Mary Ann Tolbert

Augustine and the Fundamentalist’s Daughter

History & Biography

“"Augustine and the Fundamentalist's Daughter is a revealing, lively, and deeply engrossing conversation among many speakers, from Saint Augustine to modern poets to the multiple voices age and insight have given Professor Miles on her own journey from fundamentalism to wisdom. In this book, we meet the rich tapestry of life's defeats, fears, delights, and changes in the vignettes of memories narrated from either Augustine's new state of restful faith or Margaret Miles's hard-won place of gracefully honest reflection. Find a quiet room, pull up a chair, and listen to this superb scholar and teacher talk with her longtime mentor, Augustine, about life, love, sex, faith, and family. It is a conversation not to be missed.”

Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Sean Burke's remarkable analysis of the Ethiopian Eunuch in the book of Acts not only interprets the eunuch's many social ambiguities as a fitting and insightful introduction to the theology of Acts as a whole, but it also rests that interpretation on a comprehensive and surprisingly enlightening study of sexualities and masculinities in Mediterranean antiquity. The historical depth and scope of this volume is amazing, but the originality involved in wedding that historical work with the productive proclivities of postmodernism and specifically queer theory makes Burke's work outstanding in the field. It clearly stands as a model for how theory, history, and biblical scholarship can be integrated to produce creative, new readings of biblical texts.”

Rhetoric and Ethic

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, with characteristic passion and precision, challenges biblical scholars to turn from being 'antiquarian scientists' to being 'transformative intellectuals' engaged in a liberatory rhetoric for the wider public assembly. In my opinion, this book is a must-read for all scholars and students of the Bible who care about the ways its symbols and words are used to dominate and marginalize or to liberate and empower the human community.”

The Hardened Heart and Tragic Finitude

Theology

“Through careful exegesis and masterful theological reasoning, Via develops a far more compelling view of the sinful nature of the human condition, both at its heart and in its limitations, than other studies of biblical sin have been able to provide. This book is a superb example of biblical theology done extremely well.”

The Parables of Jesus

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This book is a brilliant combination of social history, literary acumen, and feminist/liberationist perspectives. It is a 'must read' for anyone, scholar, pastor or student alike, who has ever tried to interpret or preach from the parables.”