Sarah Coakley
Biography
Sarah Coakley co-wrote Modern Christian Thought with others, edited Spiritual Healing, and wrote the foreword to The Love That Is God.
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Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Luke Bretherton’s new book is a tour de force: with clarity, empathy, and impressive learning he maps out the many current forces that threaten the future of Western democracy, then turns to defend it once more from the perspective of the demanding Christian teaching on mutual love. Perhaps the most distinctive achievement of this volume is its capacity to straddle the debates on both sides of the Atlantic and to draw them into illuminating contrast. Written with incisive clarity and remarkable accessibility, this book is not only a scholarly achievement of great note, but it also is a useful tool for teaching and discussion in universities, seminaries, and churches.”
Christian Doctrine and the Grammar of Difference
Theology
“In this insightful first book, Janice McRandal draws discerningly on recent feminist theological writing to argue that Christian doctrine is the answer, not the problem, for contemporary concerns about ‘difference.’ Both Christian and non-Christian feminists will find this a provocative and creative argument.”
Theology
“Oliver O'Donovan here completes his magisterial trilogy on theological ethics with an invitation to consider what it would be to 'fall away in God's glory,' to 'learn love anew' at the end of time. Intense, complex, and closely argued, this deceptively short volume on love recapitulates many of the neo-Augustinian themes of O'Donovan's earlier writing, but with a directness and brilliance that are utterly compelling.”
Theology
“This well-constructed and accessible volume gives an attractive introduction to the important and wide-ranging thought of the Anglican philosophical theologian Keith Ward. At the same time, it gives Ward the opportunity to respond incisively to each of his own ‘responders.’ The result is a wonderfully attractive discussion document which will prove a fine teaching tool for all theological students and seminarians.”
History & Biography
“Entrancing. . . . This autobiography follows triumphantly in the Augustinian tradition of Confessions.”
Marriage, Family & Relationships
“Mia Anderson's poetry always goes straight to the heart of things, with an almost shocking realism and humor. What better qualities to express the paradoxes, pains, joys, and endurances of a long and loving marriage--an ascetical endeavor now all-too rarely experienced in the contemporary West, let alone reflected upon with such poignant wisdom and insight. Evocations from the marriage service of the Book of Common Prayer accompany the reader in this journey through the many dimensions of marriage's 'great mystery.' A wonderful collection.”
Introducing Eastern Orthodox Theology
Theology
“Andrew Louth brings a lifetime of superior patristic scholarship to this volume, but casts aside all the usual academic cares to offer us a direct, personal vision of Orthodoxy as he knows and loves it. Central to the endeavor is the crucible of prayer: this is the touchstone for everything he wants to commend in the tradition he has embraced as his own.”
Theology
“This superb collection of new essays on the topic of Christ’s ‘self-emptying’ ranges from reassessments by leading biblical scholars, through exacting historical scholarship on patristic, scholastic, and modern exegetes, to speculative, philosophical, and spiritual renditions for today. It is rare for a collection such as this to evidence such a consistent level of scholarly insight and originality: this is a benchmark volume which will generate yet further discussion on a topic of almost inexhaustible theological interest.”
Christian Living
“It is impossible to read this commanding book without being put on the spot and recalled to Jesus' teaching with new authenticity. Sam Wells is a rare preacher and teacher who tugs at the heart as much as he snags at the critical intelligence of the reader who seeks for truth.”
Por que a Ciência e a Fé Caminham Juntas
Science & Faith
“Malcolm Jeeves expressa neste livro de fácil compreensão toda uma vida de pesquisa científica eminente em neurociência e psicologia e toda a sabedoria de suas reflexões teológicas adquiridas como cristão. Qualquer pessoa que queira compreender como a ciência contemporânea, em toda sua complexidade, pode ser coerente com a crença teológica comprometida, deve ler este volume com cuidado: ele toca em todos os principais pontos de discórdia metafísicos e teológicos, e o faz com clareza, perspicácia e compaixão".”
