Stanley Hauerwas

Rediscovering God’s Grand Story

Apologetics

“Drawing on an amazing range of poets, philosophers, and writers Roseman helps the reader recover the sight and sound to see and hear the world as suffused with the glory of God. A remarkable book by a remarkable writer who has poured his life into this book.”

Reflections on Grace

Theology

“Tommy Langford exemplified what Methodism at its best should be. We can celebrate the publication of these last thoughts, as they demonstrate that Tommy was unafraid to change. May we learn from his example.”

Religion without Violence

World Religions

“No one should be surprised that Peter Ochs cares about helping us live at peace with one another, but it is an added benefit that in this book Peter helps us see how the practice of Scriptural Reasoning enacts that commitment. As always there is more to what Peter has to say than is immediately obvious, but then one of the abiding characteristics of Peter's work is to help us see how attention to ‘thirds’ makes possible an understanding of one another otherwise impossible. Peace, it turns out, begins with reading together.”

Restoring the Soul of the University

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Restoring the Soul of the University makes it clear that the Christian failure to sustain universities in service to God was the result of the failure of Christians to think through their most basic convictions. But this is not a negative book. It is an insightful and historically illuminating account of how the university became fragmented, institutionally and in the souls of those who teach and study in the university setting. An imaginative theological proposal is developed that is a practical and hopeful alternative for restoring the soul of the university.”

Revelation

History & Biography

“Reading Coleman is to read him reading texts in recent theology as well as significant texts from the Christian tradition. The latter often save him from the former. Coleman tells his journey from the Salvation Army to Anglo Catholicism with insight and humor, or better put, with the insight that can only be born by life infused with joy.”

Revivalism and Social Christianity

History & Biography

“People marvel that the folk at Le Chambon took in the Jews. But what Chalamet helps us see is this did not come out of the blue. Rather, this was made possible by people such as Henri Nick and Jacques Kaltenbach, whose discovery of the social dimensions of the gospel made Trocme possible. The implications are clear--heroism is the outworking of lives that never appear heroic.”

Revolutionary Christianity

Theology

“Revolutionary Christianity will be a welcome addition to the Yoder corpus for those familiar with his work as well as those who will read him for the first time. For the latter, Revolutionary Christianity is a wonderful introduction to the major themes in his work. For the former, this book is a very helpful reminder of the interconnectedness of Yoder's thought. We are fortunate, therefore, to have yet another book by Yoder.”

Rhythms of Faithfulness

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Rorty and the Religious

Philosophy

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Sacramental Ethics

“Tim Sedgwick's Sacramental Ethics was a groundbreaking book that awaked us to the significance of religious practices for the moral like. We are, therefore, indebted to Augsburg Fortress for their willingness to make this work available for a new generation who has much to learn from this book.”

Scandalous Witness

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“A hopeful book that helps us know how better to hope. That may seem odd, but Lee Camp rightly helps us see that there are forms of hope that are perverse. He does this while providing an account of our current life in America that makes Christians betray our basic convictions as Christians. This is a subtle book that should be widely read.”

Scripture, Creed, Theology

Theology

“Calhoun's Lectures on the History of Christian Doctrine have a mythic status, so thank God we finally have them in reality. No one had a command of theology across the centuries more determinatively than Robert Calhoun. Those reading these lectures cannot but receive the tradition from one of its most generous minds. We are in George Lindbeck's debt for the labor of love in editing these lectures.”

Seasoned Speech

“It is often very hard to see the obvious—that is, something as basic as the eloquence required for the proclamation of the gospel. But Beitler helps us recognize that the simple truth has an unmistakable eloquence, which is why it matters that we take lessons from the classical rhetorical tradition. Readers of this book will discover that the rhetorical task and questions of the truth of what we believe cannot be separated.”

Seek the Peace of the City

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Imaginatively drawing on a wide range of theological literature, social, and political theory, Bourne, in a manner unlike anyone else, helps us see how the work of John Howard Yoder provides a constructive politics for Christians in our day. Only someone completely at home in Yoder's work could have written such a lucid and helpful book. Bourne, hopefully, has made John Howard Yoder indispensable for work in political theology.”

Self, World, and Time

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Writing with a clarity that comes from a lifetime of reflection, Oliver O'Donovan here gives us an account of practical reason that shows why and how ethics is at the beginning, middle, and end of a theological work. I suspect this book is destined to become a classic because few authors are as capable as O'Donovan in combining wisdom and erudition. We are in his debt.”

Selling Out the Church

Church Leadership & Ministry

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Sermons of Arthur C. McGill

“Art McGill was crucial for sustaining the integrity of Christian theology at a time when few cared whether theology survived or not. We are fortunate to have his sermons to exemplify this man's profound commitment to the Christian theological task.”

Seven Deadly Spirits

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Drawing on pastoral wisdom, Daniels helps us see the life of the church through John's letters to the seven churches in the book of Revelation. This is not a task easily done, but with great insight he helps us see ourselves as we are, not as we would like to be. We need all the help we can get and this book certainly helps.”

Shrink

Church Leadership & Ministry

“The megachurch is an attempt to free vulnerability through size” is just one of the astute judgments that informs this book. Church growth strategies are the death gurgle of a church that has lost its way. Suttle helps us see how God in our time is making us leaner and meaner. I hope this book will be widely read.”

Singing the Ethos of God

Theology

“This is not just another book about the relationship between ethics and scripture. It is not this simply because Brock, drawing on an extraordinary analysis of Augustine's and Luther's exposition of the Psalms, challenges the formal accounts of ethics and hermeneutics that have created the so-called problem of the relation between scripture and ethics. With erudition Brock draws on the best work available to sustain an exposition of the Psalms that helps us understand why they must be sung if we are to be the readers God would have us be to witness to the one who is alone the subject of the Psalms, that is, Jesus Christ. Brock's reading of Bonhoeffer's account of Psalm 119 is alone worth the price of the book. Brock clearly does not want to make the Bible familiar but by helping us see the oddness of the familiar he draws us into an imaginative vision of what our lives would look like in light of the Psalms.”