustrates how
responding to this subject requires an examination of other crucial
evangelical issues, such as how we read Scripture and what it means
to proclaim that God is love. Although the writers answer these
questions in a variety of ways, the hope is that engaging in this
conversation together can help evangelicals and all Christians to
speak more faithfully of our sovereign God.
As Christians, we are called to seek the unity of the one body of
Christ. But when it comes to the sacraments, the church has often
been-and remains-divided. What are we to do? Can we still gather
together at the same table? Based on the lectures from the 2017
Wheaton Theology Conference, this volume brings together the
reflections of Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox
theologians, who jointly consider what it means to proclaim the
unity of the body of Christ in light of the sacraments. Without
avoiding or downplaying the genuine theological and sacramental
differences that exist between Christian traditions, what emerges
is a thoughtful consideration of what it means to live with the
difficult, elusive command to be one as the Father and the Son are
one.
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Christian Dying (Hardcover)
George Kalantzis, Matthew Levering; Foreword by J. Todd Billings
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George Kalantzis, Matthew Levering; Foreword by J. Todd Billings
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In this volume noted Evangelical historians and theologians examine
the charge of the supposed "ahistorical nature of Evangelicalism"
and provide a critical, historical examination of the relationship
between the Protestant evangelical heritage and the early church.
In doing so, the contributors show the long and deeply historical
rootedness of the Protestant Reformation and its Evangelical
descendants, as well as underscoring some inherent difficulties
such as the Mercersburg and Oxford movements. In the second part of
the volume, the discussion moves forward, as evangelicals
rediscover the early church-its writings, liturgy, catechesis, and
worship-following the "temporary amnesia" of the earlier part of
the twentieth century. Most essays are accompanied by a substantial
response prompting discussion or offering challenges and
alternative readings of the issue at hand, thus allowing the reader
to enter a conversation already in progress and engage the topic
more fully. This bidirectional look-understanding the historical
background on the one hand and looking forward to the future with
concrete suggestions on the other-forms a more full-orbed argument
for readers who want to understand the rich and deep relationship
between Evangelicalism and the early church. "This unusually
interesting volume combines bracing historical engagement with rare
theological wisdom. Its chapters carefully explore why, how, under
what conditions, and how much contemporary evangelicals should try
to appropriate guidance from the first Christian centuries. A
particularly helpful feature is the paired chapters that promote
the best kind of respectful give and take on contested or difficult
questions. The book is a gem of edifying insight." -Mark Noll
Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
"Here is a collection of essays that invites the reader to wrestle
along with the authors over the query why evangelicals have not
embraced more fully the early church as part of their theological
and ecclesiastical legacy. It is certainly a question of
importance. The appropriation of the early church by essentially
free-church segments of contemporary Christianity remains at the
experimental stage however much momentum it has gained over the
last twenty years. Of varying degrees valuable insights are offered
in this book with which pastoral and academic leadership needs to
grapple for the future of evangelicalism." -D. H. Williams
Professor of Patristics and Historical Theology, Baylor University
George Kalantzis is Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton
College and the director of The Wheaton Center for Early Christian
Studies. He specializes in fourth- and fifth-century Antiochene
theology and hermeneutics, and has written extensively on Theodore
of Mopsuestia, Cyril, and the Nestorian controversy. His most
recent books include Theodore of Mopsuestia: Commentary on John
(2004), the co-edited The Sovereignty of God Debate (2009), Studies
on Patristic Texts and Archaeology (2009), and Life in the Spirit:
Spiritual Formation in Theological Perspective (2010). Andrew
Tooley is the Project Director of the Institute for the Study of
American Evangelicals at Wheaton College. He holds degrees from the
University of Nebraska and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and
is currently completing a PhD in history from the University of
Stirling, Scotland. His research focuses on the religious history
of the United States and Great Britain in the nineteenth century.
Synopsis: Through the available patristic writings Caesar and the
Lamb focuses on the attitudes of the earliest Christians on war and
military service. Kalantzis not only provides the reader with many
new translations of pre-Constantinian texts, he also tells the
story of the struggle of the earliest Church, the communities of
Christ at the margins of power and society, to bear witness to the
nations that enveloped them as they transformed the dominant
narratives of citizenship, loyalty, freedom, power, and control.
Although Kalantzis examines writings on war and military service in
the first three centuries of the Christian Church in an organized
manner, the ways earliest Christians thought of themselves and the
state are not presented here through the lens of antiquarian
curiosity. With theological sensitivity and historical acumen this
companion leads the reader into the world in which Christianity
arose and asks questions of the past that help us understand the
early character of the Christian faith with the hope that such an
enterprise will also help us evaluate its expression in our own
time. Endorsement: "Kalantzis's skills as a historian shine in this
remarkable, illuminating history. But his narration is much more
than a fine historical survey; it is also a profound engagement
with the theological and ethical reasons on why this history
matters. Historians, theologians, ethicists, and anyone interested
in discovering the witness of the early church are in his debt for
such careful work. Any future discussion on the early church's
response to war, and the Constantinian shift that occurred, must
now pass through Caesar and the Lamb, or be ignored as incomplete."
