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The doctrine of creation is crucial to the Christian faith, but it
has often been maligned, misinterpreted, or ignored. Some, such as
pagan philosophers and Gnostics, have tended to denigrate the
goodness of the material world. More recently, new questions have
emerged regarding human origins in light of the Darwinian account
of evolution. What does it mean today to both affirm the goodness
of God's creation and anticipate the new creation? The Center for
Pastor Theologians (CPT) seeks to assist pastors in the study and
production of biblical and theological scholarship for the
theological renewal of the church and the ecclesial renewal of
theology. Based on the third annual CPT conference, this volume
brings together the reflections of church leaders, academic
theologians, and scientists on the importance-and the many
dimensions-of the doctrine of creation. Contributors engage with
Scripture and scientific theory, draw on examples from church
history, and delve into current issues in contemporary culture in
order to help Christians understand the beginning and ending of
God's good creation. Based on annual CPT conferences, the volumes
in the Center for Pastor Theologians series bring together the
reflections of pastors and theologians who desire to make ongoing
contributions to the wider scholarly community for the renewal of
both theology and the church.
Humans are sexual creatures. Our sexuality can be a beautiful and
mysterious expression of what it means to be human. But it can also
become distorted and sinful. Perhaps no issue is as urgent for the
church today, or confronts it with as many questions, as human
sexuality: What does it mean to fulfill God's will through our
sexuality? To what extent should our sexuality define who we are?
How can we navigate cultural trends around sexuality while being
faithful to Scripture? The Center for Pastor Theologians (CPT)
seeks to assist pastors in the study and production of biblical and
theological scholarship for the theological renewal of the church
and the ecclesial renewal of theology. Based on the 2016 annual CPT
conference, this volume brings together the reflections of church
leaders and academic theologians who seek to answer the urgent
questions concerning human sexuality. Contributors engage with
Scripture, draw on examples from church history, and delve into
current issues in contemporary culture, including embodiment,
marriage, homosexuality, pornography, transgenderism, and gender
dysphoria. Beauty, Order, and Mystery tackles difficult questions
with discernment in order to offer a theological vision of faithful
human sexuality for the church. Based on annual CPT conferences,
the volumes in the Center for Pastor Theologians series bring
together the reflections of pastors and theologians who desire to
make ongoing contributions to the wider scholarly community for the
renewal of both theology and the church.
Throughout his ministry, Jesus consistently demonstrated his
concern and love for the whole person: soul, mind, and body. That
task is carried forward today by pastors and church leaders, who
are called to care for people in the midst of individual
circumstances as well as seismic cultural shifts. How might that
calling be informed by recent developments in psychology? How
should the church attend to matters of mental health? How might
psychology and counseling aid us in our spiritual formation? Based
on the 2018 Center for Pastor Theologians conference, this volume
brings together reflections by pastors, theologians, and
psychologists who explore the relationships among three fields of
study-theological anthropology, spiritual formation, and modern
psychology. The result is a vibrant whole-person theology that can
aid the church today in its centuries-old call to care for the
soul, mind, and body. Based on annual CPT conferences, the volumes
in the Center for Pastor Theologians series bring together the
reflections of pastors and theologians who desire to make ongoing
contributions to the wider scholarly community for the renewal of
both theology and the church.
The roles of pastor and theologian have gone their separate ways.
Throughout much of the church's history, these two roles have been
deeply intertwined, but in our contemporary setting, a troubling
bifurcation between them has developed. The result has been a
theologically weakened church and an ecclesially weakened theology.
The Center for Pastor Theologians (CPT) seeks to overcome this
divide by assisting pastors in the study and production of biblical
and theological scholarship for the theological renewal of the
church and the ecclesial renewal of theology. Based on the first
CPT conference in 2015, this volume brings together the reflections
of church leaders and academic theologians to consider how pastoral
ministry and theological scholarship might be reconnected once
again. The contributors consider several facets of the complex
identity of the pastor theologian, including the biblical, public,
and political dimensions of this calling. In addition, the essays
explore the insights that can be gained from historical examples of
pastor theologians-including John Calvin, John Henry Newman and
Dietrich Bonhoeffer-as well as the essential role of Scripture
within the ministry of the pastor theologian.
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