Michael Barram

1 and 2 Thessalonians

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Reflecting thoughtful engagement with recent scholarly developments in both theological interpretation and missional hermeneutics, Johnson has produced a pioneering work. Exegetically judicious, theologically astute, and canonically informed, this volume will serve as a welcome guide for those seeking to navigate the theological content and the missional implications of 1 and 2 Thessalonians.”

Becoming the Gospel

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Michael Gorman has written another superb and groundbreaking exegetical study. He understands mission in Paul's letters not merely in an evangelistic sense but comprehensively — as something rooted in divine purposiveness, in the divine mission. By asking fresh, critical, missional questions, Gorman illustrates the significance of mission as an interpretive rubric — for Paul, for his communities, and for his contemporary interpreters. This important book merits — and will richly reward — a wide readership among Pauline scholars, missiologists, and ministry practitioners alike.”

Handbook on Postconservative Theological Interpretation

Theology

“As a ‘descriptive handbook,’ this volume represents a tremendous resource that will benefit scholars and students alike. Not only do the contributors demonstrate the contemporary fruitfulness and promise of ‘postconservative theological interpretation,’ but together the collected essays helpfully point toward some of the challenges that remain ahead. A recommended study tool!”

Missional Theology

Christian Living

“Franke’s Missional Theology—equal parts invitation and manifesto—articulates a revolutionary and profoundly life-giving vision of the nature and task of Christian theology. Building on critical areas of theological and missiological consensus, Franke offers a well-reasoned, accessible, and potentially paradigm-shifting argument for a postmodern and postcolonial understanding of mission—rooted in the very nature of God—as the sine qua non for theological reflection. This thoroughgoing revisioning of mission will challenge those who understand mission primarily in terms of evangelism and global outreach as well as those who find missional language to be hopelessly contaminated by Western imperialism and notions of cultural and religious supremacy. Faithfully biblical, inherently ecumenical, and deeply attuned to what the God of all diversity is doing in the world, Missional Theology merits a wide readership in churches and theological classrooms.”