Judah and Saul in the Narratives of Genesis and 1 Samuel
Following upon the work of Jewish scholars who have attempted to rehabilitate the notion of chosenness in the Hebrew Bible and that of other scholars who have focused more narrowly on the fate of non-Israelites in the Old Testament, The Unfavored centers on the role of unfavored characters within Israelspecifically, Judah and ......
A Fresh Look at Nipponjinron through ""Maternal-filial Affection""
This book makes a distinctly new contribution to the field of Nipponjinron as a theological anthropology of Japaneseness. Through concrete examples, classic literature, historical analysis, and religious reflection, the author illuminates a new path to understanding Japaneseness by drawing the reader's attention to the lifeblood of Japanese ......
In Uncovering Calvin's God, Forrest H. Buckner provides a robust exposition of John Calvin's teaching and preaching to reveal that the controversial theologian believed in a God of love who is sovereign over predestination.
In Uncovering Calvin's God, Forrest H. Buckner provides a robust exposition of John Calvin's teaching and preaching to reveal that the controversial theologian believed in a God of love who is sovereign over predestination.
In this book, the contributors cover traditional historical and theological responses to political unrest as a foundation for considering or evaluating attempts to address theologically present-day manifestations of uncivil disobedience.
Mapping Theological Traditions of Church, Culture, and Civil Order
Two Kingdoms & Two Cities lays out the recent trends in Christian political theology and their connections to past traditions. In particular, the recent emergence of "two kingdoms" and "two cities" approaches to Christian social thinking are shown to have a key-and often unacknowledged-connection to Luther's reshaping of the Augustinian paradigm.
Published in Finland in 1983, Two Kinds of Love is the second of Tuomo Mannermaa's provocative books offering a distinctly different interpretation of Martin Luther's theology. The other, Christ Present in Faith, was published by Fortress Press in 2005. In Two Kinds of Love, Mannermaa unfolds Luther's understanding of love as the key to the ......
This book argues that all theologies are public measures - they disclose as well as gauge the publics (near and far) on which they stand, sit, lie, or fall. Because publics shift and mingle, theologies require reimagining and relocating, incorporating fresh insights and energies, and troubling.
Few phrases in Scripture have occasioned as much discussion as has the I am who I am of Exodus 3:14. What does this phrase mean? How does it relate to the divine name, YHWH? Is it an answer to Moses' question (v. 13), or an evasion of an answer?
The trend in late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholarly ......
