Carl E. Braaten is professor emeritus of systematic theology at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and former executive director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. Robert W. Jenson (1930-2017) was a leading Lutheran and ecumenical theologian. He served as codirector of the Institute for Theological Inquiry and was cofounder and longtime associate director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. Among his many significant books are A Religion against Itself, The Triune Identity, and the two-volume Systematic Theology.
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The Expository Times "The importance of the works consists in the deep seriousness with which the writers address the issues. . . There is nothing here of the easy contemporary talk of spiritual warfare, which is often so trivial, both with regard to sin and the work of God in Christ. . . This is a book for careful study. It offers a fascinating text for any ecumenical theological study groups of preachers, liturgists, or pastors." Colin E. Gunton "The best theological treatments of evil -- those that take it with due seriousness -- are those that see it in the light of its overcoming through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Containing some profound and brilliant papers, this book more than fulfills that requirement. The authors present church and public alike with the seriousness of the human condition and open up questions that have been scandalously evaded in recent theology. We are profoundly indebted to the editors for commissioning yet another series of papers that both expose the sickness of our late modern world and point us to the source of its healing." First Things "Solid theology winsomely presented."