David F. Ford
Biography
David F. Ford wrote The Shape of Living, and co-wrote Glorification and the Life of Faith with Ashley Cocksworth.
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“David Mahan is a superb close reader of poetry and also a rich theological thinker. This book shows how poetry and theology can come together to light up the great questions of human life today. Above all, his profound engagement with three fascinating poets--O'Siadhail, Williams, and Hill--will expand the circle of those who recognize their great significance for the twenty-first century.”
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“How to think about Jesus Christ is a key question for the twenty-first century--not only for the hundreds of millions of Christians but also for many others involved in religion, ethics, politics, culture, education, gender issues, and other areas. Wustenberg clearly identifies the main challenges facing those who want to understand and respond to Jesus Christ today and then opens up ways of engaging intelligently and imaginatively with them. The result is a fine book, rooted in broad scholarship and a range of contemporary involvements with which to think about this fascinating topic.”
Theology
“Here one of the greatest living theologians further opens up one of her core themes. The combination of scholarship, imagination, lived experience and profound, daring thought is gripping and inspiring. Above all the cross shows the depths of life and of God together, and the result is a powerful prophetic wisdom for our times.”
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“There is a great need for a substantial, lively, and wise Protestant theology of the church, and Greggs is producing it. And he gives us even more: a beautiful architecture that works for this first volume and yet is open to the next two; daring, liberating insights and verdicts on major issues; and a profound, prophetic vision of what the church--local, regional, and international--is called to be in the twenty-first century. Whatever denomination you are in, and indeed if you are not attached to any, this is a book in which to immerse yourself and then to take as a companion as you let it shape and inspire your imagination, thought, prayer, and love.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
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Church Leadership & Ministry
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Theology
“Ellen Charry has the gift of making deep connections between theology and ordinary life. In happiness she has identified a wonderful theme through which to explore some of the heights and depths of human existence. She revels in her topic and constantly draws the reader into fruitful, wise reflection on important matters.”
World Religions
“This very important work distills a lifetime of scholarship, prayer, profound thought, and practical action. It gives a discerning, in-depth, and clear description of Judaism past and present, together with an attractive vision for its future. And its deeply Jewish prophetic wisdom is relevant far beyond Judaism. This is a God-centered vision that can inspire other religions to sound their own depths and to engage with each other afresh in our fragmented twenty-first-century world. Goshen-Gottstein is already a towering, trusted figure in global interreligious engagement; in this long-awaited culmination, he opens up for readers the heart of what has inspired him.”
History & Biography
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Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“World-class scholarship, deep theology, and a Christian spirituality for our century come together with clarity and accessibility in this superb opening up of John’s Gospel. Dorothy Lee has distilled for us the wisdom of decades spent engaging with the overflowing meaning of this glorious text. This book consequently, like the Gospel of John itself, can teach and inspire a wide range of readers.”
Theology
“This book is a gem. Owen Cummings is a knowledgeable, experienced theologian and a good communicator. He has chosen eight superb texts in which Christians from different traditions make profound points, and he draws out their relevance to the churches today as they relate to each other and to the twenty-first-century world. Through it all he manages to combine wisdom with a passion for the unity of the church in love and truth. The conclusion offers some excellent practical suggestions for using the book and the texts it talks about to help achieve that unity.”
Theology
“Hans Frei was probably the greatest American theologian of the twentieth century, and his thought has if anything grown in importance since then. This superbly edited collection of mostly unpublished material distills key points of his thinking on major issues of Christian truth, biblical interpretation, and how best to do theology. It is rigorous, persuasive, and above all wise, and succeeds remarkably in being able at the same time not only to introduce Frei attractively to a new generation but also to draw deeper those who know him well.”
Theology
“Hans Frei was probably the greatest American theologian of the twentieth century, and his thought has if anything grown in importance since then. This superbly edited collection of mostly unpublished material distills key points of his thinking on major issues of Christian truth, biblical interpretation, and how best to do theology. It is rigorous, persuasive, and above all wise, and succeeds remarkably in being able at the same time not only to introduce Frei attractively to a new generation but also to draw deeper those who know him well.”
World Religions
Foreword
“Scriptural Reasoning is now a major practice in interfaith engagement around the world and in many spheres of modern life, and Peter Ochs, its cofounder and leading practitioner and thinker, here gives the most comprehensive and authoritative account of it so far. It is a remarkable achievement by Ochs, showing not only how the practice deals with key issues between religions, but also how it connects with peacebuilding, university disciplines, and some core problems faced by our civilization. This book will speak to diverse readers, whether they are unfamiliar with Scriptural Reasoning, beginning to practice it, or experienced in it.”
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