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Description:The integrative theme of this collection of essays is change and transformation explored in the context of diverse expressions within the context of Anglican Church history. It addresses some central themes--notably the sacraments, liturgy, biblical interpretation, theological education, the relationship of church and state, governance and authority, and Christian education. The volume traces Anglican Church history chronologically. It includes a comparative study of penance in the thought of John Wyclif and Thomas Cranmer. The book also treats the dispersal of authority evident in the development of the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible, consensus in eucharistic theology in the seventeenth century, and developments in biblical interpretation in the early eighteenth century. This book also discusses a vision for the Christian education of children, change in theological education in the 1830s, the metanarrative of continuity developed by High Church historians in the late nineteenth century, increasing self-government in the Church at the outset of the twentieth century, and models of governance at the outset of the twenty-first.While this collection highlights aspects of change and transformation as an integrative theme, it is not its premise that change was normative or pervasive, perpetual or constant, within Anglicanism. Nevertheless, these essays raise some new lines of inquiry, make some suggestive interpretations, or propose revision of accepted views.

About the Contributor(s):Jeffrey Brown is a pastor in Nuremberg, Germany. He is author of Form and Freedom (2004) and Der Exodus: Eine exegetische und hermeneutische Untersuchung (1998). He and his wife, Linda, have four grown children.

Description:In Evangelism and the Openness of God, Vaughn Baker argues that a dynamic concept of God as articulated in open theism better serves the evangelistic mission of the church than does conventional theology. Open theism affirms an ontology of love as opposed to power, and it focuses on God''s kenosis in creation, allowing for the authentic freedom of creation influenced by divine persuasion. God''s genuine temporal relationship with creation--one that is open, synergist, and non-coercive--provides a new perspective for evangelistic activity. In this volume the author has made a valuable contribution to the integration of new developments in theology and evangelism.Endorsements:""Theology truly matters to evangelism. Bad theology muffles the good news or confuses its audience. Vaughn Baker shows that open theology provides a better framework for evangelism than other theological alternatives. It makes better sense of the biblical witness and our deep intuitions about human freedom and responsibility. Baker presents open theology as truly winsome theology of evangelism.""--Thomas Jay Oord, Northwest Nazarene University""This is a splendid contribution to the literature on evangelism. Drawing on the theology of open theism, it challenges conventional, populist (and Calvinist) wisdom and provides an alternative, theological foundation for evangelism. It also explores how we should practice the ministry of evangelism in ways that will be both effective and theologically salutary.""--William J. Abraham, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist UniversityAbout the Contributor(s):Vaughn Baker is Lead Pastor of Silver Creek United Methodist Church in Azle, Texas, and Senior Fellow of the Polycarp Community.

About the Contributor(s):Linda Malia is a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York who serves two historic parishes of South Buffalo. From 2000 to 2006 she authored ""Spiritually Speaking,"" a monthly column on spirituality, for Church Acts, the official diocesan publication, for which she received a Polly Bond Award and an Honorable Mention from the Episcopal Communicators. Her articles and book reviews have appeared in the Toronto Theological Review and the Anglican Theological Review.

Description:This book presents a realistic and thoroughly spiritual outlook upon the entire created reality. It lets us envisage that various created entities are participant in a relationship with God that becomes increasingly one of an intimate personal quality; that is, a relationship of love. It thus invites discernment that the universal reality is valuable in its own right and not only as a good for the use of humanity. Drawing mainly upon Scripture, ancient writers (especially Maximus the Confessor), as well as contemporary natural sciences, this book encourages the reader to perceive human salvation not as a lifting of humanity out of creation, but as a transformation into God''s presence in the midst of the wider created order. It shows that Christian faith at its best does not exclude the wider creation but provides us with insight and hope for a harmonious being-in-God that is inclusive of creation. It shows that Christian faith can be a resource that helps overcome the ecological crisis.Endorsements:""This is a deeply Christian meditation that speaks to the world. It needs to be heard and reflected upon.""--From the Foreword by David Jasper, University of Glasgow ""Grounded in a fully developed Trinitarian faith, Govaerts offers a radical new approach to the Christian relationship with creation. From his wide-ranging exploration of scientific, philosophic, theological, biblical, and patristic thought emerges a synthesis both intellectually rigorous and spiritually profound. Creation is shown to be non-deterministic and yet open to its creator''s transformative guidance, so that through co-operation (cosmic prayer) all levels of creation, including humankind, can enter into relationship with God."" --Jennifer Dines, Heythrop College""Many Christians who desire to take on board the insights of Darwinian evolution regarding the natural world, and the place of humans in it, may feel there to be a dearth of theological resources to assist them in doing so. This book--a poetic synthesis of careful biblical exegesis, detailed reflection on patristic writers, and insights from modern scientist-theologians--offers precisely the kind of theological engagement with these issues that will be found hugely valuable.""--Michael Fuller, Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church About the Contributor(s):Robert Govaerts is Honorary Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. He holds degrees in physics and theology from the Universities of Antwerp, Leuven, and London. He lived several years in religious communities and obtained a doctorate in theology at the University of Wales, Lampeter. He is married and together with his wife pursues a prayerful and contemplative lifestyle.

