pickwick publications aug 2014 (10 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Paul lies at the core of the constant debate about the opposition between Christianity and Judaism in biblical interpretation and public discourse as well. The so-called new perspective on Paul has not offered a significant break from the formidable paradigm of Christian universalism vs. Jewish particularism in Pauline scholarship. This book seeks to liberate Paul from the Western logic of identity and its dominant understanding of difference, which tend to identify Pauline Christianity as its ally.Drawing attention to the currency of discourses on difference in contemporary theories as well as in biblical studies, the author critically examines the hermeneutical relevance of a contextual and relational understanding of difference and applies it to interpret the dynamics of Jew-Gentile difference reflected particularly in meal practices (Galatians 2:1-21 and Romans 14:1--15:13) of early Christian communities.This book argues that by deconstructing the hierarchy of social relations underlying the Jew-Gentile difference in different community situations, Paul promotes a politics of difference, which affirms a preferential option for the socially ''weak,'' that is, solidarity with the weak. Paul's politics of difference is invoked as a liberative potential for the vision of egalitarian justice in the face of contemporary globalism's proliferation of differences.''Jae Won Lee argues convincingly for the interaction between postcolonial studies and approaches to Paul 'Beyond the New Perspective,' demonstrating the theological significance of the overcoming of universalizing interpretations of Paul in an exemplary way in relation, but not confined to, Korean Christianity. Lee's study highlights the importance of the ongoing scholarly conversation at the intersection of diverse approaches in biblical interpretation for and beyond the academy.''Kathy Ehrensperger, Reader in New Testament Studies, School of Theology, Religious Studies, and Islamic Studies, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David Lampeter, Wales''Unequivocally constructive, this exposition centers on Paul's resolution of Jewish-Gentile difference. Lee shapes an interpretive worldview creatively but critically from feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, minjung theology, and ancient meal practices. Her innovative reading of Galatians and Romans through this perspective produces a compelling challenge for equality with difference--a challenge to ponder to the utmost. This is a must for collateral reading for Paul and Jewish-Gentile difference, and for human life together.''Robert L. Brawley, Albert G. McGaw Professor of New Testament emeritus, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, ILJae Won Lee taught as Assistant Professor of New Testament at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago for eight years. She is one of the editors of and a contributor to Luke-Acts and Empire: Essays in Honor of Robert L. Brawley (2011). 206 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The question of whether or not Thomas Aquinas's theology is supersessionist has elicited deep disagreement among scholars. Some maintain that Aquinas is the standard-bearer of a supersessionist church that undermines Judaism, while others hold that Aquinas avoids supersessionism altogether. Yet the discussion over whether Aquinas's theology is supersessionist has not always carefully interrogated the term ''supersessionism,'' nor has it taken into account some of Aquinas's most relevant texts on the subject of Israel and the Church: his commentaries on Paul's letters. Drawing upon the Pauline commentaries, Aquinas on Israel and the Church argues that while Aquinas's most commonly articulated view is that Jewish worship is discontinued after the passion of Christ, Aquinas also advanced views that set this into question, and in ways that support contemporary Christian teachings that affirm the value of postbiblical Judaism.''Matthew Tapie carefully analyzes the terminology of supersessionism and develops a working definition that enables us to discern the tensions in the writings of Thomas and to understand the rival assessments of his modern interpreters. Guided by his insightful commentary, we come to see a Thomas who is both a son of his own age and a rich resource for those of our own times seeking a Christian theology of Judaism that is faithful to the teaching of Nostra Aetate.''Mark S. Kinzer, President emeritus, Messianic Jewish Theological Institute, Ann Arbor, MI''Christians today often repudiate supersessionism, but they do not always carefully examine just what that is supposed to mean. We are in Tapie's debt for remedying this situation with special reference to the theology of Thomas Aquinas. Tapie's rich, thorough, and multidimensional picture of Aquinas's views on Jewish observance of the ceremonial law after Christ is destined to become a landmark.''R. Kendall Soulen, Professor of Systematic Theology, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC''Tapie has provided a definitive study on Aquinas's complex and at times contradictory reading of Paul as supersessionist or not. In the process, Tapie offers the clearest teaching I have seen on the meaning of supersessionism in modern scholarship, from Isaac to Wyschogrod, Nostra Aetate, Levering, Soulen, and much more. Without covering over ambiguities (in) Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, and Hebrews, he concludes with a sober yet hopeful account of the trajectory of Thomas's thinking--an account that should contribute significantly to contemporary discussions of Judaism and the church.''Peter Ochs, Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA''The drafters of Nostra Aetate, the 1965 Vatican II document that revolutionized Catholic teaching on the Jews, felt they had to go all the way back to Scripture to find resources for rethinking theological anti-Judaism, so soundly rooted did it seem in the church's tradition. Tapie shows that they missed more proximate sources in St. Thomas Aquinas, among the most revered authorities in Catholicism. The perspectives Tapie has opened are a landmark contribution to the difficult work of reconciliation between Christians and Jews.''John Connelly, professor, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CAMatthew Anthony Tapie is Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. 