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PRAISE FOR ROWAN WILLIAMS’S OTHER BOOKS “ACCESSIBLE AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING. . . . AN EXCELLENT SPIRITUAL GUIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL OR SMALL GROUP USE.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)

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Being Human

Bodies, Minds, Persons Rowan Williams Another gem from the pen of a leading theologian in the world today What is consciousness? Is the mind a machine? What makes each of us a person? How do our bodies relate to our minds?

In this deeply engaging exploration of what it means to be human, Rowan Williams addresses these frequently asked questions with lucid meditations that draw on insights from neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and literature. Then he presses on to ask, Might faith be necessary to human flourishing? If so, why? And how can a traditional Christian practice—namely, silence—help us realize our fullest human potential?

Being Human is a book that readers of all religious persuasions will find both challenging and highly rewarding. Questions at the end of each chapter encourage personal reflection or group discussion.

“Rowan Williams is one of today’s most brilliant and profound thinkers. His Being Human is a rich and thoughtprovoking meditation on the themes of consciousness, language, relationship, speech, silence, and what it is to be a person.

A marvelous and moving work—philosophical theology at its very best.”

— Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks author of Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence

“Williams never disappoints: his reflections on such important topics as the nature of consciousness, how we view time, and the wisdom of silence make vital reading.”

— Iain McGilchrist

author of The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

Rowan Williams served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012 and is now Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. His many other books include Christ on Trial, Being Christian, Being Disciples, and Why Study the Past? (see page 12).

Also by Rowan Williams Being Christian 978-0-8028-7197-8 Being Disciples 978-0-8028-7432-0

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“The Trump era, however long it should last, represents a true test for Christians who regard Bonhoeffer as a model of discipleship. Bonhoeffer never forgot after Hitler came to power that he was not living in ordinary times, no matter how many of his countrymen adjusted and assimilated to Germany’s ‘new normal.’ We who claim some kinship with Bonhoeffer must similarly resist becoming accustomed to ways of thinking, speaking, and acting that are anti-Christian, and antihuman, in spirit. And we must work to discredit claims on Bonhoeffer by those who do think, speak, and act in these ways. For these things we should be willing to battle.”

S T E P H E N R . H AY N E S from chapter 10, “The Battle for Bonhoeffer, circa 2018”

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The Battle for Bonhoeffer Stephen R. Haynes Foreword by Charles Marsh

On the use, abuse, and misuse of Bonhoeffer’s legacy in American politics The figure of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) has become a clay puppet in modern American politics.

Secular, radical, liberal, and evangelical interpreters variously shape and mold the martyr’s legacy to suit their own pet agendas.

Stephen Haynes offers an incisive and clarifying perspective. A recognized Bonhoeffer expert, Haynes examines “populist” readings of Bonhoeffer, including the acclaimed biography by Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. In his analysis Haynes treats, among other things, the November 2016 election of Donald Trump and the “Bonhoeffer moment” announced by evangelicals in response to the US Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage.

The Battle for Bonhoeffer ends with an open letter from Haynes pointedly addressing Christians who love Bonhoeffer but (still) support Trump. Bonhoeffer’s legacy matters. Haynes redeems the life and the man.

Stephen R. Haynes is professor of religious studies at Rhodes College and theologian-in-residence at Idlewild Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. The coauthor of Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians, he has also written articles about Bonhoeffer and American culture for the Huffington Post and the Christian Century.

Of related interest Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump John Fea 978-0-8028-7641-6 I Pledge Allegiance David Crump 978-0-8028-7174-9 Preaching in Hitler’s Shadow Dean G. Stroud 978-0-8028-6902-9

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“I began my ministry seeing scarcity, seeing only the need and the things that seemed to be missing in the low-income neighborhoods where I pastored.

What I learned from those among and with whom I worked in South Bend and Indianapolis was how to see abundance—I learned to see the love and power that were overflowing in even the most economically challenged neighborhoods. I began my work as a pastor committed to addressing the scarcity that I saw in the lives of the poor and the marginalized, and now I often feel overwhelmed by the abundance I see, riches where I had thought there was nothing.”