Description:""From a mission field to a missions sender."" These words capture the story of the Brazilian evangelical church, which has gone from receiving missionaries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to becoming a movement that presently sends out more global laborers than the churches of England or Canada do. After narrating Brazil''s missional shift, in this volume Smither addresses one fascinating element of the story--Brazilian evangelical efforts in the Arab world. How have Brazilians adapted culturally among Arabs, how have they approached ministry, and how have they cultivated a theology of mission in the process? Brazilian Evangelical Missions in the Arab World gives the reader insights from one emerging missions movement with an eye toward a more comprehensive view of the global church.Endorsements:""Once a mission field, Brazil has become a mission force. Once a mission force, the Arab world has become a mission field. In this book, Smither narrates this compelling story of Brazilian missions in the Arab world based on well-documented facts, extensive research, and first-hand experience."" --Luis Bush, International Facilitator of Transform World Connections ""I do not know of any other work which has simultaneously portrayed the Brazilian ecclesiastical and missional context so well, emphasizing our positive and negative points. If one wants to understand what the Brazilian mission movement is all about, one should read this book.""--Silas Tostes, Director of Missão Antioquia""The present study is of immense importance to missionary work among Arab Muslims. Its unique contribution derives from the fact that it is original, up-to-date, and thorough in its analysis of historical data and field research. The result of Smither''s work should be carefully understood and applied by mission leaders--both from Brazil and from other parts of the world--as strategies to impact the Arab-Muslim world."" --Robson Ramos, Brazilian missiologist""Smither is distinctly qualified to address the issue of Brazilian missionaries working in the Arab world. In addition to having worked for fourteen years among Arabs, he is a gifted and accomplished missiologist and researcher with a passion for Brazil . . . [This] is required reading for anyone who is concerned about seeing the name of Christ declared among all nations."" --João Mordomo, Director of CCI-Brasil ""This book has surprised me for its historical accuracy and its well-done research among Brazilians in the Arab context. This book comes at a time when Brazilians are becoming a key part of the evangelization of the world, in particular the Arab world."" --Odijon Ribeiro, former Brazilian missionary in the Arab worldAbout the Contributor(s):Edward Smither is Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Church History at Liberty University. He is the author of Augustine as Mentor (2008).

Description:Early Christian writers preferred to speak of the coming resurrection in the most bodily way possible: the resurrection of the flesh. Twentieth-century theologian Karl Barth took the same avenue, daring to speak of humans'' eternal life in rather striking corporeal terms. In this study, Nathan Hitchcock pulls together Barth''s doctrine of the resurrection of the flesh, anticipating what the great thinker might have said more systematically in volume V of his Church Dogmatics. Provocatively, Hitchcock goes on to argue that Barth''s description of the resurrection--as eternalization, as manifestation, as incorporation--bears much in common with some unlikely programs and, contrary to its intention, jeopardizes the very contours of human life it hopes to preserve. In addition to contributing to Barth studies, this book offers a sober warning to theologians pursuing eschatology through notions of participation.Endorsements:""In this engaging monograph, Hitchcock offers a challenging exploration and analysis of Karl Barth''s theology of the resurrection. This is detailed in its presentation, provocative in its critique, and lucid throughout. Hitchcock''s study is set to be an important conversation partner in the fields of Barth studies in particular and eschatology in general.""--Paul T. Nimmo, Lecturer of Theology, New College, Edinburgh""No doubt, Barth confessed the resurrection of the flesh. But in three careful and daring soundings of Barth''s theology of the resurrection, Hitchcock puts his finger on the sore spot: that the conceptual structure of his Christology and eschatology does not allow for the very confession Barth wants to make. No further research on Barth''s writing on resurrection and eschatology should ignore this insightful and clearly written book.""--Edwin Chr. van Driel, Assistant Professor of Theology, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary""In this profound and sophisticated study Nathan Hitchcock explores what has been an astonishingly undertreated feature of [Barth''s] work. He depicts the role of carnal resurrection, with regard to the eschatological binding of persons to the salvific history of God''s humanization, and the locus of life as reconciled life being redeemed through the categories of eternalization, manifestation, and incorporation. Readers will be swept along by Hitchcock''s deft critical touch.""--John C. McDowell, Professor of Theology, University of Newcastle, New South WalesAbout the Contributor(s):Nathan Hitchcock is Assistant Professor of Church History and Theology at Sioux Falls Seminary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Description:Did Luther get Christian freedom right? The answer to this question contains two elements: ΓÇó What is Luther''s understanding of Christian freedom? ΓÇó How did his understanding stand up under the pressure of reformation? Muhlhan examines both of these elements and contends that the sublime beauty of Luther''s early understanding of Christian freedom--an understanding that empowered the German reformation--is consistently the same understanding he used to undermine papal heteronomy and refute radical legalism. The relational character, cruciform substance, and complex structure of Luther''s concept of freedom enabled him to speak both polemically and catechetically with a clear and authoritative communicative clarity that reinvoked the magnificence of Christ and him crucified for sinners. The impact, both positive and negative, of Luther''s appraisal of Christian freedom finds its focus of impact in the small world of Wittenberg in the sixteenth century yet resonated throughout the church of his day as a powerful, theologically laden response to legalism and antinomianism. Therefore, in light of this impact and its correlation to biblical freedom, Muhlhan contents that we can confidently affirm that Luther did indeed get Christian freedom right and that he did not fail to live by the implications of this radical theology.Endorsements:""This well-researched and well-written book is a unique contribution to Luther studies. No other work so clearly and creatively demonstrates how Luther''s concept of inner freedom works out in the early, difficult social situations the reformer faced. Being Shaped by Freedom is a courageous attempt to argue for and to elucidate the consistency between the reformer''s practice and the indicative of reforming doctrine.""--Michael Parsons, Spurgeon''s College""With clarity, precision, and insightful sensitivity, Muhlhan . . . examines how Luther''s understanding of justification and freedom produces the faithful life of the believer. This refreshing analysis contributes significantly to our understanding of the holistic view of Christian righteousness fashioned by Luther''s distinctions of law and gospel and of two kinds of human righteousness. This book shows how Luther''s insights actually functioned in his proclamation aimed at shaping Christian consciousness and performance of God''s will.""Robert Kolb, Concordia Seminary""Brett Muhlhan displays a comprehensive knowledge of the principles and materials treated, lucidity in communicating that knowledge, and originality and independence in applying them . . . Throughout, he shows a talent for sound theological exposition, and an analytic gift to unearth the complex structure and substance of Luther''s thinking . . . This monograph, a substantial study of high quality, deserves an ecumenical reception.""--From the Foreword by Dennis Ngien, Tyndale SeminaryAbout the Contributor(s):Brett Muhlhan is Postgraduate Coordinator and Lecturer in Historical Theology, Systematics, and New Testament at the Perth Bible College, Western Australia.

About the Contributor(s):Warner M. Bailey is the Director of Presbyterian Studies at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. He writes on the impact of biblical studies on the life of the church.

