Grant Kaplan

Nothing Gained Is Eternal

Theology

“Throughout the history of Christian theology, the question of tradition repeatedly surfaces in times of crisis, and the greatest theologies of tradition arise from the response to these crises. Here one can recall the work of such leading lights as Irenaeus of Lyons, the Council Fathers at Trent, John Henry Newman, Johann Adam Möhler in the nineteenth century, and Yves Congar in the past century. The discourse around race and colonialism has pressed Christian theologians once again to take up the question of tradition. Nothing Gained Is Eternal grapples with this question, and what one finds is remarkable. Carpenter accessibly brings to the fore the problem of tradition and traditioning in the course of engaging several key thinkers--Maurice Blondel, Charles Péguy, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Bernard Lonergan, Shawn Copeland, and James Baldwin. What results is not a history or a chronology, but instead nothing less than a 'constructive argument about the being of tradition,' an argument surely poised to usher in a new wave of theological reflection on tradition. This book marks Anne Carpenter as a distinctive theological voice worth listening to. I recommend it highly.”

Saving Wisdom

Theology

“Saving Wisdom offers a fresh take on a nexus of questions surrounding the relationship of theology to the university, and on the connection between faith and reason. Using two of the nineteenth centuries greatest minds---the recently beatified Cardinal Newman and the progenitor of modern theology, Friedrich Schleiermacher--Hughes faithfully and artfully traces their positions on this set of questions. This is a learned and careful book, of interest to any academic theologian and any intellectual concerned and invested in the fate of religiously affiliated universities. Saving Wisdom ushers in a fresh perspective that will keep this important discussion about the role of theology in the university moving forward.”