Robert Song
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“It cannot often happen that a tradition of thought so widely forgotten is so convincingly retrieved for contemporary deliberation. Yet this is what the O'Donovans have triumphantly done in their recovery of premodern Christian political thought. These are robust, unapologetic essays that confront the platitudes of current political discourse — both secular and Christian — with a depth of theological vision that is destined to have a lasting impact. Nobody who claims a serious interest in political theology will be able to ignore this book.”
Philosophy
“Like O’Donovan’s earlier Self, World, and Time, this is a richly rewarding and luxuriantly textured meditation on the nature of practical reason, theologically understood. It is mature reflection, drawing on deep reading of Scripture, wide knowledge of the tradition, and a lifetime of fine-witted observation. What emerges is not only an entirely fresh and seamlessly integrated account of the forming of moral purpose, but a brilliant and extended apologia for the distinctiveness of Christian ethics itself.”
Science & Faith
“Perplexity over the nature of health, disease, and illness lies behind many of the most intractable debates in contemporary medicine. In this attractive and consistently well-judged exploration of the nature of human flourishing, Neil Messer draws from Barth and Aquinas to give a decisively theological account which nevertheless richly integrates a range of philosophical and scientific insights. It is an impressive work, and will be an invaluable reference-point for future work in theological bioethics.”
Marriage, Family & Relationships
“Given how much time Christian ethics has spent thinking about the nature of marriage, it is astonishing how little it has devoted to practices of courtship and dating. Rebecca Leong’s very thoughtful discussion draws on personal experience and a variety of academic disciplines to inform a fresh theological ethics of dating, one which seeks as its goal the promotion of happy, flourishing marriages. This is a highly valuable contribution on a much-neglected topic.”
Science & Faith
“It is frequently assumed by both Christian and non-Christian alike that science must be in conflict with religion and that religious conversion must be a matter of salvation of the 'soul.' Paul Markham's impressive work of interdisciplinary scholarship demonstrates the flaws in both these assumptions, showing how recent writing in cognitive science can be seen to point towards a more biblical picture of human beings and a more holistic understanding of Christian discipleship.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“In an age when ethics courses, ethics centers and ethics committees abound, it is tempting to imagine that the discipline of ethics must be flourishing. But if a moral theologian of the stature of Oliver O’Donovan devotes his Gifford Lectures to the concern that this may disguise a much deeper forgetfulness of the fundamental categories that make ethics possible, then we need to attend. His deeply pondered and richly furnished exploration of the grounding of practical reason revisits the themes of some of his earliest work, this time underlining the public and apologetic role of theology in restoring the credibility of moral thinking itself.”
The Malady of the Christian Body
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“How are we to learn to hear Paul in such a way that we also may be convicted by his writings to the Corinthians? All too often our hermeneutical preliminaries, historical contextualizations, and efforts to find coherence serve as unconscious stratagems for evading the apostle's message. By helping us to learn to read Paul over against ourselves, Brian Brock and Bernd Wannenwetsch's immensely rewarding and illuminating commentary on 1 Corinthians points us the way to the Christ who is profoundly and truly for us.”
The Virtue of Bonhoeffer’s Ethics
Theology
“Within Christian ethics discussion of the virtues has often been conducted in isolation from the central doctrinal themes of justification and sanctification, and the language of virtue has often been thought incompatible with the language of divine command. Jennifer Moberly's highly insightful work on Bonhoeffer's ethics criticizes both of these tendencies, and draws on her fine linguistic skills and detailed knowledge of Bonhoeffer's work to demonstrate convincingly how an account of the virtues might be fully integrated into the heart of a Protestant theological ethic.”
Theology and Issues of Life and Death
Theology
“John Heywood Thomas's deeply pondered essays on the ethics of life and death draw richly on his wide knowledge of literature, philosophy, and theology. He has an acute sense that detailed discussion of moral problems cannot be adequately sustained outside of a larger vision of the meaning of human living and dying. Through a series of striking insights--indebted particularly to Kierkegaard and Tillich--he shows what shape this might take.”
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