John F. Hoffmeyer

Before Nature

Theology

“No author in English is more important than Paul Santmire in the field of Christian theology of nature. Before Nature is a beautiful culmination of Santmire's nearly half a century of writings on the topic. While being through and through a theology of nature, this book is at once a moving spiritual autobiography, a creative exploration of the doctrine of the Trinity, and an admirably practical guide to prayer. Before Nature presents an embodied 'Christian spirituality' that is both conceptually rigorous and poetically imaginative, sustained by the infinite mystery of divine love.”

Celebrating Nature by Faith

Theology

“No theologian alive in the United States today has contributed more to a Christian theology of nature than Paul Santmire. This book brims with insights gathered and honed over more than a half century of prodding and equipping others to rise to the challenge of a cosmically capacious and materially grounded theology capable of meeting the ecological crisis facing our world today.”

Death by Baptism

Theology

“Honeycutt achieves the remarkable: to talk so effectively about baptism's power to free us from fear that the book itself becomes a journey of liberation, a loosening of the fetters of fear. In effecting what it talks about, Death by Baptism reflects the special power of the sacraments to do what they say.”

Interrogating the Language of “Self” and “Other” in the History of Modern Christian Mission

Evangelism & Missions

“Man-Hei Yip weaves together a rich array of theoretical approaches—post-colonial theory, structuralism, post-structuralism, sociology of knowledge—in the service of what one might call a missiology of mutual friendship. . . . Man-Hei Yip deploys sophisticated analytical tools to help conceive of Christian mission beyond paternalism, cultural homogenization, and inequalities built into one-way relationships between ‘giver’ and ‘receiver.’”

Language for God

Theology

“In Language for God, Mary Streufert weaves wisdom from the work of Martin Luther, contemporary biblical studies, and historical anthropology. Most importantly, she maintains a clear focus on the question that should guide Christian theological reflection on language for God: How can our words and images for God best contribute to people hearing the good news of Jesus?”

Rupturing Eschatology

Theology

“Eric J. Trozzo might just have pulled off the im-possible: a faithfully Protestant and dauntlessly poststructuralist theology. His theology of the silence of the cross—passionately lucid and conceptually elegant—realizes luminous and underexplored potentialities of the Lutheran, mystical, and gospel traditions." —Catherine Keller Drew Theological School "Eric J. Trozzo, a lucid expositor of the Lutheran tradition, carries us here into a surprising conclusion in the aural dimension of theology. Situating himself as a theologian of the cross (a disposition more than a dogma, he explains), he tunes us to apprehending the im-possible, the tremulous encounter of the holy, within depths of silence—of despair, of seeming godforsakenness. Trozzo—with poststructuralist sensibilities and astute tenderness for the tradition—carefully constructs around the aching vault of silence advent anticipation—a sense of eschatology that does not over-reach this open-ended cosmos." —Sharon V. Betcher Author of Spirit and the Politics of Disablement "Rupturing Eschatology offers a lucid interpretation of Luther's influential theologia crucis in dialogue with Moltmann, Boehme, Tillich, Caputo, and the Gospel of Mark. This grounds Trozzo's constructive theology of the cross, in which divine glory inflects and opens the philosophical trope of the im-possible toward an account of transformative faith and ethical hope. A fresh and engaging contribution to theology." —Mayra Rivera Harvard Divinity School "Eric J. Trozzo elucidates the rich tension of Luther's writings on divine hiddenness, skillfully tracking the strengths and weaknesses of prior interpretations. In insightful engagement with Moltmann, Tillich, and Caputo, Trozzo rethinks the concept of eschatological glory and presents his own moving analysis of the personal and political consequences of divine hiddenness. His proposal of a ‘theology of the silence of the cross' may rightly evoke responses from readers who appeal to what Paul in I Corinthians calls 'the word of the cross.' Inviting examination of the interplay of word and silence in a theology of the cross is one of the many contributions of Trozzo's richly instructive work.”