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Daily Scriptures 365 Readings in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Jacob N. Cerone and Matthew C. Fisher A simple and meaningful way of practicing biblical languages Pastors, students, and scholars not in the midst of language coursework often find it difficult to maintain their knowledge of biblical languages like Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. For those looking to do so in a meaningful but manageable way, this devotional offers 365 short daily readings, pairing an Old Testament passage in Hebrew and Greek with a corresponding New Testament passage in Greek and Latin. Lexical notes in English are included as a way of facilitating a comfortable reading experience that will build one’s confidence and ability in reading the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, the Greek New Testament, and the Latin Vulgate. “This is an excellent book for retaining your biblical languages. Here you’ll find a rich selection from a wide variety of authors. It’s the best reader I know of.” — DAVID ALAN BLACK
author of Learn to Read New Testament Greek
“This attractive and practical volume offers a simple way to keep exercising your language muscles. Texts are thoughtfully selected and attractively laid out so that your knowledge of one biblical language can aid your recall of another, whether Hebrew, Greek, or Latin.” — CARMEN JOY IMES
associate professor of Old Testament at Biola University
“In line with the faithful wisdom of generations past, Daily Scriptures invites devotees into the interwoven tapestry of the Scriptures. Readers hear the grand story through digestible verses, providing just enough text to hone language skills without being overwhelmed.” — AMY PEELER
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associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College
“For the language lover, Daily Scriptures is a unique joy, offering an opportunity to read through compelling biblical themes in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. For the developing language learner, the simple format and lexical notes bring the languages to life and help with readability.” — BETH M. STOVELL
associate professor of Old Testament at Ambrose University
Jacob N. Cerone is a doctoral candidate at the Friedrich-AlexanderUniversität at Erlangen-Nuremburg, Germany, and coeditor of the Apostolic Fathers Greek Reader. Matthew C. Fisher is lecturer in biblical studies and theology at St. Petersburg Christian University, Russia.
“Within the pages of this book, Jacob Cerone and Matthew Fisher offer a brilliant way for readers acquainted with one or more of the biblical languages to keep up with their training. The short selections focus on meaningful and faith-related passages that promise to inspire users as they go about their daily activities.” — LOREN T. STUCKENBRUCK
professor of New Testament at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
“I know of no other devotional book like this one. It will draw you into the beauty of God’s Word while simultaneously strengthening your knowledge of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.”
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Collin and Evelyn Aikman Professor of Biblical Studies at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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A Grammar of New Testament Greek
A Greek Reader A Companion to A Primer of Biblical Greek
Rodney A. Whitacre
Mark Jeong
A reader’s guide to the morphology and syntax of Koine Greek
This companion to A Primer of Biblical Greek offers dozens of simple narratives that reinforce the content and skills introduced in Clayton Croy’s textbook, so that Greek language learners might have ample opportunity for practice. Too often, Greek readers include difficult primary texts encumbered with glosses, but this reader from Mark Jeong is instead comprised of originally written texts keyed to the vocabulary and grammar taught in Croy. Thus fluent, comprehensive reading—rather than painstaking translation— can be the goal. In addition to providing useful practice, Jeong’s engaging narratives will help students of Greek grasp the nuances of particularly complicated aspects of Koine—such as the imperfect tense—by allowing them to see the language “in action” in various textual situations. Each narrative also follows a larger story about the adventures of Philemon, Onesimus, and Paul, making for enjoyable reading that better prepares one for the daunting task of eventually reading the Greek New Testament.
From the pen of a seasoned instructor, this second-year Greek textbook provides a basic overview of the language for new learners and for those looking for a brief refresher before moving into nuanced matters of morphology and syntax. With an eye toward helping readers understand the subtleties of language on the pages of the New Testament, Rodney Whitacre engages with the biblical text on both a grammatical and an exegetical level—including several illustrative examples throughout. “Where may one find a readable, reliable, text-centered grammar of New Testament Greek? In answering this commonly posed question, I will now point people to Rodney A. Whitacre’s substantive, authoritative volume. Every student of the Greek New Testament should own and use this volume, which has been carefully and lovingly composed by a seasoned master teacher who continues to be captivated by the beauty and profundity of the Greek texts that comprise our New Testament.” — TODD D. STILL
George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University
“Whitacre distinguishes this text by the breadth of his references and by his careful, non-partisan engagement with the literature of linguistics scholarship. He writes with a teacher’s sensitivity to what needs explaining and a scholar’s respect for getting details right (even when that means acknowledging that certain constructions defy definite resolution). I firmly recommend this book as a grammatical resource for intermediate Greek and exegetical classes; it enters a crowded field as my top choice.” — A. K. M. ADAM
University of Oxford
Rodney A. Whitacre has been a teacher of Greek for over forty years. He is the author of Using and Enjoying Biblical Greek, A Patristic Greek Reader, and a commentary on the Gospel of John in the IVP New Testament Commentary series.
Mark Jeong is an instructor of Hellenistic Greek and a doctoral student in New Testament at Duke Divinity School. He has published articles on the New Testament in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament and New Testament Studies. 978-0-8028-7991-2 • Paperback • 144 pages • $19.00 US • $25.99 CAN • £14.99 UK AVAILABLE APRIL 2022
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Ancient Wisdom An Introduction to Sayings Collections Walter T. Wilson
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This book surveys and analyzes twenty-seven major collections of wisdom sayings from antiquity, including texts from ancient Egypt, the ancient Near East, ancient Israel and early Judaism, early Christianity, and the Greco-Roman world. Through the diversity of these selections, readers are exposed to wisdom literature from a wide array of historical, cultural, and linguistic settings, which unfolds into a larger understanding of how different ancient peoples articulated a gnomic understanding of life. Throughout this useful guide, Walter Wilson keeps a constant eye on the relation of the wisdom texts to the worlds from which they emerged—paying close attention to each text’s distinctive thematic profile and how its moral agenda was mapped onto the reader’s social landscape. Where appropriate, he discusses affinities between the different collections and draws conclusions about ancient wisdom literature as a genre. For further study, each entry includes a short bibliography directing the reader to an up-to-date translation of the collection in question and other relevant secondary texts, making this an ideal starting point for anyone studying wisdom literature of the ancient world. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1. ’Abot 2. Ahiqar 3. Amenemope 4. Anii 5. Ankhsheshonqy 6. Ben Sira 7. Cato 8. Counsels of Wisdom 9. Democritus 10. Epictetus 11. Papyrus Insinger 12. Isocrates 13. Menander 14. Merikare
15. Pseudo-Phocylides 16. Porphyry 17. Proverbs 18. Ptahhotep 19. Publilius 20. Pythagorean Collections 21. The Seven Sages 22. Sextus 23. Shuruppak 24. Silvanus 25. Sumerian Proverb Collections 26. Syriac Menander 27. The Gospel of Thomas Appendix: Minor Collections
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Walter T. Wilson is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of New Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. His other books include a critical edition of The Sentences of Sextus and a commentary on Philo of Alexandria’s On Virtue.
“At a time when there is lively debate about the category ‘wisdom literature,’ Walter Wilson expands the debate by putting proverbial and gnomic texts of the Jewish and Christian traditions in conversation with a wide corpus of GrecoRoman and Near Eastern sayings collections. While he does not simply repeat traditional categorizations, he shows that there is much to be gained by a generic approach to wisdom literature, especially when it is informed by all the relevant comparative material from the ancient world.” — JOHN J. COLLINS
“This wide-ranging volume offers students at all levels an authoritative guide to a complex and fascinating genre. It will become an indispensable companion for anyone interested in ancient wisdom literature and its social context.” — TERESA MORGAN University of Oxford
Yale University
“Walter T. Wilson introduces readers to the world of intellectual elites who wrote or collected gnomic sayings long ago: their ideals, their aspirations, their realism, their fears. Anyone who values ancient wisdom will treasure this analysis focusing on the origin, themes, structure, and style of texts spanning millennia.”
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Duke University
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The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls SECOND EDITION
THE ANCIENT WORLD
Jodi Magness A Choice Outstanding Academic Title and winner of the Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Award for Best Popular Book on Archaeology “In this fluent, clearly written book, whose vivid account of the Qumran excavations is no less engaging than a literary thriller, Jodi Magness also succeeds in providing an accurate, updated picture of the archaeological finds and their significance against the backdrop of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A straightforward report of conflicting scholarly interpretations and academic scandals, accompanied by rich bibliographical notes, combine to create a robust picture of the status quaestionis of the most dramatic twentieth-century archaeological discovery.” — VERED NOAM
Tel Aviv University
“Now revised and updated, this second edition is even better than the first. Taking twenty years of new data, publications, and interpretations into account, Magness has ensured that her accessible presentation of the archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls will remain at the forefront of required readings for colleagues, students, and the general public alike for decades to come.” — ERIC H. CLINE The George Washington University
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Jodi Magness is the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a past president of the Archaeological Institute of America.
“The latest and best discussion of Qumran. . . . This book is essential reading for specialists and general readers alike.” — ARCHAEOLOGY
“An admirably clear and concise progress report on what is known about this spectacular discovery.” — HARPER’S MAGAZINE
“There’s plenty of life left in the Dead Sea Scrolls, as amply demonstrated in this superb volume. . . . A work of wide appeal.” — CHOICE
An Introduction to Early Judaism SECOND EDITION
James C. VanderKam This accessible introduction surveys the history and literature of the Second Temple period, summarizes major archaeological discoveries, and describes the leadership positions, groups, and institutions that existed during this era of Judaism. Now in its second edition, with additional material and updated throughout, this book remains the preeminent guide to early Judaism from one of the foremost experts in the field. “VanderKam’s An Introduction to Early Judaism is a standard in the field—a wide-ranging, popular, informative, and accessible volume. A newly revised and expanded edition of it is a welcome addition, for students and teachers alike.” — MATTHEW GOFF
Florida State University
“This resource is ideal for students and lay readers alike, whether interested in historical details or Jewish literary traditions. As one of the most respected Second Temple scholars today, VanderKam has done us a great service with this work by helping to sustain interest in our important discipline.” — PATRICIA D. AHEARNE-KROLL
University of Minnesota
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James C. VanderKam is the John A. O’Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. Among his many other books are The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible, The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, and the two-volume commentary on the book of Jubilees in the Hermeneia series.
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The Pharisees
Joseph Sievers and Amy-Jill Levine, editors
THE ANCIENT WORLD
Who the Pharisees were, what they taught, and how they have been understood and depicted throughout history For centuries, Pharisees have been well known but little understood—due at least in part to their outsized role in the Christian imagination arising from select negative stereotypes based on the Gospels. Yet historians see Pharisees as respected teachers and forward-thinking innovators who helped make the Jewish tradition more adaptable to changing circumstances and more egalitarian in practice. Seeking to bridge this gap, the contributors to this volume provide a multidisciplinary appraisal of who the Pharisees actually were, what they believed and taught, and how they have been depicted throughout history. The volume concludes with an address by Pope Francis on correcting the negative stereotypes of Pharisees that have led to anti-Semitic prejudices and finding resources that “will positively contribute to the relationship between Jews and Christians, in view of an ever more profound and fraternal dialogue.” CONTRIBUTORS
Luca Angelelli, Harold W. Attridge, Vasile Babota, Shaye J. D. Cohen, Philip A. Cunningham, Deborah Forger, Paula Fredriksen, Yair Furstenburg, Massimo Grilli, Susannah Heschel, Angela La Delfa, Amy-Jill Levine, Hermut Löhr, Steve Mason, Eric M. Meyers, Craig E. Morrison, Vered Noam, Henry Pattarumadathil, Adele Reinhartz, Jens Schröter, Joseph Sievers, Matthias Skeb, Abraham Skorka, Günter Stemberger, Christian Stückl, Adela Yarbro Collins, and Randall Zachman. “This volume provides an authoritative and comprehensive update on the Pharisees. The articles, written by leading scholars, consider the Pharisees—including their reception history and legacy up to the present—from multiple perspectives, based on careful analyses of diverse sources such as the Qumran scrolls, Josephus, the New Testament, rabbinic literature, and Christian writers.” — JODI MAGNESS
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Sievers and Levine are to be warmly congratulated on bringing together a remarkable multidisciplinary array of scholars not only to dispel myths about the role of the Pharisees in Jewish society in the time of Jesus but also to explore the role of those myths in Jewish-Christian relations over the centuries down to the present.” — MARTIN GOODMAN
University of Oxford
“This valuable collection of modern scholarship not only is important in providing a more accurate understanding of who the Pharisees were and what they stood for but also is a significant contribution toward combatting anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism which continue to blight our world.” — RABBI DAVID ROSEN
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Joseph Sievers has taught Jewish history and literature of the Hellenistic period at the Pontifical Biblical Institute since 1991. In addition, he served as director of the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University from 2003 to 2009. Amy-Jill Levine is the University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and the Mary Jane Werthan Chair of Jewish Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. Her numerous publications include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus.
International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee
“Who hasn’t heard a homily denouncing the Pharisees as the archenemies of Jesus? This volume breaks open the complexity of the Pharisaic Movement and the stereotypical understanding that Christians have had of it, and it demonstrates the Pharisaic themes that positively influenced Jesus’s teachings. The inclusion of Pope Francis’s address on the Pharisees is a plus. The book is a must-read for anyone who preaches from the New Testament.” — JOHN T. PAWLIKOWSKI, OSM
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professor emeritus at Catholic Theological Union and honorary life president of the International Council of Christians and Jews
“In this book is everything you’d want to know about the Pharisees, from ancient origins to modern films, from Jesus and the Pharisees to the Pharisees and the rabbis. Elegantly edited, the more than two dozen essays in this volume strike the ideal balance between scholarship and accessibility.” — LEONARD GREENSPOON
Creighton University
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Pharisees, Scribes, and Sadducees in Palestinian Society
Judaism of the Second Temple Period, vol. 2
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The Jewish Sages and Their Literature
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Augustine and Tradition Influences, Contexts, Legacy David G. Hunter and Jonathan P. Yates, editors
THE ANCIENT WORLD
An indispensable resource for those looking to understand Augustine’s place in religious and cultural heritage Augustine towers over Western life, literature, and culture—both sacred and secular. His ideas permeate conceptions of the self from birth to death and have cast a long shadow over subsequent Christian thought. But as much as tradition has sprung from Augustinian roots, so was Augustine a product of and interlocutor with traditions that preceded and ran contemporary to his life. This extensive volume examines and evaluates Augustine as both a receiver and a source of tradition. The contributors—all distinguished Augustinian scholars influenced by J. Patout Burns and interested in furthering his intellectual legacy— survey Augustine’s life and writings in the context of North African tradition, philosophical and literary traditions of antiquity, the Greek patristic tradition, and the tradition of Augustine’s Latin contemporaries. These various pieces, when assembled, tell a comprehensive story of Augustine’s significance, both then and now. CONTRIBUTORS
Alden Bass, Michael Cameron, John C. Cavadini, Thomas Clemmons, Stephen A. Cooper, Theodore de Bruyn, Mark DelCogliano, Geoffrey D. Dunn, John Peter Kenney, Brian Matz, Andrew McGowan, William Tabbernee, Joseph W. Trigg, Dennis Trout, and James R. Wetzel.
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David G. Hunter is the Margaret O’Brien Flatley Chair of Catholic Theology at Boston College. A past president of the North American Patristics Society, he is coeditor of the Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies and the Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. He is also the author of several monographs, including Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity: The Jovinianist Controversy.
