James R. Wood

Courage

Christian Living

“Take heart, Christian! As Christians in the West watch their societies increasingly turn against their Christian roots, this call is particularly relevant. Compromise and cowardice are contagious—but so is courage. With clear definitions, introductory forays into classical virtue theory, and inspiring examples drawn from Scripture, Narnia, and elsewhere, Rigney seeks to foster virtue for faithful witness to Christ. I am confident this book will do just that for many readers.”

Creator

Theology

“'Let there be' an advance in the doctrine of God debates! Leithart moves the conversation forward through his learned exposition of Greek metaphysics, critical analysis of perceived tensions in Thomas Aquinas's thought, exhilarating theological exegesis of the opening lines of Scripture, and proposals for how classical theism could be more thoroughly evangelized. He invites us to revisit (or revise) popular construals of simplicity through the doctrine of the Creator. It is that God, and that God only, whom we know and with whom we have to deal. Benefit from this exercise of 'scriptural purification'—Leithart's iconoclastic effort to demolish conceptual idols that run from the language of God's revelation in the Bible.”

Transfiguring Headship

Theology

“What do you get when you bring together Ephraim Radner’s figural reading of Scripture, Barth’s Christological anthropology, Augustine’s totus Christus, Ivan Illich’s genealogy of modern gender and his account of gender’s ‘vernacular’ character, Reformed federal theology, and a historically and semantically careful reading of biblical ‘headship’ texts? In Transfiguring Headship, Lyndon Jost delivers a genuinely significant advance in contemporary theological debates about gender. Jost offers a rigorously argued, gender-realist alternative to both essentialism and constructivism, situating sexual difference within a sacramental cosmology and a figural, soteriological account of representation. This is a bold and promising work, one that deserves a wide reading.”