--D. Stephen Long, Professor of Systematic Theology, Marquette
University "Caesar and the Lamb is a wonderful collection of
pertinent voices from the early church on war and military service
that will be of interest to laity, students, and scholars. But it
is also much more than this. Kalantzis brings new insight to these
texts with his brilliant introduction, placing the conversation in
its proper context of identities, worldviews, and ways of life. The
result is a collection with surprising and refreshing relevance
today." --Daniel M. Bell, Jr., Professor of Theology and Ethics,
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary "Caesar and the Lamb offers
a valuable deepening of our understanding, not only of early
Christian teachings and practices related to violence, but also the
social-cultural-religious practices of the Roman Empire and the
Roman military. This book contains both a helpful collection of the
primary Christian texts and a substantial interpretive discussion.
A significant addition to a growing Christian library of resources
on this critical issue." --David P. Gushee, Professor of Christian
Ethics, Mercer University Author Biography: George Kalantzis is
Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton College where he also
directs The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies. He
specializes in fourth- and fifth-century historical theology, and
has written extensively on Theodore of Mopsuestia, Cyril, and the
Nestorian controversy. His has recently co-edited The Sovereignty
of God Debate (Cascade 2009), Life in the Spirit: Spiritual
Formation in Theological Perspective (2010), and Evangelicals and
the Early Church: Recovery, Reform, Renewal (Cascade 2011).
Description: How is God sovereign with respect to creation? Does
creation affect God? Does God suffer or change because of creation?
If so, how is this related to Christology? Why have these questions
been so controversial in evangelical theology, even costing some
people their jobs? This book is a collection of lectures given to
the Forum for Evangelical Theology at Garrett-Evangelical
Theological Seminary. Six theologians answer the questions above
from a variety of perspectives. They draw on resources including
the church fathers, Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Jurgen Moltmann,
process theology, and open theism. In the process of answering the
question, does God suffer? each theologian also illustrates how
responding to this subject requires an examination of other crucial
evangelical issues, such as how we read Scripture and what it means
to proclaim that God is love. Although the writers answer these
questions in a variety of ways, the hope is that engaging in this
conversation together can help evangelicals and all Christians to
speak more faithfully of our sovereign God. Endorsements: ""Dante
may have located the debate between divine sovereignty and human
freedom in one of the circles of hell, but reading these sprightly
and well-argued essays was, by contrast, a real pleasure. In an age
where divine suffering is considered the 'new orthodoxy, ' it is
most refreshing to hear what six theologians have to say about
divine sovereignty. The main theistic positions--classical, open,
process--all have able representatives as their champions, and the
inclusion of responses allows the authors to do more than talk past
one another. This book lives up to its title."" --Kevin J.
Vanhoozer Research Professor of Systematic Theology Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School About the Contributor(s): D. Stephen
Long is Professor of Systematic Theology at Marquette University.
His most recent publications include Theology and Culture (Cascade,
2007), Calculated Futures, John Wesley's Moral Theology: The Quest
for God and Goodness, and Speaking of God: Theology, Language and
Truth (forthcoming). George Kalantzis is Associate Professor of
Theology at Wheaton College. His work has appeared in a number of
theological and ecclesial journals, including Ephemerides
Theologicae Lovanienses, Augustinianum, Studia Patristica, and St.
Vladimir's Theological Quarterly. His recent books include Theodore
of Mopsuestia: Commentary on the Gospel of John (Early Christian
Studies 7) and the forthcoming coedited volume, If These Stones
Could Speak: Texts and Contexts.
The history of the church's relationship with governing authorities
unfolds from its beginnings at the intersection of apprehension and
acceptance, collaboration and separation. This volume is dedicated
to helping students chart this complex narrative through early
Christian writings from the first six centuries of the Common Era.
Church and Empire is part of Ad Fontes: Early Christian Sources, a
series designed to present ancient Christian texts essential to an
understanding of Christian theology, ecclesiology, and practice.
The books in the series will make the wealth of early Christian
thought available to new generations of students of theology and
provide a valuable resource for the' church. The volumes will
provide a representative sampling of theological contributions from
both East and West. The series provides volumes that are relevant
for a variety of courses: from introduction to theology to classes
on doctrine and the development of Christian thought.The goal of
each volume is to be representative enough to denote for a
non-specialist audience the multivalent character of early
Christian thought, allowing readers to see how and why early
Christian doctrine and practice developed the way it did.
This volume, edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and George Kalantzis,
marks another compilation from the Wheaton Theology Conference.
2009's event produced the wealth of work represented here exploring
the theological foundations for a faithful approach to the church
practices that contribute to spiritual formation, that is, to our
sanctification in the power of the Holy Spirit. Including essays
from keynote speakers Dallas Willard and Gordon Fee as well as
contributing essays by noted presenters such as Chris Hall, David
Gushee, Linda Cannell, Cherith Fee Nordling and Lawrence
Cunningham, this book offers a stimulating exploration of the
historical, biblical and theological dimensions of spiritual
formation. It will be of special interest to those who serve as
pastors, spiritual directors, church ministry leaders and Christian
educators.
Wealth and Poverty in Early Christianity is part of Ad Fontes:
Early Christian Sources, a series designed to present ancient
Christian texts essential to an understanding of Christian
theology, ecclesiology, and practice. This volume is designed to
introduce the reader to the broad range of texts that reflect early
Christian thoughts and practices on the topic of wealth and
poverty.Developed in light of recent Patristic scholarship, the
volumes will provide a representative sampling of theological
contributions from both East and West. The series aims to provide
volumes that are relevant for a variety of courses: from
introduction to theology to classes on doctrine and the development
of Christian thought. The goal of each volume is not to be
exhaustive, but rather representative enough to denote for a
non-specialist audience the multivalent character of early
Christian thought, allowing readers to see how and why early
Christian doctrine and practice developed the way it did.
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