“So vast is the space that Augustine occupies in Christian memory that few recognize he stands in the midst of a cloud of witnesses. In this collection of original essays on Scripture and liturgy, North African writers like Tertullian, Greek philosophers like Plato, Eastern Christian thinkers like Origen, and Latin bishops like Ambrose, the reader will be introduced to the lively spiritual and intellectual world that nourished Augustine’s theological imagination.” — ROBERT LOUIS WILKEN
University of Virginia
“This book may deal with Augustine and tradition, but it does not construe tradition as in any way restrictive. The distinguished contributors deftly place Augustine amid his intellectual networks, Latin and Greek, Christian and otherwise: each essay develops a new facet of the picture.” — CATHERINE CONYBEARE
Bryn Mawr College
Jonathan P. Yates is professor of historical theology at Villanova University. In addition to publishing numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, he served as editor of the international peer-reviewed academic journal Augustinian Studies for over ten years. He is the coeditor of a twovolume handbook entitled The Reception and Interpretation of the Bible in Christian North Africa.
“This collection of essays on Augustine’s thought, by fifteen of today’s most recognized North American Augustine scholars, brings together substantive new reflections on most major aspects of his thought, offering not simply surveys of current Augustinian scholarship but also new ways forward in evaluating his contributions. It is perhaps the most significant new book in English on Augustine’s theology to appear in the last twenty years.” — BRIAN E. DALEY, SJ
University of Notre Dame
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“Patout Burns is fittingly honored by this impressive collection. Contributors follow his example of wide knowledge, clear writing, and attention to context and to development of thought. Each essay provides stimulus for specialists and could also serve as an introduction to central topics in research on Augustine.” — GILLIAN CLARK
University of Bristol
Augustine through the Ages An Encyclopedia
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Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life
Durham University
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THE NEW INTERNATIONAL COMMENTARY ON THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Book of Jeremiah
Hannah K. Harrington
“An immensely valuable resource for all serious readers of the Old Testament.”
John Goldingay
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah represent a significant turning point in biblical history. They tell the story not only of the temple in Jerusalem being rebuilt but also of God resurrecting his people from the death of exile. Hannah Harrington thus begins her commentary with an evocative description of these books as “the story of a new Israel forged out of the old” and “the text of a people clinging to their genealogical past and attempting to preserve their heritage while walking forward into uncharted territory.” Throughout this commentary, Harrington combines analytical research on the language and culture behind the books of Ezra and Nehemiah with challenging thoughts for the Christian church today, bringing to bear a unique perspective on these books not as the end of Old Testament history but as some of the earliest Jewish books written during the Second Temple period. Accordingly, Harrington incorporates a wealth of information from other Jewish literature from this time period to freshly illuminate many of the topics and issues at hand while focusing on the interpretation and use of these books for Christian life today. Hannah K. Harrington is professor of Old Testament at Patten University, Oakland, California. Along with her numerous articles on the Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and Christianity, Harrington’s other books include Holiness: Rabbinic Judaism and the GraecoRoman World and The Purity and Sanctuary of the Body in Second Temple Judaism.
— J. GORDON McCONVILLE University of Gloucestershire
“Drawing from a well of interpretation two millennia deep, Goldingay provides to beginning students as well as experts a coherent, accessible commentary on Jeremiah as a book of Scripture. His discussions of the diction and structure, poetry and rhetoric of the Hebrew text enable readers to join him in investigating Jeremiah with empathetic historical imagination.” — PAMELA J. SCALISE
Fuller Theological Seminary
“With a refreshing approach to the commentary genre, Goldingay outstandingly leads his audience to navigate the depth, complexity, and ambiguity of the Jeremiah scroll. Using lucid, reader-friendly, and empowering rhetoric, he has eloquently demonstrated the power of imagination with fresh angles of perception.” — BARBARA M. LEUNG LAI
Tyndale University
John Goldingay is the David Allan Hubbard Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of numerous commentaries and books, including Reading Jesus’s Bible: How the New Testament Helps Us Understand the Old Testament and an original translation of the Old Testament entitled The First Testament. 978-0-8028-7584-6 • Jacketed Hardcover • 1063 pages $75.00 US • $100.99 CAN • £60.99 UK
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The Book of Lamentations John Goldingay
This commentary from widely respected Old Testament scholar John Goldingay addresses the book of Lamentations in its original context while still reading it as authoritative Christian Scripture. After a thorough introduction that explores matters of background, composition, and theology, Goldingay provides an original translation of the book from the Masoretic Text along with verseby-verse commentary. “We need a wise guide in navigating the poetry of funerary lament and human anguish. Fortunately, we have one in John Goldingay.”
— J. ANDREW DEARMAN
Fuller Theological Seminary
“Goldingay offers a masterful analysis of the book of Lamentations—a fresh translation of this poetic masterpiece with thoughtful commentary and reflection that incorporates the latest biblical scholarship. This volume will be a valuable and timely resource for students, ministers, and scholars who will find it a joy to consult as they study Lamentations.” — NANCY L. deCLAISSÉ-WALFORD McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University
“Goldingay is one of my favorite commentators. He is an expert in getting in tune with the biblical book, he masters the scholarship, and he offers the reader a plain-spoken and sympathetic exposition. In his hands, Lamentations becomes a text for our times.” — DAVID J. A. CLINES
University of Sheffield
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Discovering Isaiah Andrew T. Abernethy “Isaiah is the richest book with the richest story, from its origins to the present day. Andrew Abernethy has written a rich guide to this story and to the book itself.”
O. Palmer Robertson
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O. Palmer Robertson is an American Old Testament scholar who has taught at several institutions, including the African Bible Colleges of Malawi and Uganda. His other books include The Christ of the Covenants, The Christ of the Prophets, and The Christ of Wisdom.
“A first-class theological commentary. . . . From these three orphan books of the Old Testament Robertson has crafted a most memorable message for the present-day church.” — WALTER C. KAISER JR. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
“Robertson has produced an outstanding volume that treats three of the lesser-known Old Testament prophecies. He writes in a clear style with an emphasis on the rich theological meaning of these prophets and with a pastor’s insight regarding their relevance to Christians today.”
— JOHN GOLDINGAY
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Andrew T. Abernethy is associate professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College. His other books on Isaiah include God’s Messiah in the Old Testament: Expectations of a Coming King and The Book of Isaiah and God’s Kingdom: A ThematicTheological Approach.
“Skillfully integrates careful readings of texts in their historical settings with illuminating examples of their reception across the centuries.” — M. DANIEL CARROLL R. Wheaton College
“An updated, extensive, and accessible gem.” — HYUN CHUL PAUL KIM
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Westmont College
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Joel B. Green
Douglas J. Moo
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Douglas J. Moo is the Kenneth T. Wessner Professor of New Testament at Wheaton Graduate School. His other commentaries include the NICNT volume on Romans and the PNTC volume on Colossians and Philemon.
“Douglas Moo is well known to New Testament commentary readers, both from his magisterial volume on Romans in The New International Commentary on the New Testament and from his excellent little work on James in the Tyndale series. Fully abreast of the latest scholarship on James, Moo here walks readers with remarkable clarity through even complex exegetical issues. He consistently comes to convincing conclusions. As a bonus, he occasionally inserts comments by way of application that reflect his warm pastoral heart. Highly recommended.” — CRAIG L. BLOMBERG
Denver Seminary
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“A comprehensive account of Luke’s Gospel from an established and respected interpreter, Discovering Luke will be an indispensable resource for those studying Luke, the Gospels, and the New Testament. As he engages with timeless questions and interlocutors from every era, Green has produced a must-read volume for our generation.” — AMY PEELER
Joel B. Green is associate dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies and professor of New Testament interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary. The editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament series, his other books include Hearing the New Testament and Introducing the New Testament.
Wheaton College
“Joel Green has crafted a remarkable invitation into the worlds of the Gospel according to Luke. Green’s career-long engagement with the literary character, theology, and ethical vision of Scripture is in evidence throughout this volume. It is a brilliant addition to this series, and it admirably fulfills its goals.” — DAVID A. deSILVA
Ashland Theological Seminary
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Romans
The Letter to the Romans
A Theological and Pastoral Commentary Michael J. Gorman
A Short Commentary Frederick Dale Bruner
This commentary engages the letter to the Romans as Christian scripture and highlights the Pauline themes for which Michael Gorman is best known—participation and transformation, cruciformity and new life, peace and justice, community and mission. With extensive introductions both to the apostle Paul and to the letter itself, Gorman provides the needed background on Paul’s first-century context before proceeding into the rich theological landscape of the biblical text. In line with Paul’s focus on Christian living, Gorman interprets Romans at a consistently practical level, highlighting the letter’s significance for Christian theology, daily life, and pastoral ministry. Questions for reflection and sidebars on important concepts make this especially useful for those preparing to preach or teach from Romans—the “epistle of life,” as Gorman calls it, for its extraordinary promise that, through faith, we might walk in newness of life with Christ. “As one expects from Michael Gorman, this commentary is theologically rich as well as spiritually inviting and edifying. It is accessible and practical yet wellinformed. Aware of debates and engaging controversial questions, where necessary, Gorman remains characteristically generous and Christ-focused.” — CRAIG S. KEENER
Asbury Theological Seminary
“Michael Gorman’s commentary on Romans is an accessible and enriching journey into Paul’s most important letter. Gorman offers a cogent and compelling approach to the letter, full of great insights and details, in order to help pastors and students come to grips with Paul’s most famous text. This is Gorman at his exegetical best!” — MICHAEL F. BIRD
Ridley College, Melbourne
Michael J. Gorman holds the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he has taught since 1991. A highly regarded New Testament scholar, he has also written Cruciformity, Inhabiting the Cruciform God, Becoming the Gospel, and Apostle of the Crucified Lord, among other significant works. 978-0-8028-7762-8 • Jacketed Hardcover • 352 pages • $39.99 US • $53.99 CAN • £32.99 UK AVAILABLE MARCH 2022
In this concise commentary on Paul’s letter to the Romans, Frederick Dale Bruner offers an interpretation of what he calls the “Fifth Gospel” and its central claim that “human beings can have a perfectly right relationship with God—by simple faith in His Christ.” As he did in his commentaries on Matthew and John, Bruner heavily engages historical interpreters of Romans—including Origen, Augustine, Chrysostom, Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin—while offering his own lucid translation of the text and a contemporary application. “As a trusted interpreter of the great teaching gospels of the church—Matthew and John—Dale Bruner now treats readers to the theological manifesto of the church—what can rightly be called ‘the Fifth Gospel’—Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. Citing some of the most memorable and salient comments from key interpreters over the centuries, this short commentary will be of particular value for preachers and interpreters today.” — PAUL N. ANDERSON
George Fox University
“In this short commentary Bruner offers a clear, accessible interpretation of Paul’s account of our deep need of the gospel and God’s loving provision in Christ. Mercifully free of jargon and arcane scholarly debate, but filled with contemporary allusions, the book is perfect for small Bible studies or adult education classes.” — WILLIAM A. DYRNESS
Fuller Theological Seminary
“This commentary on the premier exposition of the gospel comes from one of America’s premier expositors of the gospel. Dale Bruner’s translation of Romans is fresh and clever, his exposition of Romans is disarmingly straightforward and insightful, and his personal testimonies at key passages illustrate the relevance of Romans for modern readers.” — JAMES R. EDWARDS
Whitworth University
Frederick Dale Bruner is the George and Lyda Wasson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Whitworth University. His other books include A Theology of the Holy Spirit: The Pentecostal Experience and the New Testament Witness and commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew and John. 978-0-8028-7943-1 • Jacketed Hardcover • 232 pages • $26.99 US • $35.99 CAN • £21.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
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FA I T H & L I F E
Means of Grace
How Beautiful the World Could Be
A Year of Weekly Devotions Fleming Rutledge
Christian Reflections on the Everyday Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt
Edited by Laura Bardolph Hubers
Meditations on ordinary life as part of a larger story
A weekly devotional culled from the sermons of Fleming Rutledge designed to be used within the framework of the liturgical calendar “This brilliant collection from Rutledge’s sermons leads us into the beauty of the church calendar, in which time itself forms us in the truth of the gospel. That the themes of Rutledge’s sermons naturally lend themselves to the pattern of the liturgical year is a testimony to the depth and range of her theological insight and her profound care for the church. Rutledge is not only a gifted theologian and homilist, but a profoundly gifted wordsmith as well, and her luminous prose gives insight on each page.” — TISH HARRISON WARREN author of Liturgy of the Ordinary and Prayer in the Night
“A church year’s worth of biblical meditations by the great Fleming Rutledge? Yes, please! Rutledge is one of the best preachers of our time because of her relentless focus on the boundless grace made available to us in Jesus Christ. With a preacher’s heart, an incisive mind, and a lively theological imagination, she opens the gospel to us week by week. What a gift.” — ALAN JACOBS
author of How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
“I cannot think of a more reliable guide to escort us through the church calendar with weekly devotions than Fleming Rutledge. Her love of holy Scripture and the sacred calendar combined with her half century of preaching expertise make Means of Grace a precious gift. From Advent through Ordinary Time, the words of Fleming Rutledge are indeed a means of grace to help us behold the glory of Christ.” — BRIAN ZAHND
author of Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God
Fleming Rutledge is an Episcopal priest, a best-selling author, and a widely recognized preacher whose published sermon collections have received acclaim across denominational lines. Her other books include The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ, which won Christianity Today’s 2017 Book of the Year Award. 978-0-8028-7870-0 • Jacketed Hardcover • 279 pages • $24.99 US • $33.99 CAN • £19.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
Throughout these meditations on Christian life, Frederick Bauerschmidt finds the truth of Scripture refracted through the lenses of current events from the past decade—including the coronavirus pandemic—as well as the seasons of the liturgical year and momentous individual occasions like baptisms, weddings, and funerals. “In an age where our theology often either wilts or bludgeons, we’re desperate for faithful, artful voices who speak into the grit of our world without adding to the clamor. We need words that pierce while carrying the lilt of love. We need true poets in the pulpit. Thankfully, we have Bauerschmidt’s haunting, holy sentences beckoning us toward the God of beauty and thunder.” — WINN COLLIER
author of Love Big, Be Well and A Burning in My Bones
“A homily is different from a sermon, and not just because it’s shorter—and more Catholic. It seeks to make a single point, and make it resonantly and poignantly, with elegant simplicity. By setting these winsome and memorable homilies out as poetry, Frederick Bauerschmidt highlights that every word counts and that the secret lies in the delivery. To read these homilies and commentaries is to clothe oneself with wisdom and grace.” — SAMUEL WELLS
vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
“This beautiful collection couldn’t come at a better time. Deacon Bauerschmidt looks at our world with compassion, eloquence, and something all too rare these days: hope. These homilies reflect all the challenges of our age—from a lethal virus to heartbreaking violence—but reassure us that we are not alone. Grace abounds. God is near. Open these pages and you’ll truly appreciate how beautiful the world could be.” — GREG KANDRA
deacon, journalist, blogger, and author of A Deacon Prays
Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt is professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland and a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, assigned to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. His other books include The Love That Is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith. 978-0-8028-8021-5 • Paperback • 248 pages • $22.99 US • $30.99 CAN • £17.99 UK AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2022
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FA I T H & L I F E
A Christian Miscellany
Gaslighted by God
Terrible Jokes, Curious Facts, and Memorable Quotes from the Garden of Eden to Armageddon
Reconstructing a Disillusioned Faith Tiffany Yecke Brooks
Tim Dowley
“We have a right to encounter God where we are. We have a sacred responsibility to experience God authentically.”