— Michael Mather

from preface to Having Nothing, Possessing Everything

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Having Nothing, Possessing Everything Finding Abundant Communities in Unexpected Places Michael Mather Foreword by Fr. Gregory Boyle

Celebrating what can happen when we see abundance where others see only poverty Pastor Mike Mather arrived in Indianapolis thinking that he was going to serve the poor. But after his church’s community lost nine young men to violence in a few short months, Mather came to see that the poor didn’t need his help—he needed theirs.

This is the story of how one church found abundance in a community of material poverty. Viewing people— not programs, finances, or service models—as their most valuable resource moved church members beyond their own walls and out into the streets, where they discovered folks rich in strength, talents, determination, and love.

Mather’s Having Nothing, Possessing Everything will inspire readers to seek justice in their own local communities and to find abundance and hope all around them.

“In our times, many religious leaders suffer the despair of impossibility. The faithful seem trapped in the consumer culture, the church trapped by institutionalism. Nonetheless, there is a path to possibility. Having Nothing, Possessing Everything describes the adventures of a pastor who has walked that path. He discovers the gifts that surround him.

He walks into the unknown, and the invisible becomes visible.

He goes surrounded by neighbors—never alone. When you read this book, you will discover the joyful possibility of another way.”

— John McKnight

Northwestern University

Michael Mather is pastor of Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. He is also on the faculty of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at DePaul University. As a preacher-consultantstoryteller, he speaks all over the country about urban ministry and community development.

Of related interest Incarnational Ministry Samuel Wells 978-0-8028-7485-6 Stay in the City Mark R. Gornik & Maria Liu Wong 978-0-8028-7404-7

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“This volume contains bold claims that may be new to some readers.

Since the Advent season has been so closely linked to Christmas over the years, it may be startling to hear that Advent is not simply a transitional season but in and of itself communicates a message of immense, even ultimate, importance. Of all the seasons of the church year, Advent most closely mirrors the daily lives of Christians and of the church, asks the most important ethical questions, presents the most accurate picture of the human condition, and above all orients us to the future of the God who will come again.”

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Advent

The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ Fleming Rutledge Profound insights into the significance of Advent for the church “Advent,” says Fleming Rutledge, “is definitely not for sissies.” As the midnight of the Christian year, Advent is rife with dark, gritty realities. In this book Rutledge spotlights the rich significance of the Advent season not just as transitional but as vibrant and profound in its own right.

With her trademark wit and wisdom, Rutledge explores Advent as a time of such paradoxes as waiting and hastening, suffering and hope, justice and mercy, now and not-yet. Showing how Advent at once celebrates Christ’s incarnation and his second coming, Rutledge masterfully unfolds the ethical and eschatological implications of this special season.

“Many of us in the American church are addicted to preaching that makes us, the hearers, into the heroes. We listen to sermons to receive advice—about how we can do better or we can try harder or we can be stronger in this or that aspect of Christian life. For all of us suffering this theological addiction, Fleming Rutledge’s Advent is the rehab program we need. God is the saving agent here, and God’s coming in Jesus Christ to dismiss our efforts at self-justification is the recurring theme. Reading this book liberates us to enjoy a new theological sobriety.”

— Wesley Hill

Trinity School for Ministry

Fleming Rutledge is an Episcopal priest, best-selling author, and acclaimed preacher. Her last book, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ, won Christianity Today’s 2017 Book of the Year Award.

Of related interest The Crucifixion Fleming Rutledge 978-0-8028-7534-1 Holy Days Pope Benedict XVI 978-0-8028-6518-2 Praying with Beads Nan Lewis Doerr & Virginia Stem Owens 978-0-8028-2727-2

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Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships Karen R. Keen “When it comes to same-sex relationships, there is one thing we cannot forget—people,” says Karen Keen. In this cogent book Keen breaks through the current stalemate in the debate surrounding faith and sexual identity by presenting fresh evidence from Scripture, Christian tradition, theology, and science.

With pastoral sensitivity and respect for biblical authority, Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships derives from Scripture itself a principled and consistent way of applying biblical teaching to this difficult topic. Keen helpfully casts biblical insights in the context of how the church has responded to gays and lesbians throughout history.