Description:The world to which the Gospel of Mark introduces its reader is a world of conflicts and suspense, enigmas and secrets, questions and overturning of evidence, irony and surprise. Its principal actor, Jesus, is perplexing in the extreme. He is evidently so for the religious authorities who oppose him, but also for his disciples, who shift from incomprehension to opposition and flight. Questions of meaning, life and death, good and evil are continually broached. This narrative is a subtle invitation to enter into a new world, that of the coming Reign of God, in which the first are last and whoever wants to save his life must lose it.This commentary on the Gospel of Mark has been enthusiastically reviewed in the French edition as one of the best current commentaries on Mark. As a narrative critical commentary, it favors an interpretation of the Gospel that tries to grasp the dynamic of the text taken as a whole. Even if the technical vocabulary of narrative analysis is not used, and the main results of the historical-critical criticism, particularly those of redaction criticism, are not neglected, as the notes will reveal, it is narrative criticism that guides the proceedings. Endorsements:""It is a delight to see Camille Focant''s masterful commentary on the Gospel of Mark appear in English, ably translated by Leslie Keylock, and beautifully typeset by Pickwick Publications. Focant skillfully navigates the seemingly endless scholarship concerned with Mark. His introduction strikes the right balance, judiciously focusing on the critical questions and consistently reaching prudent conclusions. Each passage is interpreted with great care. Students, busy clergy, and seasoned scholars will benefit greatly from this well-written commentary.""--Craig A. Evans, Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Acadia Divinity CollegeAbout the Contributor(s):Camille Focant is a well-known Belgian New Testament scholar and professor emeritus in the faculty of theology at the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve) in Belgium. He is one of the editors of the French series of New Testament commentaries in which this volume appears. He is the author of Marc, un évangile étonnant (2006).

About the Contributor(s):Rodney Wallace Kennedy (PhD, Louisiana State University) is lead pastor of First Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio, as well as director of the Baptist House of Studies at United Theological Seminary, also in Dayton. He is the author of several books on homiletics, including Sermons from Mind and Heart (2011).Derek C. Hatch (PhD, University of Dayton) teaches theology and ethics at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas.

About the Contributor(s):Margaret B. Adam is an Affiliate Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of Glasgow.

About the Contributor(s):Miriam Bier teaches Old Testament at the London School of Theology. Tim Bulkeley has taught Old Testament at the Université protestante du Congo, the University of Auckland, and at Carey Baptist College.

Description:This is a book about Christianity in one particular region in Kenya. It walks into churches, listens to sermons, dances to music, and interviews the people sitting in the pews, all with the aim of understanding how spiritual power enables these churches to function as agents within their contemporary society.Ecclesiastical communities in Africa draw upon divine power in order to engage in modernity-related topics. Humans are not unresponsive to global flows of meaning; they are integrative agents who fashion their world by living in it. The kind of modernity arising from these churches does not blindly follow Western forms, but flows from its own internal logic in which spiritual power occupies central hermeneutical function. Theological resources contribute to the formation of sociological expressions. Divine power pertains directly to human constructs, which then allows the churches to actively ""image"" God for the development of unique forms of modernity arising on the continent.Endorsements:""This is precisely the kind of extended and comprehensive, sympathetic yet critical, theological yet socially aware micro-study that we need to grasp the complex reality of Africa''s emerging Christianity.""--Paul Gifford, Emeritus Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London""I warmly recommend this book. It is a profound and illuminating search concerning the human condition, human agency, and vulnerability, love, and power. . . . This is contextual theology of a high order, full of insights in its weaving of local, national, and continental debates.""--From the foreword by Kevin Ward, Senior Lecturer, African Religious Studies, Leeds UniversityAbout the Contributor(s):Gregg A. Okesson taught at Scott Christian University, Kenya, for thirteen years. He holds a PhD from the University of Leeds, UK, in the field of African Christianity and is currently an associate professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky.

About the Contributor(s):Margaret E. Ramey is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

Critical Conversations provides a series of theological engagements with the work of Michael Polanyi, one of the twentieth century''s most profound philosophers of science. Polanyi''s sustained explorations of the nature of human knowing open a range of questions and themes of profound importance for theology. He insists on the need to recover the categories of faith and belief in accounting for the way we know and points to the importance of tradition and the necessity sometimes of conversion in order to learn the truth of things. These themes are explored along with Polanyi''s social and political thought, his anthropology, his hermeneutics, and his conception of truth. Several of the essays set Polanyi alongside the work of other thinkers, particularly Karl Barth, Lesslie Newbigin, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Rene Girard, and they discuss points of comparison and contrast between the respective figures. While all the essays are appreciative of Polanyi''s contribution, they do not shy away from critical analysis--and take further, therefore, the critical appreciation of Polanyi''s work. ""Though not often heard in contemporary theology, Michael Polanyi''s voice had a significant influence over the likes of T. F. Torrance and Colin Gunton. . . . Polanyi''s groundbreaking work offers constructive avenues for thinking through, not simply the relationship between faith and science, but many central themes in the Christian tradition. Such potential is aptly demonstrated in this warmly recommended collection of essays. Murray Rae and his colleagues have done us a good service in compiling this study.""--John G. FlettHabilitand at the Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel, and author of The Witness of God: The Trinity, Missio Dei, Karl Barth and The Nature of Christian Community (2010)""Michael Polanyi has attracted growing attention . . . in many disciplines in recent years. This scintillating collection . . . critically engages with Polanyi''s post-positivist ideas on the important role in all human knowing played by faith, relationality, authority, tradition, and communities of inquiry. As well as exploring his social, political, anthropological, and theological views, contributors bring Polanyi into conversation with Karl Barth, Lesslie Newbiggin, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Rene Girard. This is theology-and-science at its most responsible, insightful, and interesting. Read it!""--John StenhouseAssociate Professor, Department of History, University of Otago, and editor with Ronald L. Numbers of Disseminating Darwinism: The Role of Place, Race, Religion and Gender (1999)""Critical Conversations displays two remarkably distinctive things about . . . Michael Polanyi''s epistemology. The rich, open-ended truthfulness of his proposals inspires innovative and penetrating cross-disciplinary conversations of all kinds; and conversants thus engaged experience freeing creativity and conviviality. Theological engagement is especially fruitful since Polanyi himself challenges a deadening Enlightenment legacy with an approach that is knowledge- and humanity- and hope-restoring because it is theologically attuned. These essayists offer a rich conversation that others may join profitably--convivially.""--Esther L. MeekAssociate Professor of Philosophy, Geneva College, and author of Loving to Know: Introducing Covenant Epistemology (2011)""This volume is a welcome addition to the literature bridging science and theology as it explores the work of a major thinker who allows us to go beyond . . . shallow post-Enlightenment objectivism. . . . Polanyi showed us that the knower could not be expunged from what was known and so confirmed observations both by Kierkegaard and Heidegger about the extent to which we frame our discoveries by the spirit with which we approach them. To see Polanyi''s work examined in this way is a vindication for those who have attempted to be rigorously post-critical in the rapprochement between contemporary theological ep