You might be familiar with the Serenity Prayer. But are you familiar with the Anti-serenity Prayer? Perhaps you can recite the Apostles’ Creed. But can you recite the Five Points of Calvinism? You probably know Psalm 23. But do you know about Shakespeare’s odd connections to Psalm 46? Maybe you’ve memorized the names of the twelve apostles. But what about the nine orders of angels? Perhaps you even know how many animals Moses brought with him on the ark. (Trick question! None!) But do you know how Noah illuminated the ark? (With floodlights!) A Christian Miscellany is the perfect companion to those who like piously showing off (boasting in the Lord!) and to those looking for some wit and wisdom to quote during the awkward silences between the blessing and the meal. Packed with fascinating lists, amusing anecdotes, inspiring poetry, and more, this little book will fit right into any quirky Christian’s library— although coffee tables, nightstands, glove compartments, and toilet tank topper baskets will make fine places for it too. Tim Dowley is a poet, playwright, and historian who has written widely on church history and Christian music. His many other books include Defying the Holocaust: Ten Courageous Christians Who Supported Jews, Christian Music: A Global History, Atlas of Christian History, Atlas of the European Reformations, and Introduction to the History of Christianity. 978-0-8028-7982-0 • Hardcover • 168 pages • $16.99 US • $22.99 CAN • £13.99 UK AVAILABLE JANUARY 2022
What happens when the God we’ve been taught to believe in seems powerless to help us in the struggles of life? What do we do when the God we personally encounter no longer resembles the God we’ve been shown in narrow interpretations of the Bible? Many of those raised in the world of fundamentalist Christianity have been manipulated into accepting a false reality that runs counter to lived experience. The result is confusion, isolation, fear, shame, and trauma, often carried throughout one’s entire life. This book is for the victims of this spiritual abuse—anyone looking to reclaim their faith from legalism, nationalism, sexism, anxiety, intolerance, and other mechanisms of control utilized by the self-appointed gatekeepers of God. It’s for anyone who has learned that the real God is infinitely complex, that authentic faith is perfectly compatible with doubt, and that our suffering is not something we’ve earned. Gaslighted by God is not a book of easy answers—it’s a companion for those mourning the loss of a belief system who need their pain recognized and legitimized. Tiffany Yecke Brooks shows—through stories from her own life, conversations with Christians from a variety of backgrounds, historical anecdotes, and messy episodes from Scripture—that there can be faith after disillusionment. But it will be a different faith—bruised, battered, nuanced, and real, rather than one wrapped in tissue-thin platitudes and three-point sermons. It will be a faith empowered to see beyond who God “should” be to who God is. Tiffany Yecke Brooks is the lead or contributing writer on more than two dozen books, including multiple New York Times bestsellers. She is the coauthor of Fear Is a Choice: Tackling Life’s Challenges with Dignity, Faith, and Determination (with NFL running back James Conner), Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance (with Paralympic gold-medalist Mallory Weggemann), and the narrative nonfiction historical thriller Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth (with historian Claire Bellerjeau). She holds a PhD from Florida State University, where her dissertation covered, in part, cultural adaptations of stories from the book of Genesis. 978-0-8028-7868-7 • Jacketed Hardcover • 248 pages • $22.99 US • $30.99 CAN • £17.99 UK AVAILABLE MAY 2022
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E VA N G E L I C A L I S M I N A M E R I C A
The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
Reading Evangelicals
How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith Daniel Silliman
Mark A. Noll WITH A NEW PREFACE AND AFTERWORD
Winner of the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award
The story of five novels beloved by evangelicals, the book industry they built, and the collective imagination they shaped
In The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, Mark Noll asks why the largest single group of religious Americans—who enjoy increasing wealth, status, and political influence—have contributed so little to rigorous intellectual scholarship. In a new preface, Noll lays out his ongoing personal frustrations with this situation, and in a new afterword he assesses the state of the scandal— showing how white evangelicals’ embrace of Trumpism, their deepening distrust of science, and their frequent forays into conspiratorial thinking have coexisted with surprisingly robust scholarship from many with strong evangelical connections.
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“Noll’s Scandal of the Evangelical Mind reminds us that ‘modern evangelicals are the spiritual descendants of leaders and movements distinguished by probing, creative, fruitful attention to the mind’ and challenges us to reclaim that heritage.”
“Beautifully crafted and deftly argued, Reading Evangelicals offers a deeply perceptive analysis of modern evangelicalism through the lens of popular Christian fiction. Carefully researched and laden with keen insights, the book will stand as an essential contribution to the study of American evangelicalism.”
— CHRISTIANITY TODAY
“Required reading for those seeking to understand the often peculiar relationship between Evangelical religion and secular culture, this is a brilliant study by— yes—a first-rate Evangelical mind.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY “That anti-intellectualism is not inherent in evangelicalism Noll demonstrates by presenting evangelical intellectual history, primarily in the US, with scholarly thoroughness and journalistic accessibility. . . . Noll well exemplifies what he prays evangelicals generally will learn to value again: thinking like a Christian.” — BOOKLIST
Mark A. Noll is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame. His other books include A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada, America’s God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, and Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity. 978-0-8028-8204-2 • Paperback • 304 pages • $28.99 US • $38.99 CAN • £22.99 UK AVAILABLE MARCH 2022
Introduction: Defining Evangelicals in a Christian Bookstore 1. The Romance of Abundant Life: Janette Oke’s Love Comes Softly 2. Spiritual Warfare in Everyday America: Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness 3. The Rapture Dilemma: Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins’s Left Behind 4. Authenticity in Amish Bonnets: Beverly Lewis’s The Shunning 5. Amid Emerging Ambiguities: William Paul Young’s The Shack Conclusion: The Question That Remains
— KRISTIN KOBES DU MEZ
author of Jesus and John Wayne
“Reading Evangelicals offers much more than just the stories of five best-selling books that became popular among evangelicals. It is a fascinating and insightful history of the cultures that created the reading audiences for these books and of the cultures these books helped to create. This is the story of modern American evangelicalism—and we need to read it.”
— KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR
author of On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books
“Winsome, yet incisive. . . . A worthy and essential read for anyone who wants an in-depth, compassionate look at the evangelical culture of reading.” — ANTHEA BUTLER
author of White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America
Daniel Silliman is the news editor for Christianity Today. He earned a doctorate in American studies from Heidelberg University in Germany and has taught US history and humanities at Heidelberg, Valparaiso University, and Milligan University. 978-0-8028-7935-6 • Jacketed Hardcover • 286 pages • $27.99 US • $37.99 CAN • £21.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
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Bad Faith Race and the Rise of the Religious Right Randall Balmer
“Bad Faith upends the tidy narrative that protesting abortion was the issue that rallied evangelicals in the political realm. Randall Balmer’s historical research helps restore the true and infuriating story, that racism, once again, played a central role in shaping the political and religious landscape of the nation. Before you read another headline or write another social media post about religion, race, or politics, read this book.”— JEMAR TISBY
New York Times bestselling author of The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
“Forget whatever you’ve always heard about the beginnings of the Religious Right. Balmer’s highly engaging and provocative book pulls back the curtain to reveal how race, not abortion, was the key issue in the birth of what has become a powerful and disturbing alliance.” — MICHAEL B. CURRY
presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and author of Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times
“This brilliant, readable detective story demonstrates that the Religious Right, far from speaking for all evangelicals, has masked its recent—and deviant—origin among groups advocating white supremacy. Here Randall Balmer, our most influential historian of American evangelical Christianity, sets forth the evidence and calls for evangelical Christians to return to their actual sources—the teachings of Jesus.” — ELAINE PAGELS
Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University
“I have been waiting for this book. Randall Balmer’s Bad Faith is the essential reader for all who want to know how America was pushed to the brink and how the evangelical church was led off a cliff. Balmer’s Bad Faith tells the story of how white supremacy was, and continues to be, the central motivating factor of the Religious Right—not abortion. This quick and easy read packs a mighty punch. Every American must read this book before they cast their next vote.” — LISA SHARON HARPER
author of The Very Good Gospel
“Balmer performs an essential service in definitively debunking the myth that the Religious Right was originally organized around opposition to abortion. The revealing and damning truth is that the Religious Right was initially organized in opposition to desegregating private Christian schools, which confirms that the Religious Right has always been racialized in its tactics and political aims. Their most recent embrace of Trumpism and all it represents is therefore the fruit of a poisonous tree of white supremacy and the Religious Right’s racial grievance politics nearly half a century in the making. You simply must read this book.” — JIM WALLIS
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Randall Balmer is the John Phillips Professor in Religion at Dartmouth College. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Evangelicalism in America, Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter, and Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America, which is now in its fifth edition and has been made into an award-winning threepart series for PBS.
“Randall Balmer minces no words in this immensely useful and clarifying book. Bad Faith draws a sharp plot line out of the messy story of American evangelicalism and forces readers to confront hard truths about the role of racism in the history of the modern Christian Right.” — MOLLY WORTHEN
author of Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism
New York Times bestselling author of Christ in Crisis?
“In spare and elegant prose, Balmer demolishes the myth that abortion was the issue that launched the Religious Right and replaces it with an uncomfortable fact: it was always about race. More than that, Balmer asks us to consider the consequences of the later suppression of that fact, and points to a profound connection between that willful forgetting and the alliance of the Religious Right with white supremacy and racist demagoguery today. Bad Faith invites us all to rethink our assumptions about the nexus of race, religion, and politics and the origins of our present crisis.”
E VA N G E L I C A L I S M I N A M E R I C A
A history of the origins of the Religious Right that challenges the misconception that abortion was its original galvanizing issue
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— KATHERINE STEWART
author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
“For nearly two decades Randall Balmer has reminded us of the important role that racism played in the founding of the Christian Right. Thoughtful readers of all persuasions will come away from this concise and accessible introduction with a better understanding of the powerful connection between conservative evangelicalism and GOP politics.” — JOHN FEA
Evangelicals
Who They Have Been, Are Now, and Could Be
Mark A. Noll et al. 978-0-8028-7695-9
Believe Me
One Soul at a Time
The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump
The Story of Billy Graham
John Fea 978-0-8028-7742-0
Grant Wacker 978-0-8028-7472-6
author of Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump
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SOCIAL ETHICS
Christ and the Common Life
Christian Ethics
Political Theology and the Case for Democracy Luke Bretherton
A New Covenant Model Hak Joon Lee
Christ and the Common Life is an introduction to historical and contemporary theological reflection on politics that opens up a compelling vision for a Christian commitment to democracy. In dialogue with Scripture and various traditions, Luke Bretherton addresses fundamental political questions about poverty and injustice, forming a common life with strangers, and handling power constructively.
A renewed vision of Christian life centered on grace, justice, and peace—applied to the most urgent and controversial social issues of the twenty-first century
“A tour de force. . . . Written with incisive clarity and remarkable accessibility, this book is not only a scholarly achievement of great note, but it also is a useful tool for teaching and discussion in universities, seminaries, and churches.” — SARAH COAKLEY
University of Cambridge and Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
“A monumental achievement in Christian political theology. Demonstrating mastery of a huge literature and multiple, diverse sub-traditions of Christian political thought, and offering a disciplined constructive theological vision of his own, Luke Bretherton offers important, often breakthrough reflections on the most significant issues in this field.” — DAVID P. GUSHEE
Mercer University
“An impressively expansive, smart, and sophisticated introduction to Christian political theology. . . . Christ and the Common Life will surely set the agenda in the field for a generation to come, orienting Christian political theology in the direction of justice.” — VINCENT LLOYD
Villanova University
Luke Bretherton is the Robert E. Cushman Distinguished Professor of Moral and Political Theology and senior fellow of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. His other books include Christianity and Contemporary Politics: The Conditions and Possibilities of Faithful Witness, winner of the 2013 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing. 978-0-8028-8179-3 • Paperback • 480 pages • $35.00 US • $46.99 CAN • £28.99 UK AVAILABLE MAY 2022
“In this expansive and innovative treatment of Christian ethics, Hak Joon Lee sets out to retrieve the covenant tradition of theology and ethics from its complex and sometimes problematic past, arguing that the new covenant can serve as the key metaphor for a Christian ethic that is liberative, egalitarian, nonviolent, and careful of creation. In his hands, this approach generates a richly textured and wellresourced account of the contours of Christian ethics and thoughtful engagements with some of the most pressing and divisive issues of our time.” — NEIL MESSER
University of Winchester
“Hak Joon Lee’s ‘new covenant ethics’ is an ecumenically oriented and politically constructive evangelical tour de force. While he places the Trinity and Eucharist at the center, he includes nonviolence, community organizing, and just peacemaking among Christianity’s constitutive practices. On debated moral questions like samesex marriage, Lee favors moderate conservatism, yet wisely counsels traditionalists and revisionists to apply a peacemaking ethos to their own coexistence. More importantly, this is an ethics centered on justice and the poor. The cosmic presence of the Spirit gives the new covenant world-spanning, inclusive transformative power. This would be a wonderful book to work through with a seminary class or a congregational study group.” — LISA SOWLE CAHILL
Boston College
“It isn’t every day that a Christian ethicist offers a comprehensive new proposal for the entire discipline. That is what Fuller Seminary professor Hak Joon Lee does in this formidable book. Christian Ethics: A New Covenant Model does more and better work with the biblical theme of covenant than I have ever seen in our discipline.” — DAVID P. GUSHEE
Mercer University
Hak Joon Lee is the Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary. He has published several books, including God and Community Organizing: A Covenantal Approach and Discerning Ethics: Diverse Christian Responses to Divisive Moral Issues. 978-0-8028-7687-4 • Hardcover • 572 pages • $47.99 US • $64.99 CAN • £38.99 UK AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2021
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KIERKEGAARD AS A CHRISTIAN THINKER
A Century of Catholic Moral Theology Matthew Levering The Abuse of Conscience is both an introduction to twentieth-century Catholic moral theology and an argument against conscience-centered Christian ethics. Matthew Levering surveys and critiques the work of twenty-six theologians, both Catholic and Protestant, in order to show how Catholics ought to understand the role of conscience today: as undeniably important, but only when understood within “the broader framework of the Christian moral organism” and formed by the teachings of Scripture and church tradition. “Crisply written, thorough, and deeply insightful, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in moral theology and its relation to the life of the Church.” — BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire
“What a delight! Levering, one of the most important theologians working today, has given us a magisterial book on one of today’s most important topics.” — CHARLES C. CAMOSY
Fordham University
“Matthew Levering shows beyond doubt that the post-conciliar elevation of conscience consists, ironically enough, of a spurious retrieval of earlier manualist casuistry. Levering’s alternative—a Christ-centered morality with charity at its heart—is a great deal more liberating than the heavy weight of untrammeled individual conscience.” — HANS BOERSMA
Recovering Christian Character The Psychological Wisdom of Søren Kierkegaard Robert C. Roberts Discipleship guidance from the writings of Kierkegaard Genuine Christian character often runs counter to prevailing notions of Christianity—as much in today’s era of nationalistic religiosity as in the staid Christendom of Søren Kierkegaard’s time. Kierkegaard responded to the hypocrisy around him by becoming a missionary of sorts in the Western world. Through his writing he exposed the illusions of conventional wisdom while advancing a compelling vision of the true Christian life that would give rise to essential virtues like faith, hope, love, patience, gratitude, and humility. What might Kierkegaard say to us today about recovering a genuine Christian character amid manifold corruptions of the gospel? Robert C. Roberts guides the reader through Kierkegaard’s thought about character—clarifying while never unduly simplifying—to show how Kierkegaard’s prescient psychological insights can be applied in the lives of twenty-first-century Christians interested in personal formation. Taking on a Kierkegaardian voice of his own, Roberts powerfully illustrates how virtue arises not from the mastery of individual ethical principles but from the continuity of one’s soul with the heart of God.
Nashotah House Theological Seminary
Matthew Levering holds the James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology at Mundelein Seminary and is a longtime participant in Evangelicals and Catholics Together. Among his many other books are Dying and the Virtues and Aquinas’s Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance. 978-0-8028-7950-9 • Jacketed Hardcover • 368 pages $45.00 US • $60.99 CAN • £36.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
“A rich phenomenology of Christian emotions.” — MEROLD WESTPHAL
author of Kierkegaard’s Concept of Faith
Robert C. Roberts is distinguished professor emeritus of ethics at Baylor University. Among his other books are Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues.