Keen’s evenhanded reevaluation will appeal to both traditionalist and progressive church leaders and parishioners, students of ethics and biblical studies, and gay and lesbian people who often feel painfully torn between faith and sexuality.

Key Selling Points • Based on twenty years of prayerful study and searching for biblical truth • Offers a respectful and accessible guide to the various “sides” of current arguments • Presents compelling new insights currently overlooked in the debate • Destined to become the essential guide to this topic for church leaders and study groups Karen R. Keen is a biblical scholar, author, and spiritual director residing in Durham, North Carolina. A PhD candidate in Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University, she blogs at karenkeen.com.

Of related interest Bible, Gender, Sexuality James V. Brownson 978-0-8028-6863-3 A Time to Embrace William Stacy Johnson 978-0-8028-6695-0 Sex Difference in Christian Theology Megan K. DeFranza 978-0-8028-6982-1

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New Vision for an Old Story

Why the Bible Might Not Be the Book You Think It Is Anne Robertson Foreword by William H. Willimon When Anne Robertson asked a bunch of people on the street what came to mind when they heard the word Bible, she was met with a flood of mixed responses— words like wisdom, lies, faith, rules, ancient history, bigotry, poison, and many more.

What she realized was that we all read the Bible through filtered lenses, according to our varied expectations of what the Bible is or should be. But, says Robertson, the Bible as a whole is primarily God’s story—a story of relationship, community, and love.

Robertson’s New Vision for an Old Story gives readers the right lenses to see beyond the printed page to the God who encounters us in dynamic relationship and transforms our lives. The very nature and message of Scripture are rooted in incarnation. When we need to navigate community, truth, fear, and suffering, the Bible—God’s own story—can guide us through it all.

“Anne Robertson has written an extraordinary book about the Bible—clear, compelling, fair-minded, funny, and dismissive of no one. She deftly illuminates its transformative capacity— how it speaks deeply to our hopes and fears. I heartily recommend this book to both Bible lovers and skeptics.”

— Debbie Blue

author of Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to the Birds of the Bible

Anne Robertson is a United Methodist Church minister and executive director of the historic Massachusetts Bible Society. She is also the author of God with Skin On and the popular curriculum Exploring the Bible: The Dickinson Series.

Of related interest Reading Jesus’s Bible John Goldingay 978-0-8028-7364-4 The Bible in the Contemporary World Richard Bauckham 978-0-8028-7223-4

Biblical Studies October • 978-0-8028-7457-3 5½″ × 8½″ paperback 176 pages • $18.99 [£15.99]

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A Life That Is Good

The Message of Proverbs in a World Wanting Wisdom Glenn Pemberton Foreword by Tremper Longman III Somewhere out there is the “good life,” and we’re all scrambling to get it. Glenn Pemberton maintains in this book that we find the so-called good life not in good things but in living well—and the biblical book of Proverbs teaches us how to live that life.

Though based on solid biblical scholarship, A Life That Is Good is not a textbook, commentary, or comprehensive study. It is instead a readable, practical guide to the wisdom found in the ancient book of Proverbs— wisdom on everyday living, speech, relationships, justice, money, and much more. Pastors and church groups in particular will love and benefit from this relevant guide regarding the message of Proverbs for today’s world.

“Glenn Pemberton has invested his working life pondering the teaching of Proverbs. His study of ‘the good life’ is easily accessible, grounded in close textual reading, and readily contemporary, especially with reference to speech and money.

Pemberton invites his readers to a good life that is radically alternative to every fake offer among us.”

— Walter Brueggemann

Columbia Theological Seminary

Glenn Pemberton is a minister-turned-professorturned-writer who most recently taught Old Testament studies at Abilene Christian University. His other books include Hurting with God: Learning to Lament with the Psalms.

Of related interest Doubt, Faith, and Certainty Anthony C. Thiselton 978-0-8028-7353-8 Encountering Ecclesiastes: A Book for Our Time James Limburg 978-0-8028-3047-0

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Faith & Life; Biblical Studies September • 978-0-8028-7567-9 6″ × 9″ paperback 216 pages • $18.00 [£14.99]

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Cultivating Teen Faith

Insights from the Confirmation Project Richard R. Osmer and Katherine M. Douglass, editors Foreword by Kenda Creasy Dean What are churches doing to form the faith of their young people? Many church denominations that practice infant baptism offer confirmation or an equivalent ministry when children reach adolescence and enter a new phase of spiritual growth—but all churches, regardless of tradition, wrestle with how to get young adults to join the church. What really works?

