Douglas Harink
Beyond Old and New Perspectives on Paul
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Douglas Campbell . . . has generated a conversation that crosses all theological disciplines--exegetical, historical, systematic, ethical/political. That conversation, on full and brilliant display here, is contending for nothing less than the gospel of Jesus Christ. The issues matter profoundly. These essays, by Campbell and by those who would support, correct, and criticize his work, also matter. No arcane Paul scholarship here . . . essential reading for every theologian.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“It would be hard to overstate the importance of this book. Taking the work of Yoder, Hauerwas, and Cavanaugh a crucial step further, Anderson explores why and how nationalism--particularly in America--is so often bred, nurtured, and promoted as political good news in and by the church itself through distorted readings of the biblical narrative, thereby fundamentally compromising the church's witness. . . . Churches and Christians in all nations must heed carefully the compelling argument of this book.”
Christian Theology for a Secular Society
Theology
“Equipping himself with some of the best in ancient and recent theology and scriptural study, McKim sets out to write a systematic theology which restores our confidence in the Gospel, thickens our description of the Christian faith with scriptural revelation and sound doctrine, and provides both intellectual resources and practical directions to build up the life and mission of the church in our secular context . . .”
Christian Living
“As a professor of theology in a Christian university, I am always looking for texts particularly suited to the nonspecialist, undergraduate student that communicate in clear, ordinary language but do not compromise on scholarly substance. I am delighted to find in Created for Community a textbook in systematic theology that meets these criteria.”
Discipleship in a World Full of Nazis
Discipleship & Christian Education
“If you still think Bonhoeffer can be conscripted in support of Niebuhrian-style political realism, read this book. Nation patiently, painstakingly, and powerfully continues his work of delivering Bonhoeffer from that Babylonian captivity. Nation unfolds Bonhoeffer’s nonviolence and pacifism not as ethical and political principles but as intrinsic to his radical, courageous participation in the living reality of Christ. Bonhoeffer’s work is always existentially and theologically challenging, but ever more so when illuminated by Mark Nation.”
Theology
“Bonhoeffer and Hauerwas are the major forces in contemporary theological ethics in North America. Dean gives us a masterful guide to their work. . . . Because this book gives such a clear, reliable, and engaging account of Bonhoeffer and Hauerwas, it could easily be used as a core text in undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in Christian ethics and political theology, or as an essential guide to either or both theologians. An outstanding contribution!”
From Resurrection to New Creation
Theology
“Briercrest College I am delighted with how well this book has worked in my introductory theology seminars, both by fitting very well into the content of the course and by striking just the right note with students - accessible, yet substantial and thought-provoking. And I found myself resonating deeply with the whole perspective that Pahl develops--"In the beginning God raised Jesus from the dead." Which is to say that I will be using the book again next year!”
Theology
“In the many years that I have taught a theology of creation course to undergraduate students, I have searched in vain for a substantial and accessible text that would address the whole range of ingredient topics: God the Creator; the world as creation; the human creature; creation-care; the New Creation; biblical interpretation; theology and science; and so on. My search is over. This beautifully organized and winsomely written book by Jonathan Wilson far exceeds my hopes. From the opening chapters on how the doctrine of creation has gone ‘missing’ in church, through the bracing central chapters on doctrine and Scripture, all the way to the moving meditation on bodies near the end, this volume captivates, instructs, challenges, and delights. It will become the standard text on creation for years to come.”
Theology
“This remarkable volume establishes Ziegler as the leading figure in shaping Christian theology in Pauline apocalyptic mode. Anchored by two programmatic opening chapters and six theses on apocalyptic in contemporary theology, the writings gathered here combine to form something far more powerful than the sum of its parts. Drawing on Martyn and Käsemann, Barth and Bonhoeffer, Calvin and Kierkegaard, Ziegler presents a clear, coherent, compelling vision of dogmatics and ethics ‘funded by a fresh hearing of New Testament apocalyptic.’ This is a serious work, and demands to be taken seriously by all who would be faithful theologians in our time.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Unnamed and unnoticed, an unholy power exerts enormous sway over every dimension of life all around the globe. Think of current apocalypses: massive and ever-growing economic disparity; financial markets that no one understands; thousands of new refugees created every day; anti-democratic nationalisms and ethnic cleansing; environmental destruction and climate change. Rodney Clapp boldly names the destructive power at work in all of these: neoliberalism. Then, evermore boldly, he names the singular apocalypse of divine power and reality that puts neoliberalism to shame and calls us into renewed hope: the life, crucifixion, resurrection and exaltation of Jesus Christ. This is a must-read for every pastor, professor, and student who wants to know our times and live faithfully in them.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Crazy! A racy, page-turning blockbuster on the apostle Paul! Simultaneously courageous and outrageous, tendentious and tender, pugnacious and pastoral, Campbell pours forth his vision of Paul with imagination, verve, and passion; with stories ancient and modern; with immense learning on every page, but never a boring word. The best book on Paul since Acts.”
Reading 1 Peter After Supersessionism
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Kelly Liebengood gives us a comprehensive, compelling, and at times even gripping scholarly argument against supersessionist readings of 1 Peter. The addressees of the letter are gentile believers in Jesus the Davidic shepherd, who need reassurance amidst suffering that they are indeed the people of the God of Israel, that in Messiah they share a form of ‘Israelhood’ without replacing Israel. This book commands the attention of all future interpreters of 1 Peter.”
Theology
“In this bold, uncompromising, nuanced, and expansive work Rutledge takes us through — and beyond — theories of atonement, avoiding all merely individualistic, spiritualized, religious, moralistic, and therapeutic reductions of the meaning of the crucifixion. Rutledge resolutely proclaims the truth of Christ crucified. To all priests, preachers, and professors: if you care about the church and its mission in history, read this book!”
World Religions
“Is the cross, then, an argument?’ That pointed question from Nietzsche, with which this work begins, displays an insight into the gospel that its rationalist Christian defenders never attain, as Penner shows with sharp and devastating clarity. Joining his voice to the prophetic words of Kierkegaard, Penner calls us to the logos of the cross, to that form of reason whose beginning is crucifixion and whose end is the humble service of the neighbor. This book makes a crucial intervention: for those who have knelt too long before the idol of apologetics or been wounded by it, their healing can begin here.”
Philosophy
“In what can only be described as a 'work of love,' Justin Klassen calls upon Radical Orthodoxy to listen again, more carefully, to those it has too readily dismissed--Heidegger, Levinas, Girard, and above all Kierkegaard--and thereby to recover its own original existential impulse, to abandon rhetorical persuasion and embrace the resolve of hope. Will Milbank, Pickstock, Hart, et al. listen as carefully to Klassen as he has listened to them? A generous, illuminating, and truly beautiful piece of theological writing.”
Theology
“This book surprised me! I expected, in some sense, a guide to Jesus and the Christian life. Instead, I found myself reading a book of deep and challenging theology. No, not instead! I found myself learning Jesus and the Christian life just as I was reading deep and challenging theology. It is the kind of book that might, for example, and by God's surprising grace, turn a senior seminar on Christology into an event of faith, an encounter with the unexpected Jesus. Don't miss it.”
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