Ilaria L. E. Ramelli

Practicing Prayer for the Dead

Theology

“A fascinating and thought-provoking investigation into the Christian custom of praying for the dead and its theological, spiritual, and eschatological implications. Working from within the Episcopal Church in an ecumenical and systematic perspective (not without historical considerations), Gould also daringly includes in his study prayers for the salvation of the unsaved in hell, and for the consummation of all, and makes a strong case that prayer for the dead strengthens Christian faith and hope--and, one could add, charity-love.”

The Kingdom of God is Anarchy

Theology

“This thought-provoking book reconfigures the notion of ‘anarchy’ into a valuable patristics-based concept of a critique of power, corruption, and violence. This is well grounded in the sources and highly inspiring for contemporary society and political theology and ethics.”

Varieties of Christian Universalism

Theology

“A helpful overview of four theological varieties of Christian universalism: patristic, evangelical, post-Barthian, and existential. The patristic chapter stresses the christological foundation of universalism and includes debated universalists such as Maximus, who pointed to apokatastasis, as also Balthasar and I have argued. This volume will be interesting to Christian readers in general, to students in religious studies, and especially to those in theology and ministry. It will help readers distinguish, in a broad but useful way, the theological presuppositions and developments of various accounts that are often referred to with the umbrella term ‘Christian universalism.”