Marit Trelstad

Baptism in Times of Change

Theology

“Baptism in Times of Change demonstrates that the baptismal ritual—its transformation, tradition, or decline—impacts our most foundational understandings of grace, human agency, community belonging, and even our ecological connection to the sacred waters of the earth. This international collaboration engages ritual, empirical, cultural, historical, and liturgical studies, ecology, pluralism, and systematic theology. It has global importance for examining the deep meaning and metamorphosis of our most basic sacramental practices for a new era.”

Feminism and Christianity

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Even though the conversation between feminism and Christianity has developed for decades, no other book so clearly names and answers the leading questions they ask of each other . . . Riswold's book is a delightful introductory resource for individuals, classes, and groups as it touches on and aptly answers all the main questions and fears I have heard expressed from students in women's studies and religion courses concerning feminism and Christianity. All in all, Feminism and Christianity exemplifies Riswold's gift for thorough, broad scholarship presented in a very clear, engaging, and accessible style.”

Living without a Why

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Love, Violence, and the Cross

Theology

“All categories of systematic theology converge in the cross. This book's greatest strength is that it thoroughly explicates the systematic implications of traditional and contemporary atonement models. In response, Love provides a unique approach to the atonement, advancing the burgeoning theological discussion of this topic. Instead of a monolithic model, Love proposes that different human situations can be met through multiple atonement models centering on the single theme of a nonviolent, yet redemptive, view of the cross.”

Passionate Embrace

Theology

“With the instincts of a jazz singer, Gerle weaves feminist, Lutheran and eros theologies together with political theory and ethics. Intentionally breaking the rules of patriarchal texts, her non-linear writing is designed to entice and evoke. Gerle's deep, broad research propose fresh resources for understanding grace-filled, embodied desire at the heart of theology. Passion draws us to one another and to God, healing and calling us to live more deeply into the world.”

The Purposes of God

Theology

“Intellectually satisfying and beautifully written, Zbaraschuk's theology on providence weaves together classics in theology, philosophy of religion, liberationist, process and feminist theologies into a refreshing and, more importantly, credible doctrine of God's providence for our time. The depth, diversity, and synthesis of his scholarship are exceptional . . . Zbaraschuk proposes a new understanding of divine providence that inspires the world toward freedom, beauty, and liberation.”