The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition Hans Boersma
T H E O LO GY
The Abuse of Conscience
Foreword by Andrew Louth
Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award in Theology/Ethics To see God is our heart’s desire, our final purpose in life. But what does it mean to see God? And exactly how do we see God—with our physical eyes or with the mind’s eye? In this informed study of the beatific vision, Hans Boersma focuses on “vision” as a living metaphor and shows how the vision of God is not just a future but a present reality. “This is theological reflection of the most illuminating kind.” — DAVID BENTLEY HART
author of The Beauty of the Infinite
“A profound and important work.”
— SIMON OLIVER
Durham University
“Only Hans Boersma could write this book. With a superb command of the Scriptures and of the Reformed, Protestant, and Catholic traditions, he revisits the neglected topic of beatific vision and reminds us what it is to see God in Christ. An energizing book from one of today’s best theologians.” — JANET SOSKICE
University of Cambridge
“A wonderful achievement.”
— JOHN MILBANK
University of Nottingham
Hans Boersma is the Saint Benedict Servants of Christ Chair in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary, Wisconsin. His other books include Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry and Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church. 978-0-8028-8019-2 • Paperback • 487 pages • $34.99 US $46.99 CAN • £28.99 UK AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2022
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In Quest of the Historical Adam A Biblical and Scientific Exploration William Lane Craig Was Adam a real historical person? And if so, who was he and when did he live? “This volume covers an amazing amount of territory in both biblical and scientific studies relevant to the question of the historical Adam and Eve. The author’s wide reading, amazing erudition, and carefully articulated judgment shine through.” — RICHARD E. AVERBECK
professor of Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
“Many fear that it is only by compromising our core commitments that space is made for evolutionary science. This book demonstrates, to the contrary, an account of human origins that makes space for evolution without capitulating to a science-only view of the world. Craig shows us not only that constructive dialogue between theology and science is possible, but also that theological questions can sharpen our understanding of science.” — S. JOSHUA SWAMIDASS
associate professor of laboratory and genomic medicine at Washington University in St. Louis
“William Lane Craig combines thorough research and judicious weighing of the arguments to show that the biblical picture of human origins, rightly understood, can match very well with the best results of the sciences—again, rightly understood. He holds all of these disparate disciplines accountable to the requirements of sound reasoning.”
— C. JOHN COLLINS
professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary
William Lane Craig is professor of philosophy at Houston Baptist University and a visiting scholar at Talbot School of Theology. He has authored or edited over forty books, including Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics and On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision. 978-0-8028-7911-0 • Jacketed Hardcover • 439 pages $38.00 US • £50.99 CAN • $30.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
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Jesus the Spirit Baptizer Christology in Light of Pentecost Frank D. Macchia “Frank Macchia understands the outpouring of the life-giving Spirit as the fulfillment of Christ’s life and mission. And so he rightly interprets the birth, passion, and resurrection of Christ from the perspective of Pentecost. . . . I am grateful for this book.” — JÜRGEN MOLTMANN
author of The Way of Jesus Christ and The Spirit of Life
“In this readable and delightful essay on Christology, Frank Macchia contributes his own blossom to the flowering of Pentecostal systematic theology in our time. Ecumenical and grounded in Pentecost, this Christology is at once biblical and academic, creative and traditional. Macchia’s salutary critical dialogue with Pannenberg and Barth only serves to deepen his analysis and extend his own creative revisions.”
A Companion to the Theology of John Webster
Michael Allen and R. David Nelson, editors Foreword by Kevin J. Vanhoozer
An overview and analysis of John Webster’s seminal contributions to Christian theology “John Webster was probably the most creative and intellectually rigorous Protestant theologian in the English-speaking world in the last few decades, and his tragically early death robbed us of a uniquely joyful, insightful, and nourishing perspective on Christian revelation. This first-class collection of essays shows how his prolifically diverse writings converge toward a truly comprehensive and magisterial theological vision of apostolic faith for our generation.” — ROWAN WILLIAMS
104th Archbishop of Canterbury
— ALAN G. PADGETT
Luther Seminary
“A truly inspiring Christology by leading Pentecostal theologian Frank Macchia, who argues that Pentecost is the culminating event of Christ’s identity and mission. Macchia unfolds a Spirit-Christology that sheds new light on the saving and ennobling work of Jesus Christ and on the creativity of the triune God. This Christology provides rich nourishment for theological thought and Christian faith.”
— MICHAEL WELKER
University of Heidelberg
“Frank Macchia has long been at the vanguard of Pentecostal theology as it has engaged the historic Christian theological tradition. This Pentecostal Christology of his reconfigures the entire theological landscape!” — AMOS YONG
“This volume is a labor of love that honors the rich legacy of John Webster’s theology and points towards ways to further it. Those who already know his work will find much of value here, and those who are new to Webster will find an outstanding introduction to the breadth and development of his thought.” — SUZANNE McDONALD
Western Theological Seminary
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Michael Allen, Ivor J. Davidson, Christopher R. J. Holmes, Matthew Levering, Joseph L. Mangina, R. David Nelson, Paul T. Nimmo, Kenneth Oakes, Fred Sanders, Darren Sarisky, Katherine Sonderegger, Justin Stratis, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Martin Westerholm, and Tyler R. Wittman.
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The Church’s Book
Fountain of Salvation
A Study in the History of Doctrine Tadataka Maruyama
Theology of Scripture in Ecclesial Context Brad East
Trinity and Soteriology Fred Sanders
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In this fresh and original monograph on the ecclesiology of John Calvin, Tadataka Maruyama sifts exhaustively through the corpus of Calvin’s writings—in both Latin and French—to crystalize the French reformer’s conception of the Christian church. After elucidating Calvin’s influence from other reformers such as Jacques Lefèvre, Guillaume Farel, and Martin Bucer, Maruyama shows how Calvin’s ecclesiology evolved throughout his life while remaining firmly rooted in key principles and interests. Maruyama discerns three phases in Calvin’s ecclesiology:
What role do varied understandings of the church play in the doctrine and interpretation of Scripture?
1) Catholic ecclesiology—in which Calvin saw the church as a unified and ideal institution situated both above and within history 2) Reformed ecclesiology—in which Calvin described the concrete, historical form of the Christian church in contrast with the Catholic Church 3) Reformation ecclesiology—in which Calvin came to understand the Christian church as an eschatological reality situated in a broader European context, which Calvin portrayed as the “theater of God’s providence” This trajectory mirrors the way the Protestant Reformation was focused on reforming particular churches while also reimagining the Christian world as a whole. Indeed, as Maruyama thoroughly illustrates, Calvin never lost sight of his original vision of reforming the church of his French homeland even as his work grew into a much larger movement. Tadataka Maruyama formerly served as president and professor of church history at Tokyo Christian University. He is the author of The Ecclesiology of Theodore Beza: The Reform of the True Church. 978-0-8028-8185-4 • Jacketed Hardcover • 480 pages $65.00 US • $87.99 CAN • £52.99 UK
In The Church’s Book, Brad East explores recent accounts of the Bible and its exegesis in modern theology and traces the differences made by divergent, and sometimes opposed, theological accounts of the church. Surveying first the work of Karl Barth, then that of John Webster, Robert Jenson, and John Howard Yoder (following an excursus on interpreting Yoder’s work in light of his abuse), East delineates the distinct understandings of Scripture embedded in the different traditions that these notable scholars represent. In doing so, he offers new insight into the current impasse between Christians in their understandings of Scripture—one determined far less by hermeneutical approaches than by ecclesiological disagreements. East’s study is especially significant amid the current prominence of the theological interpretation of Scripture, which broadly assumes that the Bible ought to be read in a way that foregrounds confessional convictions and interests. As East discusses in the introduction to his book, that approach to Scripture cannot be separated from questions of ecclesiology—in other words, how we interpret the Bible theologically is dependent upon the context in which we interpret it. Brad East is assistant professor of theology at Abilene Christian University. He is the author of The Doctrine of Scripture and the editor of Robert Jenson’s The Triune Story: Collected Essays on Scripture. His work has been published in Modern Theology, International Journal of Systematic Theology, Scottish Journal of Theology, and Pro Ecclesia, as well as The Christian Century, Commonweal, First Things, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and more. 978-0-8028-7815-1 • Jacketed Hardcover • 440 pages $49.99 US • $66.99 CAN • £40.99 UK AVAILABLE APRIL 2022
“Professor Sanders is one of the most sophisticated and historically sensitive contemporary theologians. In this volume he brings his considerable acumen to bear on the relation between the doctrine of the Trinity and the scope and content of salvation. The result is a tour de force that demonstrates the fecundity of trinitarian theology for the church and the Christian life.” — OLIVER D. CRISP
University of St. Andrews
“Sanders here strikes the perfect balance between the triune God of the gospel and the gospel of the triune God, offering a compelling argument for both their proper distinction and their proper relation. Thanks to this Fountain of Salvation, my cup of theology runneth over. I can’t wait to assign this refreshing cup of cold water to my students.”
— KEVIN J. VANHOOZER
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
“A wonderful introduction to the Trinity as the object of Christian worship and as a belief inseparable from and indeed structuring the doctrine of salvation. . . . Across Christian traditions Sanders’s argument should resonate and inspire.” — LEWIS AYRES
Durham University
“A work of subtle judgment and profound insight, exactly what one would expect from our most gifted theologian of the Trinity.” — SCOTT R. SWAIN
Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando
“Deeply rooted in Scripture and widely informed by tradition, this volume is a welcome and salutary addition to the shelves of both theologians and pastors.” — PAUL T. NIMMO
University of Aberdeen
Fred Sanders is professor of theology in the Torrey Honors College at Biola University, where he teaches across the full range of classic Christian doctrine but specializes in the doctrine of the Trinity. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Triune God and The Deep Things of God. 978-0-8028-7810-6 • Paperback • 231 pages • $24.99 US $33.99 CAN • £19.99 UK • AVAILABLE NOW
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Calvin’s Ecclesiology
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Reading Theology Wisely T H E O LO GY I N T R O D U C T I O N S
A Practical Introduction Kent Eilers Art by Chris Koelle
Theology is for everyone—not just pastors and scholars. In this illuminating introduction, Kent Eilers invites Christians of all backgrounds into the practice of reading theology. With a classroom-tested approach, Eilers shows how theology can form the imagination and enhance “the human capacity for perceiving reality beyond the surface of things”—allowing Christians to see and experience God in the everyday. He then guides readers through the essential facets of theology so that it can begin to feel familiar and accessible, even (and especially) to beginners with no prior experience. Written conversationally and illustrated beautifully with art by Chris Koelle, Reading Theology Wisely is welcoming and engaging in every respect. Eilers takes a well-rounded approach to his subject, utilizing Scripture and the wisdom of past thinkers as well as references to film and the arts—including a special emphasis on architecture as part of an ongoing metaphor of “inhabiting texts” as we do physical spaces. Each chapter ends with a prayer and questions for reflection and discussion, followed by a “theology lab” in which readers can put the content of the preceding chapter into practice.
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Kent Eilers is professor of theology at Huntington University in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His other books include Theology as Retrieval: Receiving the Past, Renewing the Church and The Grammar of Grace: Readings from the Christian Tradition.
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1. Imagination for Reading Theology Lab: Rummage for God 2. Vision for Theology Theology Lab: Pray to the Trinity 3. Reading as Inhabitation Theology Lab: Interpret a Movie 4. Settings of Theology: Behind the Page Theology Lab: Write a Letter
5. Sources of Theology: Of the Page Theology Lab: Diagram the Sources 6. Architectures of Theology: Of the Page Theology Lab: Write a Collect 7. Invitations of Theology: In Front of the Page Theology Lab: Compose Your Credo
Seeds of Faith Theology and Spirituality at the Heart of Christian Belief Mark A. McIntosh and Frank T. Griswold A spiritual introduction to Christian theology Christian belief can be understood neither entirely through doctrine nor entirely apart from it. Doctrine is the starting point, the seed of faith, from which springs forth flourishing life in the fellowship of the church. But that growth occurs only when theology and spirituality are held together in a relation of reciprocal influence. With decades of combined experience in both the church and the academy, Mark McIntosh and Frank Griswold prioritize the life-giving relationship between theology and spirituality in this immersive introduction to the Christian faith. Drawing inspiration and guidance from Christianity’s greatest mystical theologians—including Augustine, Maximus the Confessor, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, and Catherine of Siena—McIntosh and Griswold unfold essential doctrines and illuminate the transformative power of Christian belief. The result is a book that propels readers beyond abstract knowledge to an experience of the living mystery who is God. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Mark A. McIntosh is the inaugural holder of Loyola University Chicago’s endowed chair in Christian spirituality. He served previously as the Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at Durham University and canon residentiary of Durham Cathedral, UK.
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Introduction: As We Begin 1. The Hidden Presence of God in All Things 2. Faith and Fear 3. Revelation 4. The Mystery of the Trinity 5. Creation 6. Suffering and Evil 7. Jesus as the Incarnate Word
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8. The Death and Resurrection of Jesus 9. Salvation 10. Grace and Human Flourishing 11. The Church and the Sacramental Life 12. The Spirit of Prayer 13. Death and the Life to Come 14. The Communion of Saints and Mary
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How We Read the Bible A Guide to Scripture’s Style and Meaning Karolien Vermeulen and Elizabeth R. Hayes
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Karolien Vermeulen is FWO (Research Foundation—Flanders) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Antwerp. Elizabeth R. Hayes is affiliate assistant professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Introduction: On How to Read the Bible and Why We Need to Know It
Part One: The Bits and Pieces of Reading
1. Words in Context 2. Building Categories: The Use of Prototypes 3. Attention and Focus: Playing with Figure and Ground 4. Perspective and Pointing the Way: Deixis 5. Grammar and Cognitive Grammar
Part Two: Mapping Corresponding Dots
6. What Comes Next: The Predictability of Schemas and Scripts 7. How We See the Text: Mental Spaces and Blends
8. Connecting the Unrelated: The Ubiquity of Metaphor 9. Connecting the Related: The Power of Metonymy
Part Three: The Process of Reading a Text
10. Reading in Context: The Role of Discourse Worlds 11. Reading as Imagining Different Worlds: The Meaning of Possible Worlds 12. Reading as Process: Building Text Worlds
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The Bible is interpreted in a variety of ways and through a myriad of lenses. But how we interpret Scripture depends first of all on how we read it. This handbook focuses on the process of reading itself, taking a cognitivestylistic approach grounded in recent research on language and the mind. Through accessible explanations of twelve key stylistic elements, How We Read the Bible provides all who study Scripture with the tools to understand what happens when we read and draw meaning from biblical texts. Rather than problematizing the divide between authors from the ancient world and a modern-day audience, Karolien Vermeulen and Elizabeth Hayes bridge the gap by exploring the interaction between the cues of the text and the context of the reader. With numerous examples from the Old and New Testaments and helpful suggestions for further study, How We Read the Bible can be used within any framework of biblical study—historical, theological, literary, and others—as a pathway to meeting Scripture on its own terms.