Description:J├╝rgen Moltmann and others contend that Christian theology and the church face a dual crisis--one of relevance and the other of identity. Despite making this pronouncement nearly forty years ago, the church in the West continues to struggle with this crisis. Several proposals have been espoused, from the way of wisdom to the way of ecclesial praxis. Yet, little attention is given in Protestant theological discourse to the role God''s beauty plays in bringing theology and ethics together. By neglecting God''s beauty for theological discourse, we risk diminishing Christian worship, witness, and wisdom.God''s Beauty-in-Act addresses these issues, in part, by arguing that the redemptive-creative suffering and glorious resurrection of Christ are the nexus of God''s being, beauty, and Christian living. God''s beauty, understood as the fittingness of the incarnate Son''s actions in the Spirit to the Father''s will, radiates God''s glory and draws perceivers into the dramatic movements of God''s triune life. These movements serve as the patterns that shape the imagination, enabling participants to perform their parts creatively and fittingly in God''s drama of redemption. In doing so, human beings flourish as they jettison false identities and realities of their own making that are incommensurate with God''s purpose found in Christ by the Spirit.Endorsements:""Garrett''s book is an altarpiece with two panels and a hinge, a fitting structure for a work that depicts the cross as the enactment of God''s beauty. . . . This study of Trinitarian theology presents the Son as the expression of the Father''s glory, and the Spirit its impression. God''s Beauty-in-Act describes how Christ''s cross transforms our imaginations, enabling the church to participate in the dramatic movement that defines the beat of God''s own heart.""--Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School""Stephen Garrett has provided us with a deftly constructed and compellingly argued case for the centrality of beauty for a faithful doctrine of God, and indeed for the whole theological project.""--Samuel Wells, Visiting Professor of Christian Ethics, King''s College, London""Stephen Garrett presents a thoughtful Protestant appropriation of the work of Balthasar, which stresses the supreme importance of imagination in the contemplative reception and ethical imitation of the beauty revealed in the cross of Christ. Of particular value is the deeply scriptural and resolutely Trinitarian context of Garrett''s reflections. This work is rich in ecumenical potential and makes a significant contribution to the task of shaping Christian ethics in light of the beauty ''ever ancient, ever new.''""--Francis Caponi, Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Villanova UniversityAbout the Contributor(s):Stephen M. Garrett, PhD, is an Academic Fellow with the International Institute for Christian Studies and Lecturer/Researcher of Public Theology and Philosophy of Religion in the Social Communications Institute at Lithuania University of Educational Sciences.

Description:This is a series of books which have a common theme: the understanding of Christ, and therefore the revelation of God, in the work of C. S. Lewis. These books are a systematic study of Lewis''s theology, Christology and doctrine of revelation; as such they draw on his life and work. They are written for academics and students, but also, crucially, for those people, ordinary Christians, without a theology degree who enjoy and gain sustenance from reading Lewis''s work.www.cslewisandthechrist.netEndorsements:""The importance of C. S. Lewis as an apologist for ''mere Christianity'' remains undiminished nearly fifty years after his death. The intensification of questions about the uniqueness of Jesus Christ and the significance of his life and work has if anything made him more important. Paul Brazier has done the church and the academy a great service in this . . . serious and accessible study of Lewis.""--The Very Rev. Dr. Justyn TerryDean, President, and Associate Professor of Systematic TheologyTrinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, Pennsylvania""Comments and publications on C. S. Lewis have become increasingly sterile since his death in 1963--mere footnotes to the champion of ''mere Christianity.'' So what a joy it is to find, as we do in this first volume of Paul Brazier''s painstaking study of Lewis''s thought, a genuine work of scholarship that is not only worthy of the great man but also provides for us what Lewis never did himself: a systematic philosophical theology of his religious method and beliefs.""--Dr. Andrew WalkerEmeritus Professor of Theology, Religion & CultureKing''s College, University of London""C. S. Lewis''s writings reflect a profound and coherent theological vision. This series is the most ambitious systematic account ever offered of this vision, and will help raise Lewis scholarship to a new level.""--Dr. Judith WolfeSupernumerary Teaching Fellow in TheologySt. John''s College, University of Oxford""Paul Brazier''s new book performs two functions: it reveals the strength and depth of C. S. Lewis''s contribution to modern Christianity, and it demonstrates the desirability of the art of apologetics in the contemporary world. As always, the writing is clear and direct, and the author has the ability to convey complex ideas and information to the non-specialist reader without surrendering any intellectual rigor.""--Dr. Brian HorneRetired Lecturer in Systematic TheologyKing''s College, University of London""Serious investigations into the theology of C. S. Lewis have been long in coming. . . . [T]he fact that Lewis was not a professional theologian has led to him being overlooked by those who were most able to engage critically and creatively with his writings. Fortunately . . . a new generation of scholars has taken up the task. Paul Brazier''s latest contribution to this is a most welcomed accomplishment that will leave an indelible impression on our understanding of-and appreciation for-Lewis'' remarkable theological contributions.""--Dr. Grayson CarterAssociate Professor of Church HistoryFuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CaliforniaEditor of Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal""In this rigorous and searching study of the theology of C. S. Lewis, Paul Brazier locates Lewis within the wider context of theological scholarship and shows him to be a theologian to be reckoned with in his own right, rather than simply a popularizer of Christian faith. This most welcome volume in a proposed three-volume series will surely prove invaluable in the assessment of Lewis''s legacy.""--Dr. Murray RaeProfessor and Head of the Department of Theology and ReligionUniversity of Otago, New ZealandAbout the Contributor(s):P. H Brazier is an independent theologian and scholar living in London, UK. He is the author of Barth and Dostoevsky (2008), and editor of the late Colin E. Gunton''s The Barth Lectures (2007) and Revelation and Reason (2009).