In this book twelve authors draw on a three-year study of more than 3,000 US congregations across five denominations to answer this pressing question. They tell stories of excellent and innovative confirmation programs that work and that show, above all, what good discipleship with young people looks like. Youth pastors, church leaders, and parents alike will benefit from the practices and new ways of teaching presented here that have proven helpful in forming and enhancing the faith of youth.

Contributors: Joy L. Arroyo, Reginald Blount, Kenda Creasy Dean, Katherine M. Douglass, Terri Martinson Elton, Lisa Kimball, Gordon S. Mikoski, Kermit Moss, Richard Osmer, Kate Siberine, Jacob Sorenson, Kate O. Unruh.

Richard R. Osmer is the Ralph B. and Helen S. Ashenfelter Professor of Mission and Evangelism at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Katherine M. Douglass is assistant professor of Christian ministry at Seattle Pacific University, an ordained minister in the PCUSA, and director of the Confirmation Project at Princeton Seminary.

Of related interest How Youth Ministry Can Change Theological Education—If We Let It Christy Lang Hearlson & Kenda Creasy Dean 978-0-8028-7193-0 Practicing Passion: Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church Kenda Creasy Dean 978-0-8028-4712-6

Christian Ministry October 978-0-8028-7660-7 6″ × 9″ paperback 208 pages $22.00 [£17.99]

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Why Study the Past?

The Quest for the Historical Church Rowan Williams Now with a new preface from the author

The well-worn saying about being condemned to repeat the history we do not know applies to the church as much as to any other area of history. But how can we discern what we need to learn from the many centuries of church history?

In this small but thoughtful volume, originally published in 2005, respected theologian and churchman Rowan Williams opens up a theological approach to history, an approach that is both nonpartisan and relevant to the church’s present needs. As he reflects on how we consider the past in general, Williams suggests that church history remains important not so much for winning arguments as for clarifying who we are as time-bound human beings. Williams particularly addresses North American readers in his new preface to this perennially timely invitation to remember how we have become who we are.

Rowan Williams served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012 and is now Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. His many other books include Being Christian, Being Disciples, and Being Human (see page 1).

History October • 978-0-8028-7647-8 5½″ × 8½″ paperback 144 pages • $18.00 USA & Canada rights only

E m o r y U n i v e r s i t y S t u d i e s i n L a w a n d Rel i g i o n

Pagans and Christians in the City Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac Steven D. Smith Foreword by Robert P. George

Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the US wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago faced similar challenges.

Smith argues in Pagans and Christians in the City that today’s culture wars can be seen as a contemporary reprise of the basic antagonism that pitted pagans against Christians in the Roman Empire. He looks at that historical conflict and explores how the same competing orientations continue to clash today. All of us, Smith shows, have much to learn from seeing how patterns from ancient history are reemerging in today’s most controversial issues.

Steven D. Smith is Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and serves as codirector of the university’s Institute for Law and Religion. His other books include The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom.

Religion & Society November • 978-0-8028-7631-7 6″ × 9″ hardcover 384 pages • $48.00 [£39.99]

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Religion and American Culture A Brief History George M. Marsden

A keen historical take on the distinctive mix of religion and culture in the USA While Americans still profess to be among the most religious people in the industrialized world, many aspects of American culture have long been secular and materialistic. That is just one of the many paradoxes, contradictions, and surprises in the relationship between religion and American culture. In this book George Marsden, a leading historian of American religion and award-winning author, tells the story of that relationship in a concise and thought-provoking way.

Surveying the historical landscape from the days of the earliest European settlers up through the elections of 2016, Marsden offers the kind of historically and religiously informed scholarship that has made him one of the nation’s most respected and decorated historians.

Students in the classroom and history readers of all ages will benefit from engaging with the story Marsden tells.

“An astute, accessible, and wonderful introduction to the fascinating puzzle of American religious history.”