Harvest of Hope A Contemplative Approach to Holy Scripture Mark A. McIntosh and Frank T. Griswold Encountering the living Word in the words of the Bible When we read Scripture, we learn about God. When we pray the Scriptures, we experience the mystery of Jesus Christ and inhabit his life. In this book, Mark McIntosh and Frank Griswold bring to bear their decades of combined experience in both the church and the academy to introduce and explore the idea of praying the Scriptures. As McIntosh and Griswold demonstrate, this contemplative approach to the Bible integrates theology and spirituality and fosters genuine hope by bringing us into an encounter with the living Word. After first laying the foundation of what it means to pray the Scriptures, the authors guide the reader through vital biblical passages from different points in the church year, showing how the seasons of the liturgical calendar provide the soil in which the seeds of the gospel can be nourished by the Holy Spirit, yielding in time a harvest of hope. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction: Reaping the Harvest 1. Ways of Reading Scripture 2. Praying the Scriptures 3. A Theology of Biblical Contemplation 4. The Season of Advent
5. Christmas 6. Epiphany 7. Lent 8. The Great Fifty Days of Easter 9. The Season after Pentecost
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The Mind in Another Place My Life as a Scholar
Cruciformity Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Luke Timothy Johnson Luke Timothy Johnson is one of the best-known and most influential New Testament scholars of recent decades. In this memoir, he draws on his rich experience to invite readers into the scholar’s life—its aims, commitments, and habits. In addition to sharing his own story, from childhood to retirement, Johnson reflects on the nature of scholarship more generally, showing how this vocation has changed over the past half-century and where it might be going in the future. He is as candid and unsparing about negative trends in academia as he is hopeful about the possibilities of steadfast, disciplined scholarship. In two closing chapters, he discusses the essential intellectual and moral virtues of scholarly excellence, including curiosity, imagination, courage, discipline, persistence, detachment, and contentment. Johnson’s robust defense of the scholarly life—portrayed throughout this book as a generative process of discovery and disclosure—will inspire both new and seasoned scholars, as well as anyone who reads and values good scholarship. But The Mind in Another Place ultimately resonates beyond the walls of the academy and speaks to matters more universally human: the love of knowledge and the lifelong pursuit of truth. “Biblical scholars rarely write books of the ‘I couldn’t put it down’ variety. But Johnson has done so. It is entertaining. It is informative (documenting, among other things, a field’s changes over the last half century). And it is wise, above all regarding the moral and intellectual virtues.” — DALE C. ALLISON JR. Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary
“The Mind in Another Place takes readers into the ‘passionate detachment’ of a life devoted to what the author admits is scholarship with a contrarian streak. A great read for anyone ‘discerning’ if scholarship is the Mount Everest to climb.”
Michael J. Gorman Foreword by Nijay K. Gupta When it was first published in 2001, Cruciformity broke new ground with a vision of Pauline spirituality that illuminated what it meant to be a person or community in Christ. Beginning with Paul’s express desire to “know nothing but Christ crucified,” Gorman showed how true spirituality is telling the story, in both life and words, of God’s self-revelation in Jesus, so that we might practice “cruciformity”—the impossible possibility of conformity to the crucified Christ. Two decades later, Gorman’s seminal work is still a powerful model for combining biblical studies and theological reflection to make Paul’s letters more immediately relevant to contemporary Christian life. This twentiethanniversary edition includes a new foreword by Nijay Gupta—a nextgeneration Pauline scholar heavily influenced by Gorman—as well as an afterword by the author, in which he reflects on the legacy of Cruciformity in the church and the academy, including his own subsequent work in Pauline theology. “Thanks to Michael J. Gorman, ‘cruciform’ has come to describe the architecture of Christian community even more than the architecture of Christian buildings, with the term becoming an essential lens through which we view the apostle Paul’s pastoral theology. Cruciformity is an indispensable resource because Gorman’s careful scholarship and pastoral concern mirror the apostle Paul’s own efforts to illuminate the implications of Jesus’s ignominious public lynching. Bible teachers and students should keep Cruciformity nearby as a handy reference whenever studying Paul’s writings.” — DENNIS R. EDWARDS
North Park Theological Seminary
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Joseph Professor of Catholic Spirituality at Boston College
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Matthew V. Novenson
Reckoning with the hermeneutical struggle to make sense of Paul as both a historical figure and a canonical muse Matthew Novenson has become a leading voice advocating for the continuing relevance of historical-critical readings of Paul even as some New Testament scholars have turned to purely theological or political approaches. In this collection of a decade’s worth of essays, Novenson puts contextual understandings of Paul’s letters into conversation with their Christian reception history. After a new, programmatic introductory essay that frames the other eleven essays, Novenson explores topics including: • the relation between theology and historical criticism • the place of Jews and gentiles in Paul’s gospel • Paul’s relation to Judaism • the relevance of messianism to Paul’s Christology • Paul’s eschatology in relation to ancient Jewish eschatologies • the aptness of monotheism as a category for understanding antiquity • the reception of Paul by diverse early Christian writers • the peculiar place of Protestantism in the modern study of Paul • the debate over the recent Paul-within-Judaism movement • anti-Judaism in modern New Testament scholarship • disputes over Romans and Galatians • the meta-question of what it would mean to get Paul right or wrong Engaging with numerous schools of thought in Pauline studies—Augustinian, Lutheran, New Perspective, apocalyptic, Paul-within-Judaism, religious studies, and more—while also rising above partisan disputes between schools, Novenson illuminates the ancient Mediterranean context of Paul’s letters, their complicated afterlives in the history of interpretation, and the hermeneutical struggle to make sense of it all. Matthew V. Novenson is senior lecturer in New Testament and Christian origins at the University of Edinburgh, where he is also director of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins. He is the author of Christ among the Messiahs: Christ Language in Paul and Messiah Language in Ancient Judaism and The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users and editor of Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity.
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Paul, Then and Now
The Word of the Cross Reading Paul Jonathan A. Linebaugh Foreword by John M. G. Barclay This collection of Jonathan Linebaugh’s most important work on Paul explores the merciful surprise at the heart of Paul’s gospel: a grace that, while strange and weak in worldly terms, is nothing less than the power of God, full of comfort and promise. Through twelve essays—two of them new—Linebaugh contextualizes and interprets key Pauline passages, does comparative readings of Paul in conversation with early Jewish texts, and enters into dialogue with Reformation theologians such as Martin Luther and Thomas Cranmer. Thorough and multifaceted, Linebaugh’s work is at once exegetical, historical, and theological in scope. Accordingly, The Word of the Cross is a rigorous scholarly enterprise that takes seriously Paul’s claim that the good news of Jesus Christ, despite appearing scandalous and foolish, in fact contradicts and overcomes the conditions of the possible through the power of God.
“Those who have read or heard the scholarly work of Jonathan Linebaugh will know his trademark qualities: incisive analysis of texts, arresting turns of phrase, and a deep resonance with the theology of Paul. . . . There are few people today who can trace the contours of Paul’s theology with such sensitivity or utilize the history of theological interpretation with such creativity, and I am confident that everyone will come away from reading this book both enriched and provoked to think harder about the theology of Paul.” — JOHN M. G. BARCLAY
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Jonathan A. Linebaugh is lecturer in New Testament at the University of Cambridge and fellow at Jesus College. He is the author of God, Grace, and Righteousness in Wisdom of Solomon and Paul’s Letter to the Romans, editor of God’s Two Words: Law and Gospel in the Lutheran and Reformed Traditions, and the coeditor, with Michael Allen, of Reformation Readings of Paul: Explorations in History and Exegesis. 978-0-8028-8167-0 • Jacketed Hardcover • 288 pages • $45.00 US • $60.99 CAN • £36.99 UK AVAILABLE MARCH 2022
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Five Models of Scripture
What Is a Gospel?
The Destruction of the Canaanites
What if noncanonical gospel writings—including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Judas, and the Protevangelium of James—aren’t fundamentally different from the four canonical gospels? In this follow-up to Gospel Writing: A Canonical Perspective, noted biblical scholar Francis Watson makes the case that viewing early gospel literature as a unified genre—sharing significant similarities in sources, content, and goals—allows us to discern important interrelated aspects that are lost amid the usual categories. Watson’s critical approach enables modern readers of the Bible to break free of fraught scholarly assumptions in order to better understand early Christian identity formation and beliefs.
God, Genocide, and Biblical Interpretation Charlie Trimm
Francis Watson
Mark Reasoner
The Bible can be read in many different ways. A Christian never gains all that it offers by reading it with just one approach. This book helps those studying or proclaiming Scripture to enrich their understanding of it through five models: documents, stories, prayers, laws, and oracles. To illustrate each, Mark Reasoner uses examples from throughout the history of interpretation. While Reasoner concedes that certain books of the Bible will naturally lend themselves to particular models, he shows how an appreciation for all five will open up greater scriptural insights while also bridging divides between the various branches of the Christian family.
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“Alongside a wealth of information about scriptural interpretation—its complex history, its nuances, its contemporary implications and significance—Reasoner offers practical advice to those in ministry and those studying Scripture in an academic environment. Yet this book is more than a reservoir of information. It is also an invitation to see Scripture as an abundant communal feast that sustains and delights.” — LISA M. BOWENS
Princeton Theological Seminary
“Every chapter in this book flows from years of personal Bible reading and the insights gained from classroom teaching.” — SCOT McKNIGHT
Northern Seminary
“This is an ecumenically sensitive presentation of five different models for reading the Bible. Reasoner’s familiarity with a wide range of approaches within the Christian tradition is matched by his deeply respectful approach to positions other than his own.” — GARY A. ANDERSON
University of Notre Dame
Mark Reasoner is professor of biblical theology at Marian University. He is the author of Romans in Full Circle: A History of Interpretation and coauthor of The Abingdon Introduction to the Bible. 978-0-8028-7682-9 • Paperback • 311 pages • $29.99 US $39.99 CAN • £23.99 UK • AVAILABLE NOW
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1. What Is a Gospel? 2. Seven Ways to Dispose of Judas Iscariot 3. How Did Mark Survive? 4. Does Luke Need Q? 5. Q and the Logia: On the Discovery and Marginalizing of P.Oxy.1 6. Luke Rewriting and Rewritten 7. The Gospel of the Apostles: The Epistula Apostolorum and the Johannine Tradition 8. Jesus versus the Lawgiver: Narratives of Apostasy and Conversion 9. Making Sense of the Betrayer: The Gospel of Judas and Its Predecessors 10. Reception as Corruption: Tertullian and Marcion in Quest of the True Gospel 11. Toward a Redaction-Critical Reading of the Diatessaron Gospel 12. Lindisfarne and the Gospels: The Art of Interpretation 13. Eschatology and the Twentieth Century: On the Reception of Schweitzer in English 14. A Reply to My Critics Francis Watson is professor of New Testament at Durham University, England. His other books include Gospel Writing: A Canonical Perspective. 978-0-8028-7292-0 • Jacketed Hardcover • 356 pages $49.00 US • $65.99 CAN • £39.99 UK AVAILABLE APRIL 2022
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In this short, accessible offering, Charlie Trimm provides the resources needed to make sense of one of the Bible’s most difficult ethical problems—the Israelite destruction of the Canaanites in the Old Testament. After surveying important background issues, Trimm explores four approaches to reconciling biblical violence: reevaluating either God, the Old Testament, the interpretation of the Old Testament, or the nature of the violence itself. “Anyone who is disturbed by the violent depictions of God in Scripture (and how could any follower of Jesus not be?) will find much to chew on in this informative and engaging work.” — GREGORY A. BOYD
author of Inspired Imperfection: How the Bible’s Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority
“Charlie Trimm’s The Destruction of the Canaanites takes some very difficult verses from the Old Testament and deals with them in an intellectually and theologically fair-minded way. He presents different views in an even-handed manner, mentioning their strengths and weaknesses, all the while staying away from one-sided advocacy. Trimm doesn’t tell readers how to think; he gives them different, competing views that allow them to think for themselves and to discuss with others. Too often Christians want to shut debates down; Charlie Trimm wants to elevate them, and in this book he does.” — PETER WEHNER
senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center contributor to The New York Times and The Atlantic
Charlie Trimm is associate professor of biblical and theological studies at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He is the coauthor, with Brittany Kim, of Understanding Old Testament Theology and the author of Fighting for the King and the Gods: A Survey of Warfare in the Ancient Near East. 978-0-8028-7962-2 • Paperback • 136 pages • $14.99 US $19.99 CAN • £11.99 UK AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2022
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If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I? Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority Angela N. Parker Foreword by Lisa Sharon Harper
CHRISTIAN BELIEF
A challenge to the doctrine of biblical inerrancy that calls into question how Christians are taught more about the way of Whiteness than the way of Jesus Angela Parker wasn’t just trained to be a biblical scholar; she was trained to be a White male biblical scholar. She is neither White nor male. Dr. Parker’s experience of being taught to forsake her embodied identity in order to contort herself into the stifling construct of Whiteness is common among American Christians, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. This book calls the power structure behind this experience what it is: White supremacist authoritarianism. Drawing from her perspective as a Womanist New Testament scholar, Dr. Parker describes how she learned to deconstruct one of White Christianity’s most pernicious lies: the conflation of biblical authority with the doctrines of inerrancy and infallibility. As Dr. Parker shows, these doctrines are less about the text of the Bible itself and more about the arbiters of its interpretation—historically, White males in positions of power who have used Scripture to justify control over marginalized groups. This oppressive use of the Bible has been suffocating. To learn to breathe again, Dr. Parker says, we must “let God breathe in us.” We must read the Bible as authoritative, but not authoritarian. We must become conscious of the particularity of our identities, as we also become conscious of the particular identities of the biblical authors from whom we draw inspiration. And we must trust and remember that as long as God still breathes, we can too. “What does it mean to follow Jesus when we strip Whiteness and westernness from his skin and the Brown colonized context from which he rose? What happens when those at the bottom read the words of those at the bottom? What suppressed, covered over, hidden, and obliterated meanings rise again? That is the project of the next five hundred years. Angela Parker’s If God Still Breathes takes us one step further on the journey.” — LISA SHARON HARPER
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“I’ve been waiting for this book! If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I? brings a fresh perspective to the biblical text that makes it come alive with hope of liberation for all people. Dr. Angela Parker calls us past the superficial into a deep engagement with a contextual theology that is relevant and life-giving.”
— BRENDA SALTER McNEIL
author of Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now
“Dr. Parker understands the power of testimony to speak truth. This book marks a path away from death-dealing forms of scholarly formation in evangelical biblical studies and toward thriving life in a field and for a field. Parker’s powerful text adds greatly to a growing number of theologically rich antiracist and antisexist resources for addressing our current struggles. Now we have yet another weapon of righteousness.”
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Angela N. Parker is assistant professor of New Testament and Greek at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology. In 2018, Dr. Parker received the Journal for Feminist Studies in Religion’s ESF New Scholar Award for her article “One Womanist’s View of Racial Reconciliation in Galatians.”
“What might the church be like if we were a people who walked with each other so well that we all ‘made it home’? In this spirit (ruach)– filled book, Dr. Angela Parker calls with courage for us to release the white supremacist authoritarianism of inerrancy and infallibility. She invites with vision for us to journey into a living relationship with the Bible, one in which we need not—and, in fact, must not—leave our embodied experiences and identities behind. This book offers womanist air, as vital as it is ‘God-breathed.’” — JENNIFER HARVEY
author of Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation
— WILLIE JAMES JENNINGS
author of After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging
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“This book invites readers to embrace justice and Black Lives Matter by taking them on a journey of personal re-membering and critical reflection toward a womanist consciousness. Dr. Parker employs the metaphorical language of God-breath (inspired scriptures) and breathing (liberating interpretation that embraces all bodies and blackness) unobstructed by the suffocating, breath-taking authoritarian claims of whiteness-centered biblical scholarship buttressed by doctrinal claims of inerrancy and infallibility.” — MITZI J. SMITH
author of Womanist Sass and Talk Back: (In)Justice, Intersectionality, and Biblical Interpretation
I Bring the Voices of After Whiteness An Education in Belonging My People A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation
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Baby Dinosaurs on the Ark? The Bible and Modern Science and the Trouble of Making It All Fit Janet Kellogg Ray Foreword by Deborah Haarsma
Is an acceptance of science compatible with Christian faith? Janet Kellogg Ray thinks so, even if it means rethinking a literalist understanding of the Bible—particularly the early chapters of Genesis. In this book, Ray goes through the evidence for evolution and the science of origins to show how a creationist worldview doesn’t hold up under scrutiny—and how being a Christian doesn’t have to mean believing that there were baby dinosaurs with Noah on the ark. “A down-to-earth yet thorough introduction for how science works and how necessary it is to shake off unhelpful and untrue assumptions about the Bible.” — JARED BYAS
cohost of the podcast The Bible for Normal People
“A deeply personal, scientifically informed, and valuable contribution to our troubled conversation on evolution.” — KARL W. GIBERSON
author of Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution
“This is a well-written, insightful, and accessible book with pitch-perfect and well-balanced tone. I couldn’t help but to be drawn into the stories that punctuated the treatment.” — JOHN H. WALTON
professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College
“This is the most cleverly written and yet profound book I’ve read in some time. I love it! Ray makes complex and deep issues accessible.” — THOMAS JAY OORD
author of The Uncontrolling Love of God
Janet Kellogg Ray is an enthusiastic science educator who blogs at JanetKRay.com on the intersections of science, faith, and culture. Raised a creationist, she is uniquely equipped to explain evolution to questioners, doubters, deniers, and those who just want to know more about the science of origins: she’s been there, and she understands.
