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.
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.
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.
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 ......
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 ......
From the concrete experience of war, Michael S. Yandell constructs a phenomenology of "negative revelation" in which false or distorted claims of goodness and justice disintegrate, becoming meaningless. Yandell argues that the disintegration of meaning in war is itself a meaningful experience; "revealing" comes to signify the presence of goodness ......
From the concrete experience of war, Michael S. Yandell constructs a phenomenology of "negative revelation" in which false or distorted claims of goodness and justice disintegrate and become meaningless, adding depth to the term moral injury.
This book explores the five books of the Psalms and the ways the psalmists ground their sermons and prayers in the nature and activity of the God of Israel. The canonical collection of the Psalter shows psalmists both doubting and trusting God, which together constitute the theology of the Psalter.
