Andrew W. Hass

Facing the Fiend

Arts & Literature

“If Baillie is right that 'evil cannot be understood in its being, but in its expression'--and I am entirely convinced she is--then this book itself is a splendid expression of that very phenomenon, as it lays out the various masks of a character we have long learned to loathe, but can now, under the author's thoughtful guidance, appreciate anew.”

Hope and the Longing for Utopia

Theology

“This is a strong and timely volume that, in its counter to the dystopic tendencies of the last hundred years, offers significant hope in breaking down the old (and ongoing) divisions between the religious and the secular and between our status in quo and our future longing.”

Literature and Religion

Arts & Literature

“If there is ever a time for a new way of intercultural dialogue, it is now, as the world shrinks and divides in equal measures. Jasper and Ou model for us just such a way. The conversations here, going well beyond comparative studies, are the very ‘enactment of reciprocity,’ conducted in the spirit of unconditional hospitality, and yielding insights germane to not only China and the West, but all sides questioning our shared religious concerns.”

Mother Tongue Theologies

Arts & Literature

“In a world where the reality of globalization pervades our every experience, it is only right we should now have a volume that explores so ably the globalizing of Western Christianity-and not only its theology, but the means of expressing that theology. The re-configuration, and in some cases re-creation, of Christian meaning into local language, as impressively drawn into a collective here, invites us now to think in terms of a transnational aesthetic, one which carries new potential for our understanding of 'transcendence'.”

The Heart Could Never Speak

Philosophy

“In the spirit of Augustine and Merton, Kierkegaard and the later Heidegger, Pattison takes us on a profound poetic journey--his own edifying discourse. Muir, and his one poem, are not just read closely: under the winds of Christian contemplation and existential experience, they become part of a richly expansive landscape of poetry, theology, and philosophy, one open to all travelers interested in the maneuverings of the heart.”

The Scandal of Sacramentality

Theology

“If we wonder why some scandals persist, not for a round of media infamy, but for millennia of controversy and creativity, then this book gives us much insight into what surely is the paragon case study. Whether we are participants in the Eucharistic sacrament, or simply interested in its literary embodiments, there is plenty to be gained from this scholarly reappraisal--and from all its provocations.”