Philip A. Cunningham

Abraham in the Works of John Chrysostom

“In this first comprehensive study of how the figure of Abraham functioned thematically for John Chrysostom, Demetrios E. Tonias paints a vivid portrait of the 'golden-mouthed' orator and the rhetorical world in which he lived. Chrysostom praises Abraham as a superlative model of virtue whom he encourages Christians to emulate as one of their own. Threatened by rival Jewish claims, Chrysostom also argues that Jews had forsaken their Abrahamic inheritance by failing to accept Christianity as the fulfillment of the promise God made to the patriarch to be the father of many nations. While insightfully and sympathetically presenting Chrysostom’s pastoral brilliance, this volume simultaneously provides an invaluable window into the origins of Christian supersessionism in both the East and the West.”

Early Judaism and the New Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This wonderful book directly confronts long-lived Christian misconceptions about Jews and Early Judaism on such matters as temple, law, messiah, resurrection, women, and non-Jews. The volume is ideally structured for university courses but is an accessible and fascinating guide for adult learners as well. I enthusiastically encourage wide use of this rich resource.”

Humbling Faith

Philosophy

“In this engagingly written book, Peter Admirand ‘dreams of a humbled faith serving to unite peoples of all faiths, and no faith.’ With a stunning array of insights from many times and places, he calls for a humility that will inspire solidarity and moral growth. Such humility, he believes, is above all the fruit of dialogue among faiths, between faith and science, and between the religious and secular realms. A joy to read!”

Judaism

World Religions

“In this book, Tzvi Novick provides an amazingly comprehensive and accessible introduction to the Jewish people’s history, texts, traditions, and practices. Written with a Christian audience in mind and drawing on his classroom experience, he constantly offers comparisons and contrasts to Christianity with great insight, knowledge, and sensitivity. Indeed, readers of any or no religious background, including Jews, will benefit from this book’s judicious and nuanced presentation of Judaism and its theological and historical relationship with Christianity.”

Reconciliation and Transformation

Theology

“In this profound and beautiful book, Jesper Svartvik shows that conceiving of Jesus’ crucifixion as a substitutionary atonement for human sin is based on mistaken (ultimately anti-Jewish) ideas about the ancient temple sacrifices. Masterfully drawing on the understanding that it is God who is at work in worship rituals, African American theologies of the cross, and the Eastern Christian stress on theosis, he offers a reconciling and transformative soteriology in which God is making everything new.”