Warren Carter

Biography

Warren Carter wrote Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World.

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Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“[A] well-written study that is engaged with contemporary scholarship, well-informed theoretically, and very insightful in its rich presentation of Jesus…Truly a ‘must-read.'”

Reading 1 Corinthians with Philosophically Educated Women

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Nathan Barnes insightfully explores how women with some philosophical education might engage Paul's 1 Corinthians. Barnes shifts the discussion beyond previous work in three important ways: in gender, from male author to women readers; in status, from lower ranks to more elite, educated readers; and from linguistic and thematic philosophical fragments to engagement with substantial text segments. A significant contribution.”

Reading John for Dear Life

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Jaime Clark-Soles’s Reading John for Dear Life narrates a journey that is fresh, questing, passionate, insightful, authentic, accessible, and concerned with the intersections of scriptural text and contemporary life. Get on up and set out on the journey with her—for dear life.”

Reading Mark's Christology Under Caesar

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Adam Winn offers a stimulating reading of Mark's Christology. He positions the Gospel in post-70 AD Rome, addressing a church in a crisis created by Flavian propaganda, claims of victory, and divine sanction. Winn sees Mark's Christology bridging two emphases on Jesus' suffering and power in the key passage of 10:42-45 that presents Jesus in terms of Roman political ideology as an ideal, powerful ruler who serves and sacrifices his life for his people. In all regards Jesus is superior to Vespasian. This book adds a rich synthesis of Markan Christology in context to continuing debates about the Gospel's presentation of Jesus.”

Reading the Bible for All the Wrong Reasons

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In this thoughtful and accessible book, Russell Pregeant engages important questions about reading the Bible. He tackles tough contemporary issues ranging from biblical authority to care for the earth, from the rapture to evolution, from sexual and gender issues to the nature of salvation and the doing of ethics. What emerges is the contribution of the Bible to a compelling vision of the common good and of a just life lived in relation to a gracious God.”

Rumors of Resistance

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Amanda C. Miller’s insightful study, Rumors of Resistance, exposes the inadequacy of a ‘one-dynamic-fits-all’ approach to the question of Luke’s engagement with the Roman empire. Instead, using James Scott’s work, she examines several key passages to highlight multivalent negotiation, tensions, and ambiguities in the Lucan material that involve both accommodation and eschatological reversals. This is an important and welcome contribution to our understanding of Luke’s Gospel.”

Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Is Luke's Gospel the most dangerous book in the Bible for women and men? Is it a mixed bag? Is it to be read against the grain in order to find good news? In this thoughtful, insightful, and engaging study, Scott Spencer investigates the women who inhabit Luke's narrative. Recognizing mixed messages and avoiding anachronism, Spencer offers a nuanced presentation of capable women of purpose and persistence.”

Songs of Resistance

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Alan Streett’s Songs of Resistance offers fresh and important readings of selected New Testament songs. This important study places passages that have often been read as theological statements in relation to the ideological claims and socio-political contexts of Roman imperial power. This insightful, intertextual discussion constructs the NT texts as songs of protest and hope that rejected Rome’s ‘illusionary version of reality’ and ‘extolled Jesus above Caesar and God’s kingdom above Rome’s.’”

Steward of God's Mysteries

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Did Paul ‘invent’ Christianity, as some have claimed? If not, what did he contribute? Employing an approach that compares teachings of the earliest communities with Paul’s teachings, Jerry Sumney argues that Paul creatively interprets preformed teachings and confessions to address new questions and situations. The result is a highly recommended and insightful contribution to understanding Paul’s place within the diversity and richness of Christian origins.”

Subversive Meals

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Worship is politics. Alan Streett sets the Lord's Supper in the context of Passover and Jesus's mealtime teaching to argue astutely that it was an anti-imperial praxis. It contested Roman rule, ideology, and stratified social practice with theological and christological counter-assertions and egalitarian social practices. Streett's insightful argument makes a significant contribution to recasting understandings of the Lord's Supper.”

The Irony of Power

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is committed scholarship of high quality. Shaped by her Mennonite identity and experiences in the Middle East, Dorothy Jean Weaver reads Matthew's Gospel as a complex text of politics and ironic power. Perspectives from above, from below, and 'God's eye' produce rich analyses of considerable insight.”

The Kinship of Jesus

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

The Non-Violent Radical

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Charles McCollough assembles much wisdom in this wonderful book, from Jesus, scholars, his own life, and friends. Some of it he presents with words, some he presents in an extensive array of extraordinary, sculptured visual images. Read, look, and look again.”