— Thomas S. Kidd

Baylor University

“A highly readable, sweeping overview of religion in American history.”

— Kristin Du Mez Calvin College

“Any list of the most influential American historians of the past half-century would undoubtedly include George Marsden. . . . No better brief yet profound treatment of Christianity’s 400 years in the United States exists than this volume.”

— Rick Ostrander

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities

George M. Marsden is professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame. Among his many other books is Jonathan Edwards: A Life, which was named one of ten “Books of the Year” for 2003 by Atlantic Monthly and received the prestigious Bancroft Prize in history (2004), the Grawemeyer Award in religion (2005), and a half dozen other awards.

A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards George M. Marsden 978-0-8028-0220-0

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Of related interest Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism Heath W. Carter & Laura Rominger Porter 978-0-8028-7152-7

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The Disputed Teachings of Vatican II Continuity and Reversal in Catholic Doctrine Thomas G. Guarino

The Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) radically shook up many centuries of tradition in the Roman Catholic Church. This book by Thomas Guarino, a noted expert on the sources and methods of Catholic doctrine, investigates whether Vatican II’s highly contested teachings on religious freedom, ecumenism, and the Virgin Mary represented a harmonious development of—or a rupture with— Catholic tradition.

“In this lucid and illuminating study Thomas Guarino recounts Vatican II’s dramatic effort to hold in creative tension both fidelity and development, continuity and newness. . . . Offers new understanding and appreciation for the decisive ecclesial event of the twentieth century.”

— Fr. Robert P. Imbelli, Boston College “This book is vintage Guarino—erudite, crystal clear, ecumenically sensitive—the product of deep love for the church.”

— Hans Boersma, Regent College Thomas G. Guarino is professor of systematic theology at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, and cochair of the initiative Evangelicals and Catholics Together.

Catholic Theology October • 978-0-8028-7438-2 6″ × 9″ paperback 224 pages • $28.00 [£23.99]

Moral Vision

Seeing the World with Love and Justice David Matzko McCarthy and James M. Donohue, CR Foreword by William C. Mattison III

In this new textbook two Catholic ethicists with extensive teaching experience present a moral theology based on vision—the idea that how we see the world shapes our choices and actions.

David Matzko McCarthy and James M. Donohue draw widely from the western philosophical tradition while integrating biblical and theological themes in order to explore such fundamental questions as What is good? The book’s fourteen chapters are short and thematic. Substantive study questions engage with primary texts and get students to apply theory to everyday life and common human experiences. Moral Vision is accessibly written and flexible enough to fit into any undergraduate or seminary course on ethics.

David Matzko McCarthy is professor of theology and associate provost at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Maryland.

James M. Donohue, CR, is professor of theology, chair of the theology department, and director of pastoral ministry education at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland.

Ethics November • 978-0-8028-7487-0 6″ × 9″ paperback 200 pages • $30.00 [£24.99]

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Grounded in Heaven

Recentering Christian Hope and Life on God Michael Allen Eschatology and ethics are joined at the hip, says Michael Allen, and both need theocentric reorientation. In Grounded in Heaven Allen retrieves the traditional concept of the beatific vision and seeks to bring Christ back into the heart of our theology and our lives on earth.

Countering the earthly-mindedness of much contemporary theology, Allen places his focus on God and the heavenly future while also appreciating ways in which the Reformed tradition provides a unique angle on broadly catholic concerns. Reaching back to classical ethics as well as its reformation by Calvin and other Reformed theologians, Grounded in Heaven offers a distinctly Protestant account of the ascetical calling to be heavenly-minded and to deny one’s self.

“Ecumenical readers will find this book to be, at its core, an exercise in sound biblical and Augustinian good sense.”

— Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary Michael Allen is John Dyer Trimble Professor of Systematic Theology and academic dean at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He has written many books and is coeditor (with Scott R. Swain) of the Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology.

Theology October • 978-0-8028-7453-5 5½″ × 8½″ paperback 144 pages • $18.00 [£14.99]

Jesus the Spirit Baptizer Christology in Light of Pentecost Frank D. Macchia

This new book by globally recognized Pentecostal scholar Frank Macchia brings an incarnational and a Spirit Christology together in fresh ways. Drawing from not only Pentecostal theology but also classical and contemporary sources, Jesus the Spirit Baptizer probes the fundamental connection between the person of Christ and the Holy Spirit, arguing that Christology explicates Jesus as the one who bears the Spirit so as to impart the Spirit on all flesh.