Questions Christians Aren’t Supposed to Ask James V. Brownson
Why should anyone believe in God in a world with so much pain?
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Living under Water Baptism as a Way of Life Kevin J. Adams
Foreword by Cornelius Plantinga
Why should I become a Christian when I find the public agenda of many Christians so offensive?
Our truest identity isn’t something we create or build ourselves.
I have been hurt by the church in the past. Why should I bother with it now?
It’s a gift we receive.
In each chapter of this book, James Brownson introduces a difficult question that Christians “aren’t supposed to ask” and then reframes it with a relevant passage from the Bible, bringing to bear his expertise as a biblical scholar. Rather than providing dogmatic (and ultimately unsatisfying) “Sunday school answers,” he explores the questions in provocative ways that often challenge the status quo of American Christianity. Fittingly, each chapter closes with discussion questions and suggestions for further reading, so that the conversations begun here can continue among the book’s readers in fruitful ways. “Jim Brownson is one of the most important biblical scholars writing today, and in this book he lends his theological expertise to a variety of contemporary issues that often prove to be stumbling blocks for young people and others wrestling with doubts about Christianity. From the problems of hypocrisy and abuse in the church to theological debates about sexuality, hell, and women’s roles, Dr. Brownson offers important insights from Scripture to help Christians think more clearly about complex topics.” —MATTHEW VINES
author of God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case for Same-Sex Relationships
James V. Brownson is the James and Jean Cook Professor of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. He is also the author of Bible, Gender, Sexuality and The Promise of Baptism. 978-0-8028-7841-0 • Paperback • 139 pages • $17.99 US $23.99 CAN • £13.99 UK • AVAILABLE NOW
We live under water. What does baptism mean? And what do we do with it? Kevin Adams—an experienced pastor and church planter who has baptized people of all ages and spiritual origins—makes the case that baptism isn’t merely a one-time ceremony but something to be lived and affirmed throughout one’s life. In Living under Water, Adams shares stories that illustrate how baptism shapes one’s identity and enters us into an alternate narrative, one ongoing since the dawn of creation, through which we understand our truest selves with all our joy and trauma and by which we are united with a group of people unbound by race or language, continent or generation. “The book can only be described as marvelous—rich with insights and revelations, deeply informative. It will be described as the best Christian account of baptism.” — CORNELIUS PLANTINGA
president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary
“Congregations who study this book will expand their horizons for the many ways that God is seeding shalom in communities of faith through the gift of baptism.” — LEANNE VAN DYK
president and professor of theology at Columbia Theological Seminary
Kevin J. Adams is the founding and senior pastor of Granite Springs Church in greater Sacramento, California, and a program affiliate at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. 978-0-8028-7963-9 • Paperback • 276 pages • $19.99 US $26.99 CAN • £15.99 UK AVAILABLE JANUARY 2022
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Finding a Story to Live By Samuel Wells Finding a renewed Christian story in a time of skepticism and doubt Is Christianity just a fairy tale for the infantile? Or worse, a cruel fantasy— the perpetrator of terrible harm and the cause of endless conflict? At the very least, one path among many? Such questions reflect the skepticism of outsiders and the doubts of insiders—some perennial, some underscored by recent events and movements. The answer to these objections isn’t a louder faith to shout them down— it’s a humbler faith that points to a bigger God. Samuel Wells illustrates this through his generous, respectful, and earnest engagement with ten difficult questions about Christianity. In each case he portrays the traditional position and the skepticism of the modern age as two rival stories. Transcending both, he then offers a revitalized Christian story that better renders the radical, courageous, and vulnerable nature of authentic faith. Wells is unwaveringly honest about the failures of the institutional church and acknowledges many people’s negative prior experiences of Christianity—making this a book for both Christians and non-Christians who have found the stories of their lives disrupted and now seek a fulfilling and truthful story to live by. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 1. Crutch for the Deluded? 2. Catalogue of Betrayals? 3. Fairy Tale for the Infantile? 4. Drug for the Poor? 5. Intolerant Poison? 6. Perpetrator of Terrible Harm?
God Gets Everything God Wants
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Humbler Faith, Bigger God
Katie Hays
In this book for spiritual refugees—weary Christians, former Christians, and the Christ-curious who have been excluded from church because of who they are and what they (don’t) believe—Katie Hays proposes a gospel of hope, inclusion, and defiance of the powers that be. She invites readers into “the painstaking work of examining our Christian faith and sorting it out” to find what might be salvaged from the wreckage of a faith that still smolders with life-giving possibilities. “There are few people I trust as much as Rev. Katie Hays when it comes to understanding the heart of God and how to live out the kingdom. She just—to put it plainly—gets it, and then shares that it with us in a way where we start believing we can get it, too. In God Gets Everything God Wants, Katie casts a vision of a loving, passionate, and persistent God so good it simply must be true.” — COLBY MARTIN
author of The Shift: Surviving and Thriving after Moving from Conservative to Progressive Christianity
“Spirituality is best explored in community, and in God Gets Everything God Wants, Katie Hays invites us to bring all of our beautiful, broken, burdened selves to the conversation. Do not be fooled by Katie’s light-hearted language and easy way with words. This book is a serious theological rehabilitation of the core message of the gospel, with the kind of clarity and insight that puts you in mind of Richard Rohr or Brian McLaren. We’ve needed this book.” — PAULA STONE WILLIAMS
7. Cause of Endless Conflict? 8. One Path among Many? 9. Arrogant Narcissism? 10. Cruel Fantasy? 11. A Faith to Live By Study Guide
Samuel Wells is vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London. His previous books include Walk Humbly, Incarnational Ministry, Incarnational Mission, Shaping the Prayers of the People (with Abigail Kocher), and Learning to Dream Again. 978-0-8028-7931-8 • Jacketed Hardcover • 248 pages • $22.99 US • $30.99 CAN AVAILABLE MARCH 2022
author of As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned
“Katie’s book is for anyone who has felt unheard and unwelcome in church and those who are still shaking off the dusty remnants of a loveless, controlling faith in cahoots with systemic injustices. She invites the reader on a tour through personal and scriptural witness toward a reimagined, loving community where real, noholds-barred relationship reigns—with God and with others. ” — HEIDI B. NEUMARK
author of Sanctuary: Being Christian in the Wake of Trump
Katie Hays is the founder and lead evangelist of Galileo Church, a church that seeks and shelters spiritual refugees, especially young adults and LGBTQ+ people, on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas. She is also the author of We Were Spiritual Refugees and the coauthor, with Susan Chiasson, of Family of Origin, Family of Choice. 978-0-8028-7856-4 • Jacketed Hardcover •181 pages • $21.99 US • $29.99 CAN • £17.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
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Reformed and Evangelical across Four Centuries The Presbyterian Story in America Nathan P. Feldmeth, S. Donald Fortson III, Garth M. Rosell, and Kenneth J. Stewart Foreword by George M. Marsden Reformed and Evangelical across Four Centuries tells the story of the Presbyterian church in the United States, beginning with its British foundations and extending to its present-day expression in multiple American Presbyterian denominations. This account emphasizes the role of the evangelical movement in shaping various Presbyterian bodies in America, especially in the twentieth century amid increasing departures from traditional Calvinism, historic orthodoxy, and a focus on biblical authority. Particular attention is also given to crucial elements of diversity in the Presbyterian story, with increasing numbers of African American, Latino/a, and Korean American Presbyterians—among others—in the twenty-first century. “I’ve been eagerly anticipating this volume for some time! It is far more comprehensive than anything we have had before. It not only pays close attention to the controversies in the twentieth century over orthodoxy and modernism, but it shows the current and coming racial and national diversity of Presbyterianism. Highly recommended.” — TIMOTHY KELLER
pastor emeritus of Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York City
“The history of Presbyterianism has often (and only half-jokingly) been characterized as a ‘split P’ narrative, with the story often being told from the perspective of one of the ‘splits.’ This wonderful book in no way ignores the diversity, but it succeeds—through a creative pan-Presbyterian team effort—to find important common threads in all of the diversity.” — RICHARD J. MOUW
president emeritus of Fuller Theological Seminary
Nathan P. Feldmeth is senior assistant professor of church history at Fuller Theological Seminary. S. Donald Fortson III is professor of church history and pastoral theology on the Charlotte campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. Garth M. Rosell is senior research professor of church history at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Kenneth J. Stewart is professor emeritus of theological studies at Covenant College. 978-0-8028-7340-8 • Paperback • 360 pages • $29.99 US • $39.99 CAN • £23.99 UK AVAILABLE JANUARY 2022
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The Bible in the Early Church Justo L. González
A concise history of the Bible: its creation, use, and interpretation What is the Bible? To answer this question we must understand the Bible’s origins in the early church. In this book, celebrated church historian Justo González introduces the reader to some important features of the earliest Bibles—for instance, the Bible’s original languages, its division into chapters and verses, and even its physical appearance in its first forms. González also explores the use of the Bible in the early church (such as in worship or in private reading) and the interpretation of the Bible throughout the ensuing centuries, giving readers a holistic sense of the Bible’s emergence as the keystone of Christian life, from its beginnings to present times. “Finally. A book on the Bible in early Christianity that answers the important questions that everyone asks and does it in a way that everyone will want to read. This is González at his best. He cuts to the chase, anticipates our queries, leads us to the best of the primary sources, gives us enough, but not too much, and does it all in the genre of bedtime story.” — D. JEFFREY BINGHAM
dean of the School of Theology and professor of historical theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
“This is the best introduction to the Bible in the early church currently available. In clear and accessible prose, González surveys the Bible as a physical artifact, its uses in various settings, and the different ways it was interpreted by its earliest readers. The Bible in the Early Church is both conversational and dependable, hallmarks of González’s scholarship over the decades.”
— PETER W. MARTENS
professor of early Christianity at Saint Louis University
“Justo L. González has gifted us in The Bible in the Early Church with a very personal, clear, and erudite introduction to the writing, use, and transmission of the biblical text for the life of the church. This book should be a most welcome addition to introductory courses on the Bible in theological schools and universities as well as in parochial settings.” — ALBERTO L. GARCÍA
professor emeritus of theology at Concordia University Wisconsin
Justo L. González is a retired United Methodist minister and professor of historical theology. His more than one hundred books include The Story of Christianity, A History of Christian Thought, Teach Us to Pray, Knowing Our Faith, and A Brief History of Sunday. 978-0-8028-8174-8 • Paperback • 200 pages • $19.99 US • $26.99 CAN • £15.99 UK AVAILABLE MARCH 2022
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Eastern Christianity A Reader J. Edward Walters, editor
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English translations of Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, Arabic, Coptic, and Ethiopic Christian texts from late antiquity to the early modern period In order to make the writings of Eastern Christianity more widely accessible this volume offers a collection of significant texts from various Eastern Christian traditions, many of which are appearing in English for the first time. The internationally renowned scholars behind these translations begin each section with an informative historical introduction, so that anyone interested in learning more about these understudied groups can more easily traverse their diverse linguistic, cultural, and literary traditions. A boon to scholars, students, and general readers, this ample resource expands the scope of Christian history so that communities beyond Western Christendom can no longer be ignored. “Here is a really excellent and most welcome volume: it aims to provide ‘a series of windows’ into the literatures of the various languages of the Christian Middle East. For each language, well-chosen excerpts, ranging from four to nine in number, are introduced and translated, accompanied by helpful bibliographical guidance in each case for readers who wish to explore further. The book provides both the general reader and scholars in related areas with a wonderful gateway into little-known areas of early Christian literature.” — SEBASTIAN BROCK
University of Oxford
“Scholars and students have rarely had easy access to primary sources across the array of continents, languages, and cultures where ancient Christians forged their places. This volume responds to that need. Concise and efficient, it offers a rich assortment of texts from an often-unfamiliar variety of language traditions. Demonstrating fundamental commonalities as well as distinctive traits for each, this volume is a marvelously rich entry into global Christianity over its first millennium and more, far to the east of Europe’s shores.” — SUSAN ASHBROOK HARVEY
Brown University
“Providing short introductions to the various Eastern churches alongside fresh translations of some of their most important texts, this ‘dream team’ of contributors has created the first truly accessible entryway into the diverse traditions associated with Eastern Christianity. Thanks to their efforts, there is no longer any excuse for the history of Christianity to be taught as the history simply of Western Christianity. For anyone interested in understanding Christianity as a global religion—whether professor, graduate student, seminarian, undergraduate, or practitioner—Eastern Christianity is nothing short of required reading.” — MICHAEL PHILIP PENN
Stanford University
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J. Edward Walters is a cataloger of Syriac manuscripts for Hill Museum & Manuscript Library in Collegeville, Minnesota. His research focuses on Christianity in late antiquity, especially among Syriac speakers. Walters is particularly interested in the early period of Syriac literature, and much of his research thus far has focused on the fourth-century author Aphrahat, the Persian Sage. More broadly, Walters has written and published on a number of topics pertaining to Syriac Christianity, including several translations of Syriac texts. He is also the general editor of the Digital Syriac Corpus, an online repository of digitized Syriac texts..
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Jesse S. Arlen Aaron M. Butts Jeff W. Childers Mary K. Farag Philip Michael Forness John C. Lamoreaux Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent Erin Galgay Walsh J. Edward Walters Jeffrey Wickes
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New Testament Apocrypha, vol. 2 More Noncanonical Scriptures
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Richard Bauckham et al. 978-0-8028-2739-5
Migration and the Making of Global Christianity Jehu J. Hanciles 978-0-8028-7562-4
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Gospel Witness through the Ages A History of Evangelism David M. Gustafson
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Gospel Witness through the Ages is a definitive history of Christian evangelism from the full two thousand years of church history. David Gustafson introduces readers to evangelism’s noteworthy persons, movements, and methods from the past—including both examples to emulate and examples to avoid. With this thorough historical approach, Gustafson expands the reader’s conception of the evangelistic task and suggests new ways to shape our identity as gospel witnesses today through the influence of these earlier generations of Christians. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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David M. Gustafson is chair of the mission and evangelism department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is an affiliate docent at Johannelund School of Theology in Uppsala, Sweden, and a fellow of the Billy Graham Center of Evangelism in Wheaton, Illinois.
