Outline: In this stimulating study, the author examines Jeremiah's use of word language; the prophet's formation as an embodiment of the Word of God; his covenant preaching ad the crisis it precipitates concerning the recognition of true prophecy; and, in the 'oracles of hope', how the power of the Word of God is finally made manifest. The author, then brings this reading of Jeremiah to bear on…
Outline: In this introduction, the author notes that while the goal of analytic theology is not the removal of all mystery, mystery must not be confused with logical incoherence. The author explains analytic theology's connections to Scripture, Christian tradition and culture, using case studies to illuminate his discussion. Going beyond mere description, the author calls the discipline to a de…
Overview: The Puritans have gotten bad press for their supposed lack of teaching on the doctrine of spiritual adoption. In this book, the auhor dispels thris caricature and shows that the Puritan era did more to advance the idea that every true Christia is God's adopted child than any other age of church history. This little book lets the Puritans speak for themselves, showing how they recogniz…
Outline: Since its first publication this book has established itself as the leading introductory textbook world-wide. Now, the author provides a full new edition which maintains the strengths, structure and features of the first edition in its comprehensive but user-friendly style and coverage. At the same time, it has been revised and updated in light of feedback from students and lecturers i…
Outline: Safeguarding the distinction between God and world has always been a basic interest of negative theology. But sometimes it has overemphasized divine transcendence in a way that made it difficult to account for the sense of God's present activity and experienced actuality. Deconstuctivist criticisms of the Western metaphysics of presence have made this even more difficult to conceive. O…
Outline: In this book, the author has provided a masterly account of this transition and what it signified for the meaning of Christian theology itself. In the decades preceding the outbreak of the Civil War, American theologians mastered the conceptual languages of republican political thought and commonsense moral reasoning. Because religious thinkers learned to speak these languages so well,…
Outline: This book offers a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to Christian theological writing in Western Europe from, roughly, the end of the French Wars of Religion (1598) to the Congress of Vienna (1815). Over the course of more than forty wide-ranging essays, employing a variety of approaches, the authors examine theology from Bellarmine to Johann Semler. They review the major …
Outline: The author presents a major study of the key elements of John Owen's writings and his theology. Presenting his theology in its historical context, the author explores the significance of Owen's work in ongoing debates on seventeenth-century theology, and examines the contexts within which Owen's theology was formulated and the shape of his mind in relation to the intellectual culture …
Outline : This book offers a third option, an affordable and accessible tool that walks students through the process. Its goal is to take students directly from a research assignment to a research argument - in other words, from topic to thesis.
Overview: In this book, the first in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series, the author challenges the common assumption that the New Testament views sanctification as primarily a process. He argues that its emphasis falls upon sanctification as a definitive event, "God's way of taking possession of us in Christ, setting us apart to belong to him and to fulfil his purpose for us." Simply…
Overview: Leading Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author argues that the church has lost touch with the revolutionary nature of the cross. Most christians have been taught a reduced message that the death of Jesus was all about "God saves me from my 'sin' so that I could 'go to heaven'." According to the author, this version misconstrues why Jesus has to die, the nature of ou…
Overview: Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, this book develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made the author one of the most significant and controversial political theoritsts of the twentieth century. Focusing on the relationships among political leadership, the norms of the legal order, and the state of exception, …
Overview: This book gathers the author's responses to the most often-asked questions. They're vintage the author. Simple without being simplistic. Knowledgeable without being know-it-all. Direct but compassionate, honest and authoritative, and always deeply practical. Full of challenge and comfort. Bite-sized essays. Practical, inspirational, and Bible-based. Topical and scriptual index…
Overview: "Wlliam G. T. Shedd's Dogmatic Theology is a classic", writes Alan W. Gomes, editor of this new edition. "It is a profound work that sets forth the deepest themes of religion with a grandeur and majesty of expression that has rarely been equaled and that never will be out-dated." Gomes considers this book "one of the finest theological systems ever produced." The author's discussion…
Overview: Short, pointed essays summarize some of the author's central (and a few peripheral) ideas on theological method, apologetics, and ethics, beginning with the author's shortest and clearest presentation of his signature concept of triperspectivalism - the need to read Scripture from various perspectives, especially threefold perspectives that reflect the nature of the Trinity.
Overview: Short, pointed essays summarize some of the author's central (and a few peripheral) ideas on theological method, apologetics, and ethics, beginning with the author's shortest and clearest presentation of his signature concept of triperspectivalism - the need to read Scripture from various perspectives, especially threefold perspectives that reflect the nature of the Trinity.
