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How does God respond to trauma in a world full of horrors? Beyond
their physical and emotional toll, the horrors of this world raise
difficult theological and existential questions. Where is God in
the darkest moments of the human experience? Is there any hope for
recovery from the trauma generated by these horrors? There are no
easy answers to these questions. In God of All Comfort, Scott
Harrower addresses these questions head on. Using the Gospel of
Matthew as a backdrop, he argues for a Trinitarian approach to
horrors, showing how God-in his triune nature-reveals himself to
those who have experienced trauma. He explores the many ways God
relates restoratively with humanity, showing how God's light shines
through the darkness of trauma.
Embedded within the texts of (1) The Scilitan martyrs, (2) The
account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, (3) The
martyrdom of Marian and James, (4) and The martyrdom of Cyprian of
Carthage there is a powerful guide for living in the aftermath of
trauma. These stories offered pathways to essential elements for
recovery to its historical readership. These include beliefs and a
number of positive religious coping strategies that revolved around
a sense of safety, re-establishing community relationships, an
integrated sense of the self, and the use of the body. This book
vividly demonstrates that hagiographies played a vital role for
helping trauma survivors recover and live in the aftermath of
disaster.
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Dawn of Sunday (Hardcover)
Joshua Cockayne, Scott Harrower, Preston Hill
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Synopsis: In 1967 Karl Rahner famously wrote: "The economic Trinity
is the immanent Trinity, and vice versa." From that time onwards,
Rahner's Rule has become the norm for conceiving the relationship
between the Trinity in the economy of salvation and God's eternal
inner life. Evangelical theologians currently employ Rahner's Rule
in a variety of ways. One of the most popular is the "Strict
Realist Reading" whereby trinitarian relationships in salvation
history are taken to mirror eternal relationships within God. This
book brings this norm into conversation with the witness of
Scripture in order to assess its viability. In doing so, it
highlights troubling issues that arise from the application of the
Strict Realist Reading of Rahner's Rule to the narrative of
Luke-Acts. This book suggests that the Strict Realist Reading can
be shown to be a questionable basis for our doctrine of God's inner
life. Endorsements: "Based on Luke-Acts Scott Harrower has mounted
an exegetical challenge to the strict realist reading of Rahner's
rule that evangelicals would be foolish to avoid. The biblical
accent does not fall on the imitation of the Trinity's inner life
but on the imitation of Christ in the economy of salvation. The
onus is now on those who champion the rule or something like it in
its strict form to meet the challenge." --Dr. Graham A. Cole
Anglican Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford
University Author of Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? (2012)
"The book leverages its investigation of Luke-Acts to lodge a
protest against a widespread, highly influential, but seldom
critically examined movement in modern Trinitarian methodology. . .
. I commend this book as an excellent piece of research theology,
the kind of solid work that captures the theological moment,
advances the next few steps into new territory, and indicates where
future progress lies." --Fred Sanders, from the foreword Associate
Professor in the Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University Author
of The Deep Things of God (2010) "'Rahner's Rule' has exercised
massive influence over recent theology. To this point it has
not-quite surprisingly-been subjected to adequate biblical
scrutiny. In this insightful work, Scott Harrower takes important
steps to provide such scrutiny. The result is a book that will
repay careful study, and even those who are not fully persuaded by
all the arguments will benefit from engagement with it." --Thomas
H. McCall Associate Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology
at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Author of Which Trinity?
Whose Monotheism? (2010) Author Biography: Rev. Dr. Scott Harrower
is Assistant Professor of Theology and History at the Melbourne
School of Theology in Australia. He has authored various articles
in theology and historical theology.
The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers offers an
informative introduction to the extant body of Christian texts that
existed beside and after the New Testament known to us as the
apostolic fathers. Featuring cutting-edge research by leading
scholars, it explores how the early Church expanded and evolved
over the course of the first and second centuries as evidenced by
its textual history. The volume includes thematic essays on
imperial context, the relationship between Christianity and
Judaism, the growth and diversification of the early church,
influences and intertextuality, and female leaders in the early
church. The Companion contains ground-breaking essays on the
individual texts with specific attention given to debates of
authorship, authenticity, dating, and theological texture. The
Companion will serve as an essential resource for instructors and
students of the first two centuries of Christianity.
The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers offers an
informative introduction to the extant body of Christian texts that
existed beside and after the New Testament known to us as the
apostolic fathers. Featuring cutting-edge research by leading
scholars, it explores how the early Church expanded and evolved
over the course of the first and second centuries as evidenced by
its textual history. The volume includes thematic essays on
imperial context, the relationship between Christianity and
Judaism, the growth and diversification of the early church,
influences and intertextuality, and female leaders in the early
church. The Companion contains ground-breaking essays on the
individual texts with specific attention given to debates of
authorship, authenticity, dating, and theological texture. The
Companion will serve as an essential resource for instructors and
students of the first two centuries of Christianity.
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