James J. Buckley

History & Biography

“George Lindbeck is the most important book we have for understanding Lindbeck’s theological importance embedded in his biographical life. . . . Each chapter not only tracks Lindbeck’s biography but shows how each stage shaped his theology as a complex whole, with each chapter concluding with discussion questions for the general reader. This is essential reading for how a twentieth-century theology turns into twenty-first-century theology, embodied in a life at once theologically rich and humble.”

Systematic Theology

Theology

“Astonishing in scope and breadth, beautiful in language, profound in spiritual perception, this is a monumental work, comparable to Rowan Williams and T. F. Torrance at their best. I expect it to be a standard point of reference in Christian theology for years to come.” —George Hunsinger Princeton Theological Seminary “This first volume of Professor Sonderegger’s Systematic Theology presents one of the most distinguished treatments of the Christian doctrine of God in recent decades. It is a reflective expansion of a single, utterly arresting thought that oneness is the fundamental divine perfection by which all talk of the attributes of God is to be governed. As it follows the prompting of Holy Scripture, its exposition of the divine nature, and of God’s omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and love is at times cross-grained, uneasy with some elements of contemporary Trinitarianism and with the christological inflation of some modern dogmatics. But, above all, it offers a deeply impressive commendation of the first and greatest matter of Christian faith. The study unites delicacy of judgment with purposiveness and originality of mind, and communicates that appetite for divine things without which wholesome theological work is not possible. This is theology of enduring intellectual and spiritual substance.” —John Webster St. Mary’s College, University of St. Andrews “The first volume of Katherine Sonderegger’s systematic theology starts with the heart of the matter: the doctrine of God. She opens new vistas on the doctrine by doing what almost no one (with the possible exception of Barth) has done so well: making ‘the perfections of God’ exciting. Over and above the theology itself, Sonderegger’s book moves with personal energy through Scripture and tradition and contemporary theologians and philosophers—an energy that will make readers enthusiastically seek the next volume of her remarkable project.”

The Emerging Christian Minority

Theology

“The Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology has once again gathered a splendid spectrum of voices (Jewish and Christian, Orthodox and Catholic and Protestant) to address a timely topic for all: How are Christians to live hopefully as a Christian minority? . . . . An excellent resource for pastors, congregations, and theologians alike to discuss the foreseeable future of Christ’s people.”

The Word Made Flesh

Theology

“Ian McFarland’s The Word Made Flesh: A Theology of the Incarnation proposes “a Chalcedonianism without reserve” that develops the best of Orthodox, Catholic, and Reformation christological traditions in lively conversation with contemporary biblical scholars and theologians (as well as philosophers and natural scientists). McFarland’s book is a clear-headed, imaginatively written, bold rethinking of how Jesus Christ informs and upholds a clear distinction between Creator and creature, as one hypostasis in two natures whose resurrection, ascension, and return are less further episodes in Jesus’ humanity than God’s complete vindication of this crucified Lord—a humanity glimpsed in Scripture, baptism, and Eucharist, and most comprehensively our embodied logoi (as Maximus the Confessor puts it) participating in God’s logos become flesh. This is, in short, a veritable theological summa that will be central in future conversations and arguments about the Word made flesh.”