Overview: Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758) is widely regarded as one of the major thinkers in the Christian tradition and an important and influential figure in American theology. This book is a collection of specially commissioned essays that track his intellectual legacies from the work of his immediate disciples who formed the New Divinity movement in colonial New England, to his impact upon …
Overview: Covering everything from "Abba" to "Zwingli," this book offers a comprehensive account of a wide sweep of topics and thinkers in Christian theology. Written entirely by eminent scholar, the book features a coherence lacking in most multi-authored volumes. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge, gained from fifty-plus years of study and teaching. The author provides some six hundred …
Overview: The Series set out to provide a programmatic survey of the individual writings of the New Testament. It aims to remedy the deficiency of available published material which concentrates on the New Testament writer's theological concerns. New Testament specialists here write at greater length than is usually possible in the introductions to commentaries or as part of other New Testame…
Overview: The Explorations in Biblical Theology series addresses the need for quality literature that attracts believing readers to good theology and builds them up in the their faith. Each title in the series combines solid content with accessibility and readability - a valuable addition to the library of any college student, thoughtful lay reader, seminarian, or pastor. This book answers th…
Overview: In this magisterial synthesis, the author presents the most complete account of the theology of the Johannine corpus available today. Both critical and comprehensive, this volume includes all the books of the New Testament ascribed to John: the Gospel, the three epistles and the book of Revelation. While not proclaiming a definitive position on the question of authorship, this work …
Overview: In this bold sequel to Paul the Apostle, celebrated New Testament scholar the author reclaimed the apocalyptic center of Paul's proclamation for the life of contemporary church.
Overview: Crucial themes and issues explored by the premier twentieth-century missiologist in the Dutch Calvinist tradition.
Overview: This book serves as an excellent introduction to the author's extensive corpus; readers will see the depth and breadth of the author's comprehensive public theology while also gaining insight into his singular importance in the field.
Overview: The essays here - taken from the inaugural conference - consider this Gospel from many angles, addressing a number of key issues that arise from a theological discussion of the text: John's dualism in our pluralist context, historicity and testimony, the treatment of Judaism, Christology, and more.
Overview: This volume in honor of Richard L. Pratt Jr. broadly covers his lifelong themes of biblical studies, theological studies, hermeneutics, the kingdom of God, ministry training, missions, evangelism, and biblical education for the world.
Dengan singkat, sistematis dan luar biasa terangnya buku ini menguraikan bagaimana perkembangan dogma-dogma dalam periode-periode sejarah Gereja, sejak abad pertama hingga kini. Usaha ini merupakan penjelajahan dan diskusi terbentuknya dogma-dogma dan doktrin-doktrin itu, satu per satu, yang telah ditetapkan dan diperdebatkan di sepanjang abad-abad yang lalu, dalam usaha Gereja memproklamasikan…
Dari asal-usul (keilmuan) teologi hingga kontekstualisasi teologi di Indonesia, dari ketegangan seputar wacana teologi di sekolah teologi hingga pergumulan teologis di tengah-tengah gereja, dari isu-isu keprihatinan sosial kemasyarakatan hingga ikhtiar dalam berteologi, penulis memberikan percikan pemikirannya seputar teologi dalam buku ini. Kedua puluh tulisan dalam buku ini berangkat dari da…
“Tidak ada satu disiplin teologis yang lebih mulia daripada yang secar singkat digambarkan dalam tulisan ini.” Inilah kesimpulan yang diberikan oleh penulis mengenai disiplin ilmu dogmatika Kristen. Penulis sampai pada kesimpulan ini setelah dia menjabarkan mengenai istilah-istilah yang digunakan untuk disiplin ilmu dogmatika Kristen, pengertian dogmatika Kristen, metode-metode yang digunak…
Jesus as revealer : Karl Rahner, Dorothee Soelle, Roger Haight -- Jesus as moral exemplar : Rosemary Radford Ruether, Carter Heyward, Mark Lewis Taylor -- Jesus as source of ultimate hope : James Cone, Jon Sobrino, Elizabeth Johnson -- Jesus as the suffering Christ : Jèurgen Moltmann, Douglas John Hall, Marilyn McCord Adams -- Jesus as source of "bounded openness" : Raimon Panikkar, John …
Historical theology is a history of challenge and response." Christianity has suffered attack since its birth. Out of every generation, cultural and spiritual issues have arisen that challenge the interpretation of God's Word and the correct response to that interpretation. Delving into these past issues and doctrinal battles, historical theology gives context to Christianity as we know it. In …
Early Christian thinkers introduces the lives and works of twelve key Christians from the second and third centuries--a pivotal early moment in the history of orthodox doctrine. Each chapter includes a biographical and historical overview of the thinker, a detailed survey of his or her major writings and ideas, an in-depth discussion of each thinker's influence on the formation of the tradition…