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About the Contributor(s): Hans W. Frei (1922-1988) was one of the
most important American theologians of his generation. He spent the
majority of his career teaching at Yale Divinity School, where he
authored The Identity of Jesus Christ and The Eclipse of Biblical
Narrative, numerous essays, and a vast collection of unpublished
works, which have since been published posthumously: Types of
Christian Theology, Theology and Narrative, and the forthcoming
Reading Faithfully: Writings from the Archives.
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.
Traditional patterns of educating and training clergy face not only
crises of increasing cost and declining enrollment, but also a
crisis of identity, since at present it is the academy, not the
church, that shapes formation for ministry. This collection of
essays outlines a history and a new vision of the church as the
primary location of ministerial formation for the future of
theological education.
The problem of creationand grace has a long history of contention
within Protestant and Catholic theology, involving not only
internecine conflict within the traditions but fueling, as well,
ecumenical debates that have continued a dogmatic divide. This
volume traces out that conflict in modern Catholic and Protestant
dogmatics and provides a historical genealogy that situates the
origin of the problem within different emphases in the thought of
St. Augustine. The author puts forward an argument and
reconstruction of the problem that overcomes the longstanding
abstractions, elisions, and divisions that have characterized the
theological discussion. What is called for is a reclamation of the
reading of Augustine in Aquinas and Luther, a recovery of an
ethical metaphysics, and a Christological reconstruction of being
and otherness as the path toward a concrete union of creation and
grace.
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