Paul R. Sponheim

All Hands Stand By to Repel Boarders

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Seminary students and faculty, bishops and their staffs, church council and call committee members, and parish pastor colleagues will be among those who benefit from reading this reflection. . . . Prophetic imperatives and practical tips for team ministry cohere beautifully, normed by an unblinking commitment to a theology of the cross.”

Arnold of Brescia

History & Biography

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

God So Enters into Relationships That...

Theology

“In this thoroughly researched gem of a book, Terry Fretheim gathers and advances a lifetime of ranking biblical scholarship. Moving through such theological themes as God's presence, power, and suffering, he guides the reader to matters of practice such as the place of prayer and the epistemic power of hope.”

Kierkegaard Trumping Trump

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“An unlikely but fruitful pairing; thoroughly researched, convincingly argued! Thompson, asking where God may be discerned to be potently present in our tumultuous situation, incisively critiques Trump’s presidency by digging insightfully into Kierkegaard’s profound probing of human existence. New light is shed on both men. Thompson’s categorical structure and norming values suggest a constructive theological ethic winsomely addressing the challenge of being civil and gracious across the divide. A creative going deeper to go forward.”

On Religious Life: William James and I

Philosophy

“Strug's lively rumination on the great Pragmatist William James calls readers to attend to actual experience, notably including the reality of evil, and warns against the violent dogmatisms of every tribe. Strug bears witness to James' 'living presence' in his doctoral (Purdue) and ministerial (Luther Seminary) studies, and importantly in decades of rural Minnesota ministry. One may be driven with Strug back to what James neglected: the communal life of faith in service and worship.”

Path of Shadows, Flickering Light

History & Biography

“Funerals were frequent and prominent in Cordell Strug's pastorates. Death awaits us all, but Strug movingly engages the particularity of human passing. He knew his people and he had an authoritative word of pertinent hope for them as death came calling. Deep learning, personal struggle, and plain speaking meet exquisitely in this book, which should be in the study of every seminary student.”

The End of Divine Truthiness: Love, Power, and God

World Religions

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

The Entangled Trinity

Science & Faith

“It takes theological courage to argue that the immanent Trinity exists in simultaneous superposition with the economic Trinity and evolves within the entangled life of God with creation. Ernest Simmons has a courage I admire. This book courageously brings Christian faith and quantum physics into creative mutual interaction. Get ready for an unforgettable adventure!" —Ted Peters Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary "Writing from the richly inter-disciplinary world, Ernest Simmons draws creatively on the physics of quantum mechanics to illumine the foundational Christian doctrine of the Trinity. In clear and often vivid language he appropriates the wealth of the biblical and historical roots of the doctrine and metaphorically engages such scientific notions as relational holism and quantum indeterminacy to illumine God's dynamic inter-relatedness and fecundity in creation, incarnation, and sanctification. This volume is a beautiful gift to pastors, theological students, and all people of faith seeking to commend Christian claims in a contemporary world valuing scientific views.”