“By depicting Pentecost, not Easter, as the climax of the incarnation, Macchia presents a Trinitarian reading of the Gospel narrative that not only integrates work of the Son and Spirit but also offers a robust eschatology full of hopeful anticipation.”

— J. Warren Smith, Duke Divinity School “This Pentecostal Christology reconfigures the entire theological landscape.”

— Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary Frank D. Macchia is professor of Christian theology at Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, California, and associate director of the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at Bangor University, Wales (UK).

Theology September • 978-0-8028-7389-7 6″ × 9″ hardcover 424 pages • $48.00 [£39.99]

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E m o r y U n i v e r s i t y S t u d i e s i n L a w a n d Rel i g i o n

Religious Liberty Douglas Laycock One of the most respected and influential scholars of religious liberty in our time, Douglas Laycock has argued many crucial religious liberty cases in the United States Supreme Court. His noteworthy scholarly and popular writings are being collected in five comprehensive volumes under the title Religious Liberty.

Volume 3: Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, Same-Sex Marriage Legislation, and the Culture Wars This third volume presents a documentary history of efforts to enact and implement state and federal Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, to include religious-liberty protections in same-sex marriage legislation, and to protect the rights of both sides in the culture wars. It contains articles in scholarly journals, op-eds for popular audiences, and oral and written arguments.

978-0-8028-7605-8 • 969 pages • $45.00 [£37.99]

Volume 4: Federal Legislation after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, with More on the Culture Wars This fourth volume deals with the effort to replace the Religious Freedom Restoration Act with the Religious Liberty Protection Act, an effort that failed but led to narrower legislation protecting churches from hostile zoning and protecting the religious rights of prisoners. Documenting culture-war battles over religious liberty and abortion, contraception, and same-sex marriage, this volume includes journal articles, testimony to Congress, shorter popular writings, and letters to such political figures as Congressman Bobby Scott and President Barack Obama.

978-0-8028-7606-5 • 864 pages • $45.00 [£37.99]

Volume 5: The Free Speech and Establishment Clauses In this final volume Laycock documents the use of the Constitution’s Free Speech Clause and Establishment Clause in legal briefs, scholarly and popular articles, House testimonies, and written debates. These two clauses have been vitally important in religious-liberty cases concerning religious speech in schools, politics, and the workplace, government funding of religious schools and social services, and the meaning of separation of church and state.

978-0-8028-7615-7 • 1104 pages • $45.00 [£37.99]

Also available Volume 1: Overviews and History 978-0-8028-6465-9

Douglas Laycock is Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia. In addition to his work as a lawyer, he has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and numerous other publications.

Volume 2: The Free Exercise Clause 978-0-8028-6522-9

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Gu i d e s t o T h e o l o g y

Eschatology John C. McDowell and Scott A. Kirkland This short textbook surveys key themes and aspects of Christian hope by tracing eschatological ideas as they have developed from Scripture throughout the history of theology. John McDowell and Scott Kirkland have structured their book thematically into five chapters—four exploring apocalyptic, existential, political, and Christological themes, followed by an extensive annotated bibliography. Within each chapter, McDowell and Kirkland take a history-of-ideas approach, locating the various perspectives in their historical contexts.

“McDowell and Kirkland take the confusing area of ‘eschatology’ and make it accessible and comprehensible to readers wanting an orientation to the subject. This is a great theological introduction to what is for many a bizarre topic of theology.”

— Michael F. Bird Ridley College, Melbourne

John C. McDowell is professor of theology and director of research at the University of Divinity in Melbourne, Australia.

Scott A. Kirkland is a postdoctoral research associate at Trinity College Theological School, University of Divinity, Melbourne.