About the Contributor(s):Monte Shanks is Assistant Professor at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.

Description:A respected lecturer and author, the Rev. Dr. Peter Toon (1939-2009) was born in Yorkshire, England, and graduated from King''s College, University of London. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1973, he taught theology in both England and America, and was a visiting professor and guest lecturer at a variety of seminaries and universities in Asia, Europe, and Australia. Through his engagement in debates about all matters Anglican, he became the foremost exponent of ""the Anglican Way,"" a path both Reformed and Catholic. A self-identified evangelical, he brought an evangelical fervor to his love of the church and the gospel, and he has influenced a generation of priests around the world. This volume of essays, collected in his honor, furthers the work that Dr. Toon started, defending the continuing importance of the theology of the English Reformation and Anglican worship. Essays included discuss Thomas Cranmer, the Book of Common Prayer, the Thirty-Nine Articles, and the legacy of Dom Gregory Dix. The authors include Roger Beckwith, Bryan Spinks, Rudolph Heinze, Joan Lockwood O''Donovan, Gillis Harp, Graham Eglington, and Ian Robinson.Endorsements:""Toon''s contribution to the understanding of Anglicanism is hard to exaggerate . . . His courageous and scholarly work evoked much unpopularity for several decades, but it now enjoys deserved and widely acknowledged acceptance. His writings in the last days, while he was struggling with a debilitating disease, have been an indelible encouragement to many. I count myself as one deeply grateful, not only for his scholarly contributions, but his inspiring faith.""--C. FitzSimons Allison, 12th Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina""Anglicanism is not another flavor of liberal Protestantism, nor merely a via media between Protestantism and Catholicism, or an open-ended range of beliefs from Puritanism to Anglo-Catholicism. The essays in this book disclose confessional Anglicanism growing out of conservative Reformation, a theology formed by worshipping with the Book of Common Prayer."" --Gene Edward Veith, Patrick Henry College""Produced by the Prayer Book Society in honor of Peter Toon, its recently deceased, long-serving president, this collection of essays is as feisty, insightful, and formed by Anglican doctrine and worship as was the man himself. While the Episcopal Church wanders through a self-confessed time in the wilderness, those looking for solid joys and lasting treasures will find here thoughtful encouragement for recovering the unique witness of historic Anglicanism''s reformed and catholic Christianity."" --Ashley Null, Humboldt University of Berlin""Toon once made the trenchant observation, ''just as ancient Israel was set by God to be a light to the nations, so I see the Anglican Communion of Churches set by God, in the midst of all the churches, to be a light--providing a luminous example of simultaneous commitment to the gospel and to catholicity.'' This truly excellent collection of essays, contributed by a distinguished company of Anglican scholars, pays a fitting tribute to Toon''s profound dedication to the Anglican way. This book deserves a broad readership.""--Torrance Kirby, McGill UniversityAbout the Contributor(s):Roberta L. Bayer is Assistant Professor of Government at Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, Virginia. She currently edits the Anglican Way, the magazine of the Prayer Book Society of the United States.

Description:Pentecostals are known for an experiential spirituality that emphasizes immediate encounters with God through the Holy Spirit. But how should such experience be understood? Is it, in fact, quite so immediate?Neumann argues that Pentecostal experience of God is mediated by the Spirit''s work through Scripture, the Christian tradition, and the broader cultural context. Using the work of three contemporary Pentecostal theologians--Frank D. Macchia, Simon K. H. Chan, and Amos Yong--the book demonstrates that a mediated view of experience of God is forging a more mature Pentecostal theology. As further evidence of this maturation, Neumann engages these Pentecostal theologians in ecumenical dialogue with leading representatives from Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant traditions.Endorsements:""The maturation of pentecostal theology and scholarship, Neumann''s analysis shows, also brings with it the conflict of pentecostal interpretations. Welcome to the contestations!""--Amos Yong, Regent University""Finally, a sustained engagement of the most essential feature of pentecostal-charismatic spirituality: transformative encounters with God . . . Pentecostal Experience will become a standard reference for future discussions of experience in Pentecostalism, and [it will] serve as a testament to the maturation of pentecostal theology.""--Kenneth J. Archer, Southeastern University""Neumann demonstrates the high level of theological reflection and sophistication undertaken by pentecostal theologians in examining the constructive role of experience. He is mindful of the role of experience in contemporary Christian theology and the plurality that already exists among the leading lights. With the publication of this book, Neumann himself will rank within that company.""--Ralph Del Colle, Marquette University""In Pentecostal Experience, Neumann challenges Pentecostal and non-Pentecostal alike. With laser-sharp theological precision he critiques traditional Pentecostal self-understanding of the experience of the Holy Spirit. But he casts his net wide to capture ecumenical voices, which he sets in dialogue with the best current, Pentecostal thinking. This book is a must-read for anyone hoping to theologically engage a new generation of global Pentecostals.""--David A. Reed, Wycliffe College""Neumann has given us a helpful exploration into how pentecostal theologians deal with the role of experience . . . Those interested in pentecostal theology, or broader issues concerning the role of experience in theological method, will find a feast of insight in this book.""--Frank D. Macchia, Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaAbout the Contributor(s):Peter D. Neumann (PhD, University of St. Michael''s College, Toronto School of Theology) is the Assistant Academic Dean and Professor of Theology at Master''s College and Seminary, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Description:People are moving to the margins of the Catholic Church. As one dialogue partner states, ""I left the Church to beat the rush."" Yet, another remarks, ""I just wonder. I have to ask, who''s on the margins? I''m not sure."" Let Your Voice Be Heard details original practical theology research that endeavors to understand the dynamics on the margins of the Roman Catholic Church in dialogue with fifty dialogue partners from across the United States. Practical theology, the theology of marginality of Jung Young Lee, reciprocal ethnography, and the communication theory of Mikhail Bakhtin join in a cross-disciplinary dialogue.In conversation with dialogue partners, Joan Hebert Reisinger seeks the reasons why Catholics over the age of twenty-one who were once active and involved in the Catholic Church find themselves on the margins of the Church and how they understand their own marginality. The dialogue partners speak of new ways of being Church emerging on the margins. This emerging Church is marked by inclusive relationships that include dialogue that does not seek agreement or consensus, a critical and thoughtful recalling of memories and narratives of the Catholic faith tradition, and appropriation of these in new and creative ways.Endorsements:""Creating a rich theological dialogue rooted in cross-disciplinary inquiry, Reisinger makes room at the table for those who in the past have been overlooked and undervalued. In Let Your Voice Be Heard, we are challenged to rethink our perceptions of margin and center, discovering the creative potential situated in the diversity of voices at the margins of the church.""--L. Juliana Claassens, Stellenbosch University""If you pick up this book, be prepared to listen. When Joan Reisinger invites us to listen to Catholics at the margins, she means it. She lets us hear their voices, their longings, and their pain. But these voices are not outsiders looking in; they are wisdom-seekers forging new ground and space with faith that is both bold and hopeful.""--Kathleen A. Cahalan, Saint John''s School of Theology┬╖Seminary""This is an amazing book, learned and very wise. Catholic leaders talk today about ''the new evangelization.'' I think they would be well advised to read this book to understand both the challenge and importance of this new evangelization for those who are so faithful, and yet find themselves at the church''s margins. Such women and men may well evangelize us!""--Stephen Bevans, Catholic Theological Union""This is practical theology for the U.S. Catholic context, where the margins are an increasingly crowded and--as this book shows--theologically rich place.""--Tom Beaudoin, Fordham UniversityAbout the Contributor(s):Joan Hebert Reisinger combines a dual career as both a practical theologian and a speech language pathologist. Her primary research interests are in ecclesiology, particularly the study of those on the margins of the Church, and religious education.

