Stanley Hauerwas

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times

Theology

“Writing with humor as well as theological and historical precision Jeffrey C. Pugh has managed to provide an extraordinary account of how Christians have thought about The End and how we should think about The End today. In particular, he helps us see that when you have misguided understandings of the End Times, the results can be very dangerous. Of course, we live in a dangerous world, but Jeffrey Pugh helps us see how correct Christian eschatological convictions help us avoid getting the world wrong. Pugh writes with a clarity that makes the book accessible to theologian and non-theologian alike.”

The House Where God Lives

Theology

“Why do we as Christians confess we believe in the catholic church when we can see it? You normally do not believe in what you can see. It is, however, the great virtue of Badcock's book to help us understand why we rightly believe in the holy catholic church. For it turns out we can only believe in what God creates. Badcock's book is destined not only to renew the field of ecclesiology but also to help us see better what the reform of the church should look like.”

The Limits of Liberal Democracy

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Thank God--we now have brought together Moore?s thinking on these important issues in a way that has even more power than his previously published essays on this topic. Moore has a genius for seeing the significance of what some might think to be no more than academic squabble. This book is particularly timely because the election of Obama will tempt Christians again to confuse politics with statecraft.”

The Love That Is God

Christian Living

“Love—he has to be kidding—but Bauerschmidt is not kidding. He has written an extraordinary account of love to help us understand better what we are doing when we say we believe in God. In doing so he has avoided the great enemies of any attempt to write about love—that is, sentimentality and rationalism. His chapter on friendship alone is worth the price of the book. I cannot help but believe that this book is destined to become a classic.”

The Making of Stanley Hauerwas

Theology

Foreword

“To be put up against Barth, if only to suggest there is something to be said for my claim to be a Barthian, is profoundly humbling. . . . Why should anyone care if I am a Barthian? Little seems to hang on an answer to that question. Yet the care with which Hunsicker pursues that question means that it might matter not because there is a definitive answer but because the pursuit of an answer can tell us something about how theology needs to be done. In short, theology is best done in conversation with other theologians.”

The Malady of the Christian Body

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

Foreword

“Thick--that is the word that comes to mind for characterizing this extraordinary commentary. 'Thick' is sometimes associated with 'slow,' but I am using the term to indicate the richness of the theological readings of Paul offered in this book. I think they touch on every theological issue we confront today. As a result I cannot imagine another resource taking its place for many years.”

The Melody of Faith

Theology

“No one should presume that The Melody of Faith simply provides a better understanding of Orthodox theology, because it does much more. In this book Vigen Guroian helps the reader understand, see, and sing the Christian mysteries, for Creation is a Trinitarian love song that envelops us all.”

The Politics of Discipleship

Theology

“Extraordinary! Ward does nothing less than help us see how 'world' and 'church' implicate each other by providing an insightful and learned account of the transformation of democracy, the perversities of globalization, and the ambiguities of secularization. Perhaps even more significant is his theological proposal for the difference the church can make in the world so described. This is an extraordinary book.”

The Politics of Practical Reason

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Drawing on Elizabeth Anscombe's significant account of practical reason, Mark Ryan illumines not only my work but how theologians must reason to make clear the truthfulness of the claims we make as Christians. This is an extremely important book, which hopefully will receive the attention it deserves. Few are able to negotiate these philosophical waters with such clarity.”

The Politics of Yahweh

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

The Power of One

Theology

“This is a wonderful book of wisdom. I hope it will be read widely. Anette Ejsing reflects on our lives in a way that is very impressive.”

The Practice of the Body of Christ

Theology

Foreword

“[I] strongly recommend this book not only for Colin's account of Paul, but just as important for how his portrayal of Paul's understanding of the church as a school for the virtues has significant implications for us. For I am sure his account of the relation between Paul's Christology and ecclesiology has profound implications for the way we think and live as Christians today. . . . This is a book only someone like Colin, a philosophically sophisticated biblical scholar and priest, could have written. And for that we should be profoundly grateful.”

The Protestant Ethic or the Spirit of Capitalism

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Christian ethicists, confronted by the complexities of modern economic science, have largely abandoned any attempt to assess the moral presumptions of economics--but not Kate Blanchard. Instead, she has done the hard work of probing the Chicago School of economics in an effort to expose their inadequate understanding of freedom. Blanchard even helps us to see how capitalism--or better, the market rightly conceived--both depends upon and can enhance our trust of one another.”

The Transgression of the Integrity of God

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

The Uncertain Center

Theology

Afterword

(wrote the afterword)

Theological Ethics in a Neoliberal Age

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“By drawing on the parables, Kevin Hargaden helps us see that in fact Jesus does have some quite straightforward judgments about wealth and its dangers. He combines that analysis with a stunning knowledge of recent economic understanding that gives him an insightful account of the recent crisis in the Irish economy. This is a book that has been begging to be written and now Kevin Hargaden has done it—no mean feat.”

Theology and the Church in the University

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Theology and the Disciplines of the Foreign Service

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Theology as Revisionary Metaphysics

Theology

“Robert Jenson has long been the 'best' theologian in America. Therefore, to have these essays collected in one book makes Theology as Revisionary Metaphysics a treasure. I had read a number of these essays in their original context but gathered together they take on new strength. Few writing today can match Jenson's erudition, theological insight, and courage.”

Though the Mountains Tremble

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“There is no better reader of Scripture in our time than Gene Davenport. Accordingly, he is able to read our lives scripturally. Such readings are often painful, but that is the way we discover what is being said is true. Hopefully this book will attract the readership Davenport so richly deserves.”