Theology September • 978-0-8028-6458-1 6″ × 9″ paperback 176 pages • $24.00 [£19.99]

Acts of Interpretation

Scripture, Theology, and Culture S. A. Cummins and Jens Zimmermann, editors This book features essays by biblical scholars and theologians offering broad reflections on key interpretive issues, rich readings of challenging biblical texts, and interaction with the Christian exegetical tradition from Melito of Sardis to Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The authors are leading figures in the theological interpretation of Scripture. Mindful of the Bible’s role in relation to God’s purposes, people, and world, these essays together offer “acts of interpretation” that aim to advance the faithful and fruitful correlation of Scripture, theology, and culture.

Contributors: Craig G. Bartholomew, Hans Boersma, S. A. Cummins, Peter Enns, Stephen E. Fowl, Joel B. Green, Edith M. Humphrey, Charles Raith II, Christopher R. Seitz, Robert W. Wall, Jens Zimmermann.

S. A. Cummins is professor of religious studies at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia.

Jens Zimmermann is Canada Research Professor of Interpretation, Religion, and Culture at Trinity Western University and visiting professor of philosophy, literature, and theology at Regent College, Vancouver.

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Douglas J. Moo For more than twenty years Douglas Moo’s NICNT volume on Romans has been providing pastors, students, and scholars with profound insight into Paul’s most famous letter. In this thorough revision of his commentary, Moo deals with issues that have come into prominence since the first edition (1996), incorporating the latest research and rewriting the text throughout for better comprehension.

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The monumental, critically acclaimed Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament concludes with an Aramaic dictionary. This last TDOT volume incorporates nearly the complete lexicon of Biblical Aramaic along with a major portion of the theologically, culturally, and historically relevant terms in other ancient Aramaic writings. Each article provides information on the term’s meaning and usage, is fully annotated, and contains a bibliography with crossreferences to the entire TDOT series.

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A Man Attested by God

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“A robust and challenging work that will almost certainly prove to be one of the most significant contributions to the discussion of Christology in the Synoptic Gospels penned in recent memory.”

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Merrill C. Tenney (1904–1985) was dean of the Graduate School and professor of Bible and theology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

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Author Index

Title Index

Allen Grounded in Heaven

15 19

Brown & Roberts Matthew (thntc)

Advent Rutledge

Cummins & Zimmermann Acts of Interpretation

14

Guarino The Disputed Teachings of Vatican II

Haynes The Battle for Bonhoeffer

16

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Eschatology (gt) McDowell & Kirkland

17

McCarthy & Donohue Moral Vision

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything Mather

Moo The Letter to the Romans, 2d ed (nicnt) Morris The Epistle to the Romans (ecbc)

A Man Attested by God Kirk

18

19

Osmer & Douglass Cultivating Teen Faith

18

18

Matthew (thntc) Brown & Roberts

19

Moral Vision McCarthy & Donohue

14

New Vision for an Old Story Robertson

11

9

Pagans and Christians in the City (euslr) Smith

10

Robertson New Vision for an Old Story

19

10

A Life That Is Good Pemberton

17

Religion and American Culture Marsden

9

Smith Pagans and Christians in the City (euslr)

1

Williams Why Study the Past?

12

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12

Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships Keen 8 Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume XVI Gzella 18 Why Study the Past? Williams

12

13

Religious Liberty, Volumes 3–5 (euslr) Laycock

7

Tenney John: The Gospel of Belief (ecbc)

5

15

The Letter to the Romans, 2d ed (nicnt) Moo

5

14

McDowell & Kirkland Eschatology (gt)

14

15

John: The Gospel of Belief (ecbc) Tenney

13

Mather Having Nothing, Possessing Everything

11

The Epistle to the Romans (ecbc) Morris

Jesus the Spirit Baptizer Macchia

15

Marsden Religion and American Culture

Williams Being Human

1

Grounded in Heaven Allen

18

Macchia Jesus the Spirit Baptizer

3

The Disputed Teachings of Vatican II Guarino

3

Laycock Religious Liberty, Volumes 3–5 (euslr)

Rutledge Advent

The Battle for Bonhoeffer Haynes

Cultivating Teen Faith Osmer & Douglass

Keen Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships 8

Pemberton A Life That Is Good

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7

Being Human Williams

Gzella Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume XVI 18

Kirk A Man Attested by God

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Acts of Interpretation Cummins & Zimmermann

12

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