Description:In this book Marianne Bjelland Kartzow suggests that ideas taken from recent discussions of multiple identities and intersectionality, combined with insights from memory theory, can renew our engagement with biblical texts. Some marginal early Christian passages, and what the scholarly community has reconstructed of their historical contexts, are encountered, looking for alternative ways these texts can produce meaning. A fresh look at some marginal biblical figures--such as male and female slaves who are beaten by a fellow slave, the queer figure of the Ethiopian eunuch, foreign Egyptian women, rebellious widows, or a possessed fortune-telling slave girl--can help biblical users to talk in more critical and creative ways about responsibility, identity, injustice, violence, inclusion/exclusion, and the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and class. These perspectives may be relevant for those who see the New Testament as Christian canon or as cultural canon, or as both.Endorsements:""Kartzow has a rare gift for writing highly accessible but theoretically sophisticated prose. Drawing upon memory theory and concepts of intersectionality, Kartzow pays special attention to the marginalized figures in ancient texts, including the neglected female slave . . . This study greatly advances our understanding of the construction of early Christian identities and will be welcomed by scholars, students, and general readers alike.""--Margaret Y. MacDonald, St. Francis Xavier University""Combining an intriguing, multifaceted methodological approach with an urge to make visible those outside our spheres of moral concern, Kartzow convincingly demonstrates her renown as a talented, innovative, and committed biblical scholar."" --Christina Petterson, Australian National University""A deliberate attempt to remember the struggling survivors and hybrid personalities found in the early Christian archives, Destabilizing the Margins shows ''that ideas taken from recent discussions of multiple identities and intersectionality, combined with insights from memory theory, can renew our engagement'' with Christian traditions, as well as challenge contemporary simplifications of life worlds, raising hope for the future.""--Pieter Botha, University of South AfricaAbout the Contributor(s):Marianne Bjelland Kartzow is Senior Research Fellow within the project Jesus in Cultural Complexity at the University of Oslo, supported by the Research Council of Norway. She is the author of Gossip and Gender: Othering of Speech in the Pastoral Epistles (2009).

Description:In 1967 Karl Rahner famously wrote: ""The economic Trinity is the immanent Trinity, and vice versa."" From that time onwards, Rahner''s Rule has become the norm for conceiving the relationship between the Trinity in the economy of salvation and God''s eternal inner life. Evangelical theologians currently employ Rahner''s Rule in a variety of ways. One of the most popular is the ""Strict Realist Reading"" whereby trinitarian relationships in salvation history are taken to mirror eternal relationships within God. This book brings this norm into conversation with the witness of Scripture in order to assess its viability. In doing so, it highlights troubling issues that arise from the application of the Strict Realist Reading of Rahner''s Rule to the narrative of Luke-Acts. This book suggests that the Strict Realist Reading can be shown to be a questionable basis for our doctrine of God''s inner life. Endorsements:""Based on Luke-Acts Scott Harrower has mounted an exegetical challenge to the strict realist reading of Rahner''s rule that evangelicals would be foolish to avoid. The biblical accent does not fall on the imitation of the Trinity''s inner life but on the imitation of Christ in the economy of salvation. The onus is now on those who champion the rule or something like it in its strict form to meet the challenge.""--Dr. Graham A. ColeAnglican Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford UniversityAuthor of Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? (2012)""The book leverages its investigation of Luke-Acts to lodge a protest against a widespread, highly influential, but seldom critically examined movement in modern Trinitarian methodology. . . . I commend this book as an excellent piece of research theology, the kind of solid work that captures the theological moment, advances the next few steps into new territory, and indicates where future progress lies.""--Fred Sanders, from the forewordAssociate Professor in the Torrey Honors Institute, Biola UniversityAuthor of The Deep Things of God (2010) ""''Rahner''s Rule'' has exercised massive influence over recent theology. To this point it has not-quite surprisingly-been subjected to adequate biblical scrutiny. In this insightful work, Scott Harrower takes important steps to provide such scrutiny. The result is a book that will repay careful study, and even those who are not fully persuaded by all the arguments will benefit from engagement with it.""--Thomas H. McCallAssociate Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolAuthor of Which Trinity? Whose Monotheism? (2010)About the Contributor(s):Rev. Dr. Scott Harrower is Assistant Professor of Theology and History at the Melbourne School of Theology in Australia. He has authored various articles in theology and historical theology.

