Stephen Plant

Annals of Solitude

Philosophy

“Annals of Solitude is a travel book in two senses. It takes us to the end of the earth, to a spectacular landscape and a remarkable community of people experiencing alarming change. And it is Stephen Pax Leonard’s painfully honest and true interior journey into darkness and light. The outcome, by some margin, is the most thought-provoking and moving book I have read in years.”

Becoming Simple and Wise

Theology

“Kaiser engages with the oldest and most central question in Christian ethics: 'How can I discern and do God's will?' In close conversation with Bonhoeffer's exemplary life and theology, and writing with clarity and verve, Kaiser offers his readers an interpretation that will serve students of Bonhoeffer, and of Christian ethics more generally, for years to come.”

Children before God

Theology

“Every adult was once a child. The lack of attention to childhood by Christian theology is, therefore, at the least a missed opportunity. In Children before God John McNeill uses the Bible to shed light on the way children have been represented, and often misrepresented, in one strand of Christian tradition. The result is an original and ultimately beautiful reappraisal not only of children in the order of salvation, but of the abiding significance of childhood to adult Christians. McNeill’s writing is resourced by an astonishingly deep engagement with Calvin and with Edwards that will also contribute to a more appreciative appraisal of their legacy.”

Christology

Theology

“Wustenberg is at ease not only with the key texts of the Christian tradition, but also with the contemporary social and political contexts to which they must speak if they are to be of use. Wustenberg's Christology is an outstandingly clear introduction and a sparkingly original contribution to the central question in Christian theology: 'Who is Jesus Christ today?'”

Noble Sentiments for an Exile

Arts & Literature

“Stephen Pax Leonard’s Noble Sentiments for an Exile gifts its readers with a shimmering mix of philosophy, travel story, and fiction. Leonard’s unrivalled knowledge of linguistics, history, and literature opens the door to new worlds. But what brings the places and people encountered so vividly to life is not merely acuity and wit; it is his compassion.”

Outline of Christian Doctrine

Theology

“A wonderfully clear introduction to Christian theology that will prove as valuable to English-speaking students and teachers as it has been to German speakers. . . . This translation does full justice to the original — a remarkable achievement. English-speaking theology still has a lot to learn from German theologians.”

Reading Scripture as the Church

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“There are few things more basic to the life of the church than reading Scripture, and there are few modern theologians who can teach Christians how to read the Bible more than Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Derek W. Taylor's inspiring and challenging new book sheds light on Bonhoeffer's understanding of how the church is made by God's Word, has engaged in reading it, is gathered around it, and is sent to share it with the world. Reading Scripture as the Church is a significant new contribution to Bonhoeffer studies and to a renewal of the church's relationship with the living Word of God.”

The Bonhoeffer Reader

Theology

“There are few books of which one can truly say ‘this should be in the library of every theologian and preacher.’ The Bonhoeffer Reader is such a book. Using the best available translations and unerringly selecting Bonhoeffer’s most important and challenging theological writings, the editors make available in one volume the essential insights of this outstanding Christian thinker.”