Introduction 1. Beginning of Christian Evangelism 2. Early Church Evangelism 3. Christendom and Monastic Evangelism 4. Medieval Evangelism 5. Renaissance Evangelism 6. Reformation Evangelism 7. Pietist Evangelism
8. Revival Evangelism 9. Frontier to Urban Evangelism 10. Social Gospel versus Soul-Saving Evangelism 11. Global Indigenous Evangelism 12. Personal to Holistic Evangelism Epilogue: Evangelism in the Twenty-First Century
“Those of us involved in Christian higher education have needed a learned, faithful, general history of Christian gospel witness for quite some time. Kudos to David Gustafson for meeting the need so well. His prose is crystal clear, his chapters are reliable, his judgments fair-minded and theologically edifying. This is now the go-to textbook on the subject.” — DOUGLAS A. SWEENEY
dean of Beeson Divinity School, Samford University
The Invitation A Theology of Evangelism Richard R. Osmer This is a book about evangelism for people who are uncomfortable with older, simpler notions about evangelism as conversionism. Drawing on Karl Barth’s understanding of who God is, and what that means for the church in its efforts to provide authentic, life-changing witness, Richard Osmer theologizes evangelism as a multifaceted act of invitation to Christ-following community. “Richard Osmer has written the definitive book on evangelism today and likely for years to come. It is biblically rigorous, theologically erudite, lucidly written, and often quite moving. This is essential reading.” — JASON BYASSEE
coauthor of Following: Embodied Discipleship in a Digital Age
“In this significant, scholarly, and accessible study, Richard Osmer unpacks the inherited church’s practice of evangelism as conversionism, with its accompanying limitations. Highly recommended for seminary students and ministry practitioners.” — ELAINE A. HEATH
author of The Mystic Way of Evangelism: A Contemplative Vision for Christian Outreach
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Richard R. Osmer is Princeton Theological Seminary’s Ralph B. and Helen S. Ashenfelter Professor of Mission and Evangelism Emeritus. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he chairs the Committee to Write New Catechisms for the Presbyterian Church (USA). His other books include Practical Theology: An Introduction and The Teaching Ministry of Congregations.
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“Richard Osmer has done Christians a great service by examining the cultural and theological toolkits with which conversionist approaches to evangelism operate. Osmer’s use of case studies gives to his examination a concreteness and liveliness from which readers will gain insight, clarity, and motivation.” — BRYAN STONE
author of Evangelism after Pluralism: The Ethics of Christian Witness
“Osmer provides a beautiful reimagining of evangelism that is deeply rooted in theology and Scripture. He manages to untangle the complexities found in various traditions and provides the reader with a hope-filled understanding of this invitation to the gospel message. It can be difficult to appeal to both the academic guild and the local church, but Osmer does this brilliantly. This is practical theology at its very best.” — AMANDA J. DRURY
associate professor of practical theology at Indiana Wesleyan University
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Practicing Unity in a Divided Church Gary B. Agee Transcending divisions and healing the Body of Christ Disunity is a reality within churches today. Left unaddressed, political disagreements and racial inequities can fester into misunderstanding, resentment, and anger. But often the act of addressing this discord prompts further animosity, widening fissures into gaping fault lines between fellow members of the same community. Gary Agee, a pastor well-versed in navigating the volatility of diverse church communities, reflects here on the roots of division within the church and the virtues and practices that can promote the restoration of unity. With disarming honesty and humility, Agee offers sage advice gleaned from Scripture and years of practical experience to show how we might fulfill Jesus’s prayer on behalf of the church: “That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. . . . That they may be one as we are one.” At the end of each chapter, Agee includes exercises, discussion questions, and suggested practices, providing a concrete path to unity through dialogue and action. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Seeing and Not Seeing: An Autobiographical Introduction in Three Acts 1. Getting Started 2. Speaking of Unity 3. Taking on a Posture of Unity 4. The Upper Room Experience 5. The Bible and the Practice of Unity 6. False Gospels 7. From Pew to Practice 8. Champions for a Cause Conclusion: Finding Home Gary B. Agee has been a pastor in the Church of God (Anderson) since 1985 and is currently the lead pastor of the Beechwood Church of God in Camden, Ohio. 978-0-8028-8186-1• Paperback • 160 pages • $19.99 US $26.99 CAN • £15.99 UK • AVAILABLE APRIL 2022
Why Can’t Church Be More Like an AA Meeting? And Other Questions Christians Ask about Recovery Stephen R. Haynes If Christians long for authentic spirituality rooted in fellowship and mutual healing, why not learn from groups that are committed to a way of life built on these values? Alcoholics Anonymous and related Twelve-Step fellowships often meet in the classrooms or basements of churches, but Stephen Haynes believes the guiding principles of TwelveStep recovery that guide these meetings can become a part of congregational life that extends to Sunday mornings—and beyond. In this book, he explores how adopting the ethos of recovery could transform faith communities into places of genuine vulnerability and radical hospitality. “If you’ve attended a Twelve-Step recovery meeting, you’ve likely come to a simple conclusion: If church were more like this, no one would ever leave. In this book, Stephen Haynes highlights the hallmarks of programs like AA—the nonjudgmental curiosity, unmitigated acceptance, and unfailing support of the members—and casts a new vision for the church, one that sees brokenness as the first step in a miraculous healing journey.” — SETH HAINES
author of The Book of Waking Up: Experiencing the Divine Love That Reorders a Life
“For those Christians who are curious or suspicious about the Twelve-Step model, this book offers a balanced introduction to Twelve-Step recovery, including the Christian influence behind Alcoholics Anonymous and the many ways contemporary Christian groups have critiqued, adapted, or embraced Twelve-Step recovery.” — SONIA E. WATERS
author of Addiction and Pastoral Care
Stephen R. Haynes is professor of religious studies at Rhodes College, adjunct professor of recovery ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary, and theologian-inresidence at Idlewild Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
Good Works Hospitality and Faithful Discipleship Keith Wasserman and Christine D. Pohl For over forty years, the community of Good Works, Inc., has shared life with its neighbors in rural southeastern Ohio, a region with high poverty rates and remarkably resilient people. Offering friendship to those without a support network and shelter, care, and community to people without homes, those involved with Good Works have made it their mission to embody the gospel in innovative ways. Christians who hunger for lifegiving involvement in their local communities—wherever they might be and in whichever circumstances—will find inspiration and guidance in this quiet but powerful Appalachian ministry.
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That We May Be One
“This refreshing study will offer valuable guidance and inspiration for pastors, teachers, leaders of social ministries, and people of faith seeking to embed Christian ethics into the fabric of their communities.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Beautiful. This book helps us all go deeper into Jesus’s call to hospitality and faithful discipleship and to be inspired to live more faithfully ourselves.” — L. GREGORY JONES
president of Belmont University
“Wasserman and Pohl invite us to pull up a seat at the table of friendship where laughter and tears flow freely and where people who are counted as little in the eyes of the world discover they are seen and known.” — MICHAEL MATHER
author of Having Nothing, Possessing Everything
Keith Wasserman is the founder and executive director of Good Works, Inc. Christine D. Pohl is professor emerita of church in society at Asbury Theological Seminary. 978-0-8028-7701-7 • Paperback • 188 pages • $16.99 US $22.99 CAN • £13.99 UK • AVAILABLE NOW
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The Pastor’s Bookshelf
We Aren’t Broke
Why Reading Matters for Ministry Austin Carty
Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry Mark Elsdon
Foreword by Thomas G. Long
Foreword by Craig Dykstra
It’s time to give pastors permission to read books besides the Bible. Six months into his first senior pastorate, Austin Carty sat in his office reading—not the Bible, not a commentary, not a theological tract, but a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. As the minutes turned to hours, while he sat engrossed in this book, he noticed something: he began feeling uneasy. And then anxious. And then guilty. What would someone think if they opened the door and caught him reading fiction? For busy pastors (is there any other kind?), time spent reading feels hard to justify, especially when it’s not for sermon prep. But what if reading felt less like a luxury and more like a vocational responsibility—a spiritual practice that bore fruit in every aspect of ministry, from preaching to pastoral care to church leadership? Austin Carty believes that this is exactly how pastors ought to think about reading. The Pastor’s Bookshelf shows how worthwhile reading is more about formation than information and how, through reading, a pastor becomes a fuller, more enriched human being with a deeper capacity for wisdom and love, better equipped to understand and work for God’s kingdom. “Time and again in my ministry I’ve been rescued from despair by a book. Partnering with novelists, poets, and scholars has stoked, funded, and fueled my ministry. Just last week Dostoevsky saved me from committing a boring sermon. That’s why I so enjoyed Austin Carty’s The Pastor’s Bookshelf and found it to be full of such wonderful, wise, invigorating guidance for pastors needing to read ourselves through ministry.” — WILL WILLIMON
professor of the practice of Christian ministry at Duke Divinity School
“Austin Carty writes with great conviction on a truly significant topic: the need for pastors to be avid readers. He also writes with clarity, consistency, and grace. The church needs this vital book.” — CORNELIUS PLANTINGA
author of Reading for Preaching
Austin Carty lives and pastors in Anderson, South Carolina. He is the author of High Points and Lows: Life, Faith, and Figuring It All Out. 978-0-8028-7910-3 • Paperback • 176 pages • $19.99 US • $26.99 CAN • £15.99 UK AVAILABLE APRIL 2022
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Despite talk of financial struggle and decline in the church, most religious institutions have more resources than they know. This book is an invitation to innovation, possibility, and hope in utilizing those hidden resources— property, investments, people, and passion—that are available right now to revitalize churches and missional organizations, as well as their surrounding communities. “One of our biggest challenges in the church is imagination. In this book, Mark Elsdon reminds us that there is no scarcity of resources, only a scarcity of creativity and courage.” — SHANE CLAIBORNE
author, activist, and cofounder of Red Letter Christians
“This book packs a wallop—it could not be timelier or more important for congregations today. Elsdon calls churches to reckon with the impact of their finances—not just whether they can make bank—and turns impact investing into something mighty close to a spiritual practice. Given the tectonic shifts in giving and the global hand-wringing over the future of the church, We Aren’t Broke isn’t a moment too soon.” — KENDA CREASY DEAN
author of Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church
“Mark Elsdon knows what he is writing about: a capacious Christian vision of the common good. What he proposes is not abstract but grounded—a tested way of perceiving and acting that reorders the power of money and property for the sake of a more just and thriving neighborhood or town. Elsdon points a way to a comprehensive transformation of the church and the community.” — MARK LABBERTON
author of The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor
Mark Elsdon lives and works at the intersection of money and meaning as an entrepreneur, pastor, consultant, and speaker. He is cofounder of RootedGood, which seeks to create more good in the world through social innovation; executive director at Pres House on the University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus; and owner of Elsdon Strategic Consulting. Mark is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his spouse and two daughters. 978-0-8028-7898-4 • Paperback • 239 pages • $18.99 US • $25.99 CAN • £14.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
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CHURCH & MINISTRY
Chasing after Wind
At the Blue Hole
A Pastor’s Life Douglas J. Brouwer
Elegy for a Church on the Edge Jack R. Reese
Foreword by Richard J. Mouw
Foreword by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
One pastor’s journey from idealism, through disillusionment, to an acceptance of grace
At the Blue Hole is the story of Churches of Christ in America from their origins to their current state of rapid decline. Jack Reese offers an elegy of remembrance and a promise of hope—that if these churches claim their own death, this once-thriving fellowship may yet emerge from the grave into the light of resurrection.
After forty years as a Presbyterian pastor, Douglas Brouwer wondered if he had spent his life, as the author of Ecclesiastes laments, “chasing after wind.” But he also had the unmistakable sense that it had been worthwhile—even though not in the ways he had expected it to be at the start of his career. In this memoir, Brouwer recounts stories from throughout his life that speak to both the disillusionment and joy of ministry in the current age of shrinking mainline churches. “It’s one thing to have a talented, theologically well-formed Reformed pastor. It’s quite another thing for that pastor to be honest, truthful, courageous, eloquent, and interesting. Doug Brouwer is that pastor. Doug’s book is bound to be known as one of the finest ministerial memoirs to come out of the last days of mainline Protestantism. Here’s a life, a ministry well lived, an inspiring testimonial to the grace of God in calling a life to service.” — WILL WILLIMON
author of Accidental Preacher: A Memoir
“In these pages, we encounter a thing far too rare—a pastor skilled in stringing together artful sentences, writing as a genuine human rather than a religious delegate clinching the script. If we had more stories like this, those of us who wear the stole would have a little more fear and trembling, and more wonder and laughter too.” — WINN COLLIER
“Equal parts theologian, pastor, and historian, Jack Reese has written a personal and prophetic book, a reflection on what has happened among Churches of Christ and a description of what must be changed. I consider Jack to be a good friend, careful student, and reliable counsel. I’m thrilled to read this book and privileged to encourage you to do likewise.” — MAX LUCADO
pastor and bestselling author
“It takes courage to offer a way forward, courage to name some of the failures of the past, courage to offer a diagnosis and prognosis that require actual change in lifestyle. That’s what Jack Reese offers in these pages, and I pray many readers take this positive, honest, and challenging book to heart.” — BRIAN D. McLAREN
author of Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do about It
“Part spiritual autobiography, part history of Churches of Christ, and part missional epistle for a denomination that, like so many others, is in steep decline, At the Blue Hole is Jack Reese’s prophetic call to his people to come back to Jesus. This book should be read by everyone who longs for renewal in the church.” — ELAINE A. HEATH
author of Love Big, Be Well
author of God Unbound: Wisdom from Galatians for the Anxious Church
“An intelligent, candid, and absorbing account of a deeply felt ministry.” — CORNELIUS PLANTINGA
author of Morning and Evening Prayers
Douglas J. Brouwer is a retired Presbyterian pastor who served churches in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, and Zürich, Switzerland. His other books include Remembering the Faith: What Christians Believe and How to Become a Multicultural Church. 978-0-8028-8187-8 • Paperback • 238 pages • $22.00 US • $29.99 CAN • £17.99 UK AVAILABLE MARCH 2022
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“With a humility that acknowledges the present and owns the past, Jack Reese is pointing Churches of Christ to a better future. It will require death, but it can also mean resurrection!” — RICK ATCHLEY
senior minister at The Hills Church
Jack R. Reese has served as a preacher and missional leader in a variety of churches, urban ministries, and mission points across five continents. He is currently an interfaith leader and executive minister at the Northside Church of Christ in San Antonio. 978-0-8028-7952-3 • Paperback • 260 pages • $21.99 US • $29.99 CAN • £17.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
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Nurturing Faith
Flourishing Together
A Practical Theology for Educating Christians Fred P. Edie and Mark A. Lamport
A Christian Vision for Students, Educators, and Schools Lynn E. Swaner and Andy Wolfe
Foreword by Charles R. Foster
Foreword by Rose Hudson-Wilkin
In this comprehensive guide to educational ministries in the twenty-first century, Fred Edie and Mark Lamport explore how church leaders and others involved in Christian education can nurture a robust, cruciform faith within their communities. When discussing strategies and goals, Edie and Lamport consider a range of contexts and a variety of related fields that might give insight into educational ministry: theology, pedagogy, philosophy, social science, and more. Those working with any age group—children, adolescents, and adults—will find a relevant discussion of key underlying theological themes, a guide to concrete practices, and indispensable help in navigating shifting cultural dynamics. Exceedingly practical and consistent with the teachings of the gospel, the wisdom in this book will speak to all who long to foster discipleship in their church, school, or missional community.
How do students, educators, and schools flourish together—especially in an era of increasing pressure from standardized testing, growing challenges to student mental health and well-being, and frequent educator burnout? The goal of this book—an ideal resource for professional development and strategic planning—is to call Christian educators back to a deeper vision of flourishing within a robust theological framework, with the practical guidance necessary for implementation in schools.