Description:What may happen when Christians take doctrine seriously? One possible answer is that the shape of churchly life ""on the ground"" can be significantly altered. This pioneering study is both an account of the doctrine of the person of Christ as it has been expounded by the theologians of historic English and Welsh Nonconformity, and an attempt to show that while many Nonconformists held classical orthodox views of the doctrine between 1600 and 2000, others advocated alternative understandings of Christ''s person; hence the evolution of the ecclesial landscape as we have come to know it. The traditions here under review are those of Old Dissent: the Congregationalists, Baptists, Presbyterians and their Unitarian heirs; and the Calvinistic and Arminian Methodist bodies that owe their origin to the Evangelical Revival of the eighteenth century.Endorsements:""This encyclopedic but accessible survey stands as witness to the church''s ongoing wrestle with an ancient question--''Who do you say that I am?'' It demonstrates Professor Sell''s acumen as a meticulous researcher, his contagious devotion to the nonconformist tradition, and his aptitude for bringing the dead back to life. With wit and sober-headedness, this bold and theologically informed study records many christological enthusiasms and ecclesiological consequences that this perduring question has birthed--its invitation lingers still.""-Rev. Dr. Jason GoroncyLecturer and Dean of StudiesKnox Centre for Ministry and LeadershipAbout the Contributor(s):Alan P. F. Sell is a philosopher-theologian and ecumenist. He has held academic posts in England, Canada, and Wales, ecclesiastical posts in England and Geneva, and now works full time as a researcher/author/editor, and as a Visiting Professor at home and abroad. His most recent book is Convinced, Concise, and Christian: The Thought of Huw Parri Owen.

Description:Wonder has often occupied a place of unique importance across a variety of human practices and intellectual activities. At different times and historical periods, it has been hailed as the beginning of philosophy and as the end that philosophy should aspire to pursue; as the motive force of scientific quests and their fruit; as the aim of art and the means art uses to accomplish its aims; and as the religious experience par excellence and the hallmark of a deeper spiritual life. Yet despite the special relationship it has borne to many of our most highly valued intellectual and spiritual practices, wonder remains a neglected and understudied notion. This volume aims to redress this neglect, bringing together a collection of essays drawn from different disciplines to consider the sense of wonder from a number of complementary perspectives. What is wonder? What role has it historically played in philosophy, science, art and aesthetics, and the religious or spiritual life? Can wonder be dangerous? Is wonder an experience in which we should, or indeed could, aspire to dwell? Why, among human experiences, should it be prized?Contributors: Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Stephen Mulhall, Sylvana Chrysakopoulou, Derek Matravers, Michel Hulin, Alexander Rueger, Robert Fuller, David Burrell, Claude-Olivier Doron & Sophia Vasalou.Endorsements:""Is wonder of importance, and if so, why? This wide-ranging and thought-provoking collection of essays can be warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in this intriguing topic.""--Jane Heal, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge""We all recognize wonder, but we are puzzled by what exactly it is. Sophia Vasalou''s multidisciplinary team of specialists unravels the strands of our perplexity, and her own substantial contribution presents the topic with her customary imagination, learning, and originality.""--John Marenbon, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, University of CambridgeAbout the Contributor(s):Sophia Vasalou is Junior Research Fellow at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. She is the author of Moral Agents and Their Deserts (2008).

Description:What does it mean to be created in the image of God? How can the existence of evil be explained if we believe in a good and loving God? What is the precise meaning of the notion of original sin? How can God transfer the guilt of humanity to one innocent individual, or should we rather dispense with the notion of penal satisfaction? The first part of Created in the Image of God grapples in a concise manner with these and other elusive and controversial theological and anthropological issues. The second part proceeds to address societal issues that relate to dignity, equality, and freedom. How can human dignity and the dignity of the environment be reconciled? Are the values of freedom and equality natural enemies? When does theology become a tool of oppression? How should we evaluate neo-liberalist economic theory after the greatest recession since the Depression? This book cautiously attempts to provide some answers that might help modern society to re-invent itself in a tumultuous age.Endorsements:""After decades in which quandaries dominated the field of ethical deliberation in an often depressing way, there is now a growing interest in the anthropological dimension of morality. Nico Vorster offers an attractive contribution to this approach by combining the discussion of theological themes like man as the image of God, and sin, with perspectives on values such as dignity, freedom, and equality. This is promising!""--Gerrit de KruijfProtestant Theological University, The Netherlands""In this timely and thorough-going study, Nico Vorster probes some of the core doctrines of Reformed theology-especially the relationship between God and humanity as established by the imago Dei, thwarted by sin, and restored by atonement. He not only comes up with some creative proposals for relating these classical doctrines to the contemporary scientific worldview, but also convincingly shows how the resulting theological anthropology is able to deal constructively with some of the most pressing ethical challenges of our time. This book is a must-read for everyone with an interest in Reformed theology as a living tradition of ongoing relevance.""--Gysbert van den BrinkVU University, Amsterdam""Nico Vorster draws deeply from the rich wells of scripture, reformed theology, and ethics as he reworks perennial topics in ways that are open to new understandings from the natural and social sciences and are creatively relevant to pressing issues of our time. This would be an excellent textbook for courses in theology, ethics, or theological ethics.""-Douglas J. SchuurmanSt. Olaf CollegeAbout the Contributor(s):Nico Vorster is Extraordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at the Theological Faculty of the Northwest University in South Africa. He is the author of Restoring Human Dignity in South Africa (2007).

