Elizabeth Palmer is the books editor at Christian Century magazine. An ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, she served as the Lutheran campus pastor at the University of Chicago for eight years and has also worked as a hospital chaplain. She has a PhD in theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School.
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Preface 1. Pedagogy and Anagogy in Twentieth-Century Readings of Genesis 22 2. Luther's Reading of Genesis 22: The Lectures on Genesis in Historical and Theological Perspective 3. Faith as Movement in Relation to the Lectures on Genesis 4. Kierkegaard's Reading of Genesis 22: Fear and Trembling in Historical and Theological Perspective 5. Faith as Movement in Relation to Fear and Trembling 6. The Value of Anagogical Exegesis for Faith Bibliography Indexes
"Elizabeth Palmer mines the rich readings of Luther and Kierkegaard to show that what we find in the binding of Isaac is not only a horror religiosis but also hope and even humor. Palmer reminds readers of the power of words to create a world, but also that the power and mystery of God is found in the silences in between them." -- Jason Micheli, author of Cancer Is Funny "Jason Micheli, author of Cancer Is Funny" "In this important study, Elizabeth Palmer demonstrates how the themes so important to both Luther and Kierkegaard emerged from their use of the binding of Isaac. There is much to learn from this study." -- Susan Schreiner, University of Chicago Divinity School "Susan Schreiner, University of Chicago Divinity School" "This book is not for the faint-hearted. It is, however, for those who have lost patience with so much theology of pornographic intimacy with God. It is a serious offer of gospel faith that refuses easy accommodation. Palmer sees, via Luther and Kierkegaard, that faith is a deep risk that entails venturesome engagement, not arriving at certitudes." -- Walter Brueggemann, professor emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary "Walter Brueggemann, professor emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary" "This is a first-rate study of the different ways that Luther and Kierkegaard interpret Genesis 22 so as to draw their readers into the movement of faith. Anyone who wrestles, as Luther and Kierkegaard did, with how to trust a hidden and quite possibly horrible God will come away changed by Palmer's highly astute and religiously sensitive book." -- Kathryn Tanner, Yale Divinity School "Kathryn Tanner, Yale Divinity School"