The Collected Works of James Wm. McClendon, Jr., Volume 1

Ryan Andrew Newson is a Doctoral Candidate in Christian Ethics and Philosophical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. Andrew C.Wright is a Doctoral Candidate in Christian Ethics and Philosophical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. Nancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary

Volume 1 Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction to Volume 1 Part I: Prospect 1 The Radical Road One Baptist Took (2000) Part II: Early Baptist Reflections 2 Creation, Humanity, Sin (1964) 3 Atonement, Discipleship, and Freedom (1964) 4 Death, Resurrection, Survival, and Immortality (1964) 5 A Brief Narrative Account of My Professional Life and Work to the Present (1969) 6 Some Reflections on the Future of Trinitarianism (1966) 7 Baptism as a Performative Sign (1966) Part III: Focusing the baptist Vision 8 A Decade of Deeds and Dreams: My History Continued, 1969-1978 (1978) 9 What Is a 'baptist' Theology? (1982) 10 The Concept of Authority: A Baptist View (1988) 11 Primitive, Present, Future: A Vision for the Church in the Modern World (1991) 12 The Mennonite and Baptist Vision (1993) 13 The Voluntary Church in the Twenty-First Century (1998) Part IV: Social Ethics for Radical Christians 14 Social Ethics for Radical Christians: Analysis and Program (1989) 15 The End of the World (1989) 16 The Church Seeking a Peaceable Culture: The Way of the Cross (1995) 17 The Church Seeking a Peaceable Culture: The Way of the Resurrection (1995) 18 Knowing the One Thing Needful (1995) 19 The Politics of Forgiveness (1998) Part V: Paths to Catholicity: The baptist Path 20 What Is a Southern Baptist Ecumenism? (1968) 21 Christian Identity in Ecumenical Perspective (with John Howard Yoder) (1990) 22 Balthasar Hubmaier, Catholic Anabaptist (1991) 23 Law and Faith (1994) 24 A baptist Millennium? (1998) Part VI: Retrospect 25 Embodying the Great Story: An Interview with James Wm. McClendon, Jr. (2000) Permissions for Volume 1 Scripture Index for Volume I General Index for Volume 1

The Collected Works of James Wm. McClendon, Jr. is a testament to McClendons stature as one of the most significant American theologians of the twentieth century. Readers familiar with McClendons work and those coming to it for the first time will discover in these pages an extraordinary ecumenical achievement. -- Elizabeth Newman, Eula Mae & John Baugh Professor of Theology & Ethics, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond "McClendons explorations in philosophical theology, narrative theology, dogmatics, and ethics serve as excellent introductions to the masterful works of his maturity. His works teach Catholics, Protestants, and baptists alike how to construct a lively Christian theology." -- Dr Terrence Tilley, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S J, Professor of Catholic Theology, Fordham University "All concur that James McClendon is the preeminent progressive Baptist theologian of his era. His work is fresh, compelling, and sometimes theologically mischievous." -- William H Brackney, The Millard R Cherry Distinguished Professor of Christian Thought & Ethics, Faculty of Theology of Acadia University The editors have done an admirable job not only of collecting nearly four decades of McClendon's work, but of locating those works in relation to his academic career and his developing theological and philosophical themes. New and Wright have, indeed, provided a rich resource that may, indeed, bring McClendon's voice back into consultation. -- Amy L. Chilton Thompson -- American Baptist Quarterly