Sarah Coakley

The Spirit of God and the Christian Life

Theology

“Does Karl Barth sideline the Spirit, or effectively replace pneumatology with Christology, as many commentators have maintained? This elegant first monograph painstakingly shows how this is not the case, and how Barth’s implicit and distinctive pneumatology is woven into these theories of redemption, revelation, and prayer right from the start of his theological career. This perceptive study reveals with new force the absolute centrality for Barth of the life of prayer as undergirding all theological endeavour.”

Things Seen and Unseen

Philosophy

“In this sophisticated first monograph, Orion Edgar reexamines the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty from the perspective of the Catholic faith that always lapped at the edges of his thought. Once Merleau-Ponty's notions of 'flesh' and 'depth' (in particular) are thus freshly illuminated, his striking relevance for a contemporary theology of the incarnation becomes apparent. Edgar's analysis is both philosophically insightful and theologically rich, and this study makes a significant contribution to Merleau-Ponty scholarship.”

United in Love

Philosophy

“We can always rely on Nicholas Wolterstorff for original and philosophically astute insights on matters which we often—wrongly—take for granted. Here, in his most recent set of collected essays, he brings together his reflections on justice, aesthetics, and liturgy, and finally unites them under the category of divine love. Let us not imagine that Wolterstorff has finished his thinking, for here we see yet new enrichment and depth.”

Waiting and Being

Theology

“A learned, far-reaching, and valuable book. Joshua Davis's complex and provocative argument—which engages authors ranging from Augustine to Gillian Rose, and culminates in a striking constructive statement—opens up important new lines of thought and deserves close attention.” —Paul Dafydd Jones University of Virginia “In this hugely ambitious first book, Joshua Davis tracks his own distinctive path through the contentious thickets of modern debate on nature and grace. Evidencing meticulous care and clarity in his own readings of Augustine, Aquinas and Luther, amongst many others, Davis shows how the French ressourcement theologians overreacted to the neo-Thomisms that preceded them, and that Protestant theology also faltered in its account of the crippling effects of sin. Hence, work still remains to be done in reconceiving the vital role of grace in transforming human (and especially social) relations. This book is itself a dazzling manifestation of ressourcement at its best: it goes back (with deep care and respect) in order to go forward (with verve and hope).”

What Do You Seek?

“Michael Buckley's lovely little book of meditations on the questions of Jesus drips with his life's scholarly learning, but with such a light touch that the reader is drawn ever more deeply into the question with which the book opens: What do you seek? This is a modern classic in the Ignatian tradition—accessible, memorable, and profound.”

Why Science and Faith Belong Together

Science & Faith

“Malcolm Jeeves brings to this highly readable book both a lifetime of eminent scientific research in neuroscience and psychology and all the wisdom of his accumulated theological reflections as a Christian. Anyone struggling to see how contemporary science, in all its complexity, can be consonant with committed theological belief should peruse this volume with care: it touches on all the major metaphysical and theological points of contention, and does so with clarity, insight, and compassion.”