Por qué la Ciencia y la Fe son Inseparables
Science & Faith
“Malcolm Jeeves aporta a este libro altamente accesible tanto una vida entera de eminente investigación científica en neurociencia y psicología como toda la sabiduría de sus reflexiones teológicas acumuladas como cristiano. Cualquiera que luche por ver cómo la ciencia contemporánea, en toda su complejidad, puede estar en consonancia con la creencia teológica comprometida, debe leer este volumen con cuidado: toca en todos los principales puntos metafísicos y teológicos de contención, y lo hace con claridad, perspicacia y compasión.”
Pourquoi la Science et la Foi vont de Pair
Science & Faith
“« Malcolm Jeeves apporte à ce livre facilement lisible à la fois une vie de recherche scientifique éminente en neurosciences et en psychologie et toute la sagesse de ses réflexions théologiques accumulées en tant que chrétien. Quiconque qui a du mal à voir comment la science contemporaine, dans toute sa complexité, peut être compatible avec une croyance théologique engagée devrait lire attentivement ce volume : il aborde tous les principaux points de discorde métaphysiques et théologiques, et le fait avec clarté, perspicacité et compassion. »”
Apologetics
“Peter Carnley here provides the most painstaking riposte to date to the idea that the resurrection of Jesus is simply another historical event accessible even to ‘secular’ historians. In so doing he recapitulates and refines his lifelong work on this topic with verve and spiritual wisdom: this is a book that all interested and educated Christians can and should read and reflect upon.”
Theology
“Katherine Sonderegger's magnificent second volume of systematics on the doctrine of the Trinity marches against all current theological fashion and provides an impenitent defense both of the fundamental unity of God, as witnessed throughout the Scriptures, and of the Church's necessary speculation about God's eternal trinitarian 'processions' and 'persons.' This will offend not only the 'social trinitarians' who have dominated the theological scene for some decades, but also those who now deny, in riposte, that we can say anything at all about God's ontological make-up. This is a bold and exhilarating text--poetic, profound and richly demanding spiritually'.”
History & Biography
“This is a book that you will start to read and be unable to put down—until you are wrenched through its agonies to the end. The terrible saga of Kahn’s parents’ last years, and their inability to resolve his father’s ferocious anger at an ancient marital betrayal, presses once more the dilemma of how to choose forgiveness over retribution. Ultimately the author can only hint at what his answer is; his faithfulness is revealed more searingly in how he stayed with his parents up to the end.”
History & Biography
“The ambiguous moral legacy of Jean Vanier is faced fearlessly in this book by a series of theological writers who knew Vanier well and deeply admired his work with people of disability. By refusing to downplay the now-exposed fissures in Vanier's own erotic life, the contributors explore with sensitivity and discernment the problems of self-deception, abuse, and secrecy that lapped at the edges of his work and prayer. This is an extremely important and challenging book.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“In this hauntingly autobiographical narrative, Miroslav Volf examines afresh the problems of abuse, memory, and reconciliation, and he concludes that memory, as such, cannot be adjusted to relieve our hurts. But forgetting, rightly understood, provides a healing balm. This is a book of profundity and wisdom, endowed with the authenticity of considerable personal suffering.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This is a very timely and thought-provoking volume. Theologians formed before the internet even took its hold on contemporary culture will do well to attend to its messages. For there is no reason in principle, of course, why theology of the most demanding and life-changing sort should not be purveyed via this medium, and with great and widespread influence; the problem then is one of discernment, of ascetic choices which the internet as a whole requires of us. The contributors to this exploratory volume are well aware of this challenge and provide rich and reflective essays in response to it.”
Christian Living
Foreword
“In a period of destabilizing world suffering such as we are now passing through, this is a book that takes us back to the raw basics of our faith and restores hope in the cruciform God of Love of whom it speaks so eloquently.”
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