Description:This is the first comprehensive study of the thought of the Welsh theologian-philosopher Huw Parri Owen (1926-1996). Indebted to the heritage of Christian thought, and not bewitched by Barth, bothered by Flew, or bewildered by Bultmann, Owen brought considerable biblical, philosophical, and theological acumen to the articulation of a reasonable, experientially grounded faith. A sharp-minded Christian thinker--a number of whose discussions of philosophico-theological themes remain pertinent to current scholarly debate--is here rescued from unjustified neglect.Endorsements:""Some theologians trumpet their arguments; others, with much less fanfare, simply get on with the dogmatic task. Huw Parri Owen was of the latter breed. His work continues to repay careful study as a model of clear, reasoned, careful theology informed by the Christian tradition and the biblical witness. So it is a delight to commend this study of Owen''s thought by Professor Alan Sell. It offers a fair, balanced, yet critical account of some of the central themes in Owen''s work, with an eye to the interlocutors and movements to which Owen addressed himself. I hope it will commend Owen to a new generation of readers as a twentieth-century theologian worthy of serious intellectual engagement.""-Oliver D. CrispProfessor of Systematic TheologyFuller Theological Seminary""Sell here retrieves the thought of an under-known, undervalued Welsh theologian-philosopher who made some significant contributions toward ''a reasonable, experientially grounded Christian faith.'' Sell''s treatment is, as ever, evenhanded. He recognizes Owen''s desire to be ''reasonable'' without being a rationalist in faith while also insisting on the prime reality of experience, which tempers all else in his overall theology. Owen''s thought is instructive; and this fine work makes it accessible to a new generation.""-Donald K. McKimExecutive Editor for Theology and ReferenceWestminster John Knox PressAbout the Contributor(s):Alan P. F. Sell, a philosopher-theologian and ecumenist, is employed in research, writing, and lecturing in the United Kingdom and abroad. He has held academic positions in England, Canada, and Wales, and ecclesiastical posts in England and Geneva. He is the author or editor of over thirty books, including Confessing and Commending the Faith (Wipf & Stock, 2006) and Hinterland Theology (Wipf & Stock, 2008).

Description:This book reveals--for the first time ever--the extraordinary impact of Huldah the prophet on our Bible. She was both a leader of exilic Jews and a principal author of Hebrew Scripture. She penned the Shema: the ardent, prayerful praise that millions of worshipers repeat twice daily. Moreover, Jesus quoted as his own last words the ones that Huldah had written centuries before--""Into your hand I commit my spirit."" Huldah was an extraordinary writer--arguably she ranks among the best in Hebrew Scripture. As such, she added to God''s Word a feminine aspect that has inspired numberless believers--men and women alike. This book''s new techniques reveal that though subjected to extreme verbal abuse, Huldah surmounted her era''s high barriers to women. As elder, queen mother, and war leader during the sixth century BCE, she helped shape Israel''s history. And what, then, can this book mean to scholars--both women and men? Feminists need a rallying point and a heroine, and Huldah makes a superb one. In years ahead, experts might well place Huldah alongside the very greatest women of antiquity; indeed, they may even conclude that she is among the most influential people in human history.Endorsements:""Kavanagh''s latest book is another fascinating and creative recasting of biblical narratives. His writing is precise and lucid and his analyses are unlike anyone else''s, combining biblical scholarship, mathematical statistics, and a deep reading of Jewish canonical and literary sources, including esoteric material. Provocative and richly documented, Huldah will be well received by anyone who has followed Kavanagh''s previous research and writing.""--Jeff Levin, University Professor and Director of the Program on Religion and Population Health, Baylor Institute for Studies of ReligionAbout the Contributor(s):Preston Kavanagh holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard. He retired twenty-five years ago from an executive position in a large company to seek the identities of those who wrote the Hebrew Bible. Huldah discusses what he has found, as do several prior books--Secrets of the Jewish Exile (2005), The Exilic Code (Pickwick Publications, 2009), and The Shaphan Group (Pickwick Publications, 2011). He and his wife, Lois, live quietly in Maryland.

Description:What would a comparative study of prayer look like? If the human impulse is to survive by thinking and acting religiously, Reinhart says religion is born on the day prayer first finds breath. He discusses prayer as a discourse since that first day that is speech out of brokenness or suffering is expressed in the hope of something more. Through his engagement with theorists of language and memory (Habermas, Derrida, Metz, Ricoeur, and others), Reinhart develops a framework that sustains an innovative approach to apocalyptical thought that also lays the foundation for a new field: the comparative study of prayer.Endorsements:""Prayer as Memory blends theory and theology to explore how prayer--at once a religious performance and an enactment of moral imagination--is rooted in ''the loam of memory,'' a fertile ground that locates prayer within a collective, historically situated context. Theoretically astute and theologically insightful, this book will be of interest to readers who want to know more about the perduring effects of collective memory on everyday religious practice.""--Elizabeth Castelli, Professor of Religion, Barnard College""Prayer as Memory is an astute and foundational essay in theologia prima. By bringing together the contrasting, contemporary philosophical scenarios and the theological insights of the likes of Barth and Metz, this book is an eloquent elucidation of prayer as an apocalyptic genre that offers a theoretical frame and practical guidance to understand and engage a devotional life. This book deserves praise for daring originality, interdisciplinary acumen, and pastoral relevance."" --Vítor Westhelle, Professor of Systematic Theology, Lutheran School of Theology""Asserting that prayer is a form of discourse, Reinhart explores the multifaceted ethical dimensions and functions of prayers, as they relate to self-understanding, memory, awareness of others'' suffering, apocalyptic sentiments, redemption, and reconciliation. Eloquently written, and drawing upon a wide range of important thinkers, including Jacques Derrida and Jürgen Habermas, this book is an illuminating and fascinating exposition of prayer as a practice with continuing relevance.""--Yuki Miyamoto, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University""In prayer we remember the woundedness of our communities while enacting the eschatological hope for how the world ought to be. Reinhart presents a nuanced argument for both the rationality and mystery of prayer, in which the experience of otherness overwhelms ideological fixation. This work brings a fresh perspective to the debate on prayer in the public sphere.""--Björn Krondorfer, Professor of Religious Studies, Martin-Springer InstituteAbout the Contributor(s):David Reinhart is Lecturer in Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. He has lived in Chicago almost all of his life, previously teaching at DePaul University and Richard J. Daley City College.