“Here is the definitive book on Christian education for decades to come.” — WILL WILLIMON
author of Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry
“A thought-provoking work on communicating and nurturing faith in people of all ages. All engaged in nurturing the Christian faith will surely find something here of relevance and value.” — JUSTIN WELBY
Archbishop of Canterbury
“I most strongly recommend this book for use in theological schools and seminaries and to pastors working in the field. Edie and Lamport have produced practical theology at its best.” — PETER C. PHAN
Georgetown University
Fred P. Edie, a United Methodist pastor and veteran youth worker, is associate professor for the practice of Christian education at Duke Divinity School. Mark A. Lamport is a professor of practical theology and the author and editor of several books, including the Encyclopedia of Christian Education. 978-0-8028-7556-3 • Paperback • 534 pages • $44.99 US • $60.99 CAN • £36.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
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“Swaner and Wolfe, educational leaders with a global reputation, are a superb team, able to bring together the best in American and English school education. They are experienced and inspiring, deeply rooted in intelligent and imaginative Christian faith, and up-to-date in relevant research on education, learning, and well-being.” — DAVID F. FORD
Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Cambridge
“This is a wonderful book. It explores, both in principle and in practice, what flourishing might look like in schools for students and educators alike. It is a mustread for anyone with a vision and passion for education.”
— PAULA GOODER
Canon Chancellor at St. Paul’s Cathedral
“Flourishing Together offers timely, practical advice to Christian educators seeking to live and share with students a resilient, grounded, and flourishing way of being in our era of widespread teacher burnout and student disengagement. This is an invitation to greater personal and communal wholeness.”
— MATTHEW T. LEE
Director of Empirical Research at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University
Lynn E. Swaner serves as the chief strategy and innovation officer at the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), where she leads thought leadership and research initiatives, including ACSI’s signature Flourishing Schools Research. Andy Wolfe is the deputy chief education officer (leadership development) for the Church of England, and he has national oversight of the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership. 978-0-8028-7957-8 • Paperback • 310 pages • $24.99 US • $33.99 CAN • £19.99 UK AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2021
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THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION BETWEEN THE TIMES
Testifying in Theological Education Keri Day In Notes of a Native Daughter, Keri Day testifies to structural inequalities and broken promises of inclusion through the eyes of a black woman who experiences herself as both stranger and friend to prevailing models of theological education. Inviting the reader into her religious world—a world that is African American and, more specifically, Afro-Pentecostal—she not only uncovers the colonial impulses of theological education in the United States but also proposes that the lived religious practices and commitments of progressive Afro-Pentecostal communities can help the theological academy decolonize and reenvision multiple futures. Deliberately speaking in the testimonial form— rather than the more conventional mode of philosophical argument—Day bears witness to the truth revealed in her and others’ lived experience in a voice that is unapologetically visceral, emotive, demonstrative, and, ultimately, communal. With prophetic insight, she addresses this moment when the fastest-growing group of students and teachers are charismatic and neo-Pentecostal people of color for whom theological education is currently a site of both hope and harm. Ultimately, she provides a redemptive narrative for moving forward into a diverse future that can be truly liberating only when it allows itself to be formed by its people and the Spirit moving in them. “Wrapped in the enfleshed experience of the Pentecostal church, Day shows us what it means to desire the flourishing of others, to act ‘otherwise’ for that flourishing, to yearn and long and become ‘undone’ for the reign of God now.”
— M. SHAWN COPELAND
Boston College
Keri Day is associate professor of constructive theology and African American religion at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Theological Education and the Next Evangelicalism Mark S. Young Evangelicalism in the United States is fracturing along social, political, and ethical fault lines, to the extent that the very meaning of “evangelicalism” is in dispute. Having surrendered its theological character and missional heritage to partisan political activism and cultural conservatism, the movement has lost its unifying identity and undermined its own testimony in an increasingly diverse society. Mark Young believes a revitalization of the evangelical movement must happen in our seminaries, where the shepherds of the next evangelicalism are being formed. Young argues that if these leaders of tomorrow are instilled with true gospel values, they will go on to form churches and missional organizations that offer a credible and compelling Christlike witness for the sake of the world. The Hope of the Gospel takes readers through the history of evangelicalism and back to the present to make the case for how this can happen through a renewed vision of theological education. “Against those who would give up on the identifier ‘evangelical,’ Mark Young pushes back with a vision of evangelical theological education in which the gospel is at the center.” — MARK A. NOLL
author of Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind
“A highly relevant, insightful, and timely read for current and future generations of theological educators. “ — KAREN AN-HWEI LEE
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The Hope of the Gospel
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Latinx Contributions to Theological Education Elizabeth Conde-Frazier In this book, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier reflects on the history of Latinx Protestantism and the ways it has withstood colonizing agendas in the world of theological education. Drawing inspiration from mainline and Pentecostal movements within Latinx Christianity, she reflects on how a new paradigm, centered on the work of the Holy Spirit, can serve to decolonize theological education going forward, bringing about an in-breaking of the kingdom of God. “With her usual ability to ground education on reality and her enduring commitment to the theological formation of the people of God, Dr. Conde-Frazier weaves critique with guidance and challenge with hope in a fashion that well merits the attention of anyone seeking paths into the future of theological education.” — JUSTO L. GONZÁLEZ
author of The Story of Christianity
“A clear invitation to innovate and to step into the ‘new thing’ God is doing, yes for the Latinx community but also beyond.” — JOANNE SOLIS-WALKER
pastor, consultant, and partner and strategist of CaminoRoad
“For theological schools looking for creative new pathways to welcome underrepresented communities, Conde-Frazier provides intriguing and practical suggestions for collaborative partnerships. This book will be one that I use and recommend repeatedly.” — LOIDA I. MARTELL
vice president for academic affairs and dean/professor of constructive theology at Lexington Theological Seminary
provost and professor of English at Wheaton College
Mark S. Young is the president of Denver Seminary, a large evangelical school with students representing over fifty denominations. 978-0-8028-7886-1 • Paperback • 151 pages • $19.99 US $26.99 CAN • £15.99 UK AVAILABLE JANUARY 2022
Elizabeth Conde-Frazier is a nationally recognized authority on Hispanic Bible Institutes. Recently the dean of Esperanza College of Eastern University, she now leads a major grant project for the Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana. 978-0-8028-7901-1 • Paperback • 149 pages • $19.99 US $26.99 CAN • £15.99 UK • AVAILABLE NOW
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Father Abraham’s Many Children
Our Father Abraham
The Bible in a World of Religious Difference Tyler D. Mayfield
Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith SECOND EDITION
Foreword by Eboo Patel
Marvin R. Wilson Although the roots of Christianity run deep into Hebrew soil, many Christians remain regrettably uninformed about the rich Jewish heritage of the church. Our Father Abraham delineates the vital link between Judaism and Christianity, exemplified by the common ancestry of the two faiths traceable back to Abraham. Marvin Wilson calls Christians to reexamine their Semitic heritage to regain a more authentically biblical understanding of what they believe and practice. The second edition of Our Father Abraham features a new preface, an expanded bibliography of recent relevant works, and two new chapters: one that discusses Jewish-Christian relations after the Holocaust and another that reflects on Wilson’s own fifty-plus-year career as an evangelical Christian deeply committed to interfaith dialogue. As Christians and Jews feel a growing need for mutual support in an increasingly secular Western world, Wilson’s widely acclaimed book will offer encouragement and wise guidance toward this worthy end. “Magisterial. This book is born of scholarship by a faithful Christian who is in love with the Jewish people and the God of Israel.”
— RABBI YEHIEL E. POUPKO
Rabbinic Scholar at the Jewish Federation of Chicago
“The timeliness of Marv Wilson’s book was evident by its initial reception and growing audience over the years. Three decades later, this second edition shows the timelessness of both the subject and his insights.” — JAMES WHITMAN
Reframing religious diversity through the stories of Cain, Ishmael, and Esau The way we read the Bible matters for the way we engage the pluralistic world around us. For instance, if we understand the book of Genesis as narrowly focused on primary characters like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, we’ll miss the larger story and end up with the impression that God only cares about those who are “chosen.” In fact, the narratives of marginalized biblical characters reveal that God protects and provides for them also. What might this mean for Christians living in a world of religious difference today? In Father Abraham’s Many Children, Tyler Mayfield reflects on the stories of three of the most significant “other brothers” in the Bible—namely, on God’s continued engagement with Cain after he murders Abel, Ishmael’s circumcision as a sign of God’s covenant, and Esau’s reconciliation with Jacob. From these stories, Mayfield draws out a more generous theology of religious diversity, so that Christians might be better equipped to authentically love their neighbors of multiple faith traditions—as God loves, and has always loved, all humanity. “Through his rich and deep reading of the biblical stories of Cain, Ishmael, and Esau, Tyler Mayfield helps us see God, the Bible, our neighbors, and our neighbors’ religions differently. In today’s world, that’s a wonderful and needed accomplishment!” — BRIAN D. McLAREN
author of Faith after Doubt
Center for Judaic-Christian Studies
Marvin R. Wilson, a leading scholar on Christian-Jewish relations, is the Harold J. Ockenga Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Theological Studies at Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts, where he taught for over fifty years. He also wrote Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage—a sequel to Our Father Abraham—and served as primary scholar of the award-winning national television documentary Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith, based on Our Father Abraham. 978-0-8028-7733-8 • Paperback • 467 pages • $29.99 US • $39.99 CAN • £23.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
“I love Tyler D. Mayfield’s book because he illuminates parallel parts of the Bible. In beautiful clear prose, he shows how the call and command of Christian scripture helps people connect being both faithful to the Bible and contributing citizens in a diverse nation and world.” — EBOO PATEL
from the foreword
Tyler D. Mayfield is the A. B. Rhodes Professor of Old Testament and director of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. His other books include A Guide to Bible Basics and Unto Us a Child Is Born: Isaiah, Advent, and Our Jewish Neighbors. 978-0-8028-7945-5 • Paperback • 160 pages • $17.99 US • $23.99 CAN • £13.99 UK AVAILABLE JANUARY 2022
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Mitka’s Secret A True Story of Child Slavery and Surviving the Holocaust Steven W. Brallier
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with Joel N. Lohr and Lynn G. Beck
The remarkable life story of Mitka Kalinski, who survived seven years of enslavement—while still a child—to a Nazi officer during and after World War II Mitka Kalinski had never revealed his past to anyone. Not even to his wife or his four children. But in 1981, three decades after it all ended, Mitka finally broke his silence about the horrors he endured during the Holocaust and in the years immediately afterward: not only German concentration camps and sadistic medical experiments but also seven years of enslavement in the household of a Nazi officer, “Iron” Gustav Dörr. Having been orphaned before the war, Mitka did not know his origins or even his name. Torture, slavery, and a false name stripped him of his identity entirely. Thus, when he immigrated to the United States in 1951, Mitka seized the opportunity to bury his past and forge a new life. He lived the American life in all its fullness and moved to Nevada with his beloved wife, Adrienne, and their children. But the secret he carried became an increasingly heavy burden, preventing wholeness and healing. This is Mitka’s account of facing the past, confronting his captors, connecting with lost relatives, and finding peace in the rediscovery of his origins. For Mitka, this also meant reclaiming his Jewish heritage—a journey that gave him a new sense of purpose and freedom from the lingering effects of trauma that had filled his life to that point. By the end, Mitka’s Secret is less a story of survival and more one of redemption and transformation—from hidden suffering to abundant joy. “Mitka’s remarkable story harrowingly demonstrates the horrors and personal repercussions of the Holocaust.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY “For us to make ‘Never Again’ a reality when it comes to horrors like the Holocaust, we must read and remember inspiring stories like this. I recommend this book to all who want a more intimate knowledge of human history and to be moved by a story of hope and survival.” — EBOO PATEL
author of Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise
“Mitka’s Secret is very different from any Holocaust book I have ever read. The horrors of the first part are very painful to read, but after that it becomes a fascinating tale of how one can recover from the most horrendous experiences when you have a loving partner by your side. It also has a beautiful ending when the hero of the story finds his roots, his family, and his faith.” — EVA SCHLOSS
Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and speaker stepsister of Anne Frank and author of Eva’s Story
“A most powerful life story of a child survivor of the Holocaust and his way from a children’s home in Ukraine to America.” — JOHANNES-DIETER STEINERT
author of Holocaust und Zwangsarbeit, winner of the 2020 Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research
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Steven W. Brallier had a long career in the entertainment industry as a promoter, agent, and writer, which exposed him to many people with amazing stories. None was more compelling than Mitka’s. Almost immediately a deep trust developed between Steve and the Kalinskis, a trust that provided the essential foundation for the powerful story that is Mitka’s Secret. Joel N. Lohr is president of Hartford Seminary, a leading interfaith graduate school. He is an award-winning author, scholar of religion, and passionate leader in interreligious relations and higher education. Lynn G. Beck has served in faculty and leadership positions at various universities. She is the author or coauthor of eight books and a number of articles and has had leadership roles on national, state, and local boards. RELATED TITLES
“Mitka’s life is the ‘journey of a soul’ filled with tragedy yet transformative enough to inspire and seek the truth.” — RABBI ANCHELLE PERL
Chabad of Mineola, New York
“This is the riveting account of a rare survivor of the brutal Nazi regime. It is also a story of thriving in a new land, building a life and a family, and then seeking to come to terms with a haunting past. Mitka’s Secret will stay with you, trouble you, move you, and give you hope.” — JOHN E. PHELAN JR.
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Jesus and the Holocaust
Reflections on Suffering and Hope
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The Religious Journey of Dwight D. Eisenhower
A Religious Biography of America’s Most Infamous Pilot Christopher Gehrz
Duty, God, and Country Jack M. Holl One of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s core convictions was that for a country to thrive, it needs a shared faith—a concept that came to be known as American civil religion, which defined and drove much of the cohesion of the 1950s under Eisenhower’s leadership. This biography tells the story of how deeply religious convictions ran through every aspect of Eisenhower’s public life, from his military service during the world wars to his presidency during the coldest years of the Cold War. “A striking biography of President Dwight Eisenhower. . . . Holl’s impeccable study will appeal to those interested in mid-century American religion and politics alike.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Jack Holl has skillfully refuted skeptics who assume that Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential statements on religion were politically motivated. He eloquently illuminates Ike’s core belief that the founders’ civil religion remained essential to the preservation of American democracy. In Holl’s words, Eisenhower envisioned ‘a spiritual America unconstrained by color or creed.’” — DAVID A. NICHOLS
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Jack M. Holl has served as a professor of history at Williams College, the University of Washington, and Kansas State University. A public historian at the US Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Energy, he played a leading role in the founding of the Society for History in the Federal Government and launching the National Council of Public History. He has also served at the Eisenhower Foundation and continues to evaluate Eisenhower Foundation research grants at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library. 978-0-8028-7873-1 • Jacketed Hardcover • 366 pages • $29.99 US • $39.99 CAN • £23.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
Charles Lindbergh was once an American icon, but in recent years has become increasingly identified with his sympathies for white supremacy, eugenics, and the Nazi regime in Germany. In this short biography of Lindbergh, Christopher Gehrz shows how Lindbergh retained a wide array of spiritual interests while rejecting outside religious authorities, making for a life of contradictions, one marked by both greatness of achievement and a tendency toward misguided convictions. “Using Lindbergh’s journals, writings, and public statements, Gehrz builds a thorough portrait of the aviator’s inner life, and the inclusion of the equally complex spiritual path of Lindbergh’s wife, Anne, adds useful context. Readers curious about a lesser-seen side of Lindbergh’s life will gain much from this well-argued biography.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY “A religious biography as compelling as it is fascinating. An absorbing, necessary American read.” — JON BUTLER
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Christopher Gehrz is professor of history at Bethel University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where his innovative approach to teaching everything from church history to the world wars has earned him a Faculty Excellence Award. He is the author or editor of several books, including Faith and History: A Devotional and The Pietist Option: Hope for the Renewal of Christianity, and he blogs regularly about Christianity, history, and education at The Pietist Schoolman and The Anxious Bench. 978-0-8028-7621-8 • Jacketed Hardcover • 296 pages • $28.00 US • $37.99 CAN • £21.99 UK AVAILABLE NOW
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