216 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What is true liberty Milton labors to provide an answer, and his answer becomes the ruling principle behind both prose works and poetry. The scholarly community has largely read liberty in Milton retrospectively through the spectacles of liberalism. In so doing, it has failed to emphasize that the Christian paradigm of liberty speaks of an inward microcosm, a place of freedom whose precincts are defined by man's fellowship with God. All other forms of freedom relate to the outer world, be they freedom to choose the good, absence of external constraint and oppression, or freedom of alternatives. None of these is true liberty, but they are pursued by Milton in concert with true liberty. Milton's Inward Liberty attempts to address the bearing of true liberty in Milton's work through the magnifying glass of seventeenth-century theology.''Milton's Inward Liberty is a work of specialized Christian scholarship of the highest quality. The author's thoroughness of research is breathtaking. To see all of this scholarship applied to an author of towering importance in English literature makes the venture all the more rewarding. The book represents a theological reading of an important concept in the thinking and poetry of John Milton and is a refreshing throwback to an era when Christian scholarship was allowed to be Christian scholarship, not a propaganda tool wielded in the service of a liberal social agenda.''Leland Ryken, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL''Milton's Inward Liberty is a major contribution to Milton studies and, underscoring the necessity of approaching Milton's work and theology iuxta propria principia, proposes a new, challenging hermeneutical paradigm. Falcone's exacting theological reading reverses the traditional wisdom of a 'liberal' Milton, and by highlighting the ultimate incompatibility of the way of the self and the way of grace, convincingly presents true liberty as an inward reality and the ruling principle underlying Milton's work.''Daniele Borgogni, University of Turin, Turin, Italy''Filippo Falcone's theological study of Milton's complex spiritual investment in inward liberty is a tour de force of scholarship, insight, and simple, unassuming intelligence and wisdom. Milton studies have sorely needed, for a very long time now, a theological study of this caliber--one that is conducted with deep sympathy for Milton's overt Christian beliefs, and rightly views those beliefs as the affective key to appreciating the intellectual rigor of Milton's major poetry.''Noam Reisner, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelFilippo Falcone was awarded a PhD in English literature from the University of Milan in 2012. His research and publications focus primarily on the interface of literature and theology in Milton and on the cultural transition from the Middle Ages to the Age of Reason in the work of Milton and Shakespeare. He and his wife Sandra have three children--Miriam, Benjamin, and Ryan. 218 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The centralization of the cult mandate in Deuteronomy has captivated scholars for over two centuries. Related to this mandate are five legislative themes--abrogation of idolatry, tithing, the Israelite festival calendar, judiciary officials, and the priesthood. Collectively, these themes are interwoven into the Deuteronomic social, political, and religious infrastructure. Interpreted through an exilic lens, this study examines the themes through the relevant literary strata in the Enneateuch. In doing so, the themes are identified as playing an instrumental role in the demise of the divided monarchy. It is through the demise of the divided monarchy that the book of Deuteronomy, especially the centralization mandate, takes on a new meaning--a utopian desire. Thus, the rhetorical strategy of centralization, once contrived to unify and purify the cult, actually leads to failure and serves as motivation for reform during the exilic period.''Jeffrey Audirsch is a fresh voice in a long-standing, and sometimes stale, conversation, providing some refreshing perspectives on a difficult and demanding subject. He doesn't reflect any hubris implying a final solution to the larger complex topic, but he reflects a consistent focus and a clarity of purpose aimed at moving the discussion forward, demonstrating an encouraging flexibility in reading and interpretation, an inviting contrast to the rigidity often characterizing both conservative and nontraditional scholarship in the area.''Walter E. Brown, New Orleans, LA''Audirsch has completed a very credible investigation of Deuteronomy's centralization motif. Drawing from several critical methodologies, this work isolates and investigates key passages and then moves this field of research forward. Those considering serious study of this topic should be pleased and well served by Audirsch's contribution.''Archie England, New Orleans, LA''Jeff Audirsch has made a significant contribution to bridging the understanding of the role of the book of Deuteronomy in the legislation of the Pentateuch and its role in shaping the exilic and post-exilic community of ancient Israel. By highlighting the function of the five key themes of Deuteronomy, namely idolatry, tithing, festivals, judiciary leadership, and the priesthood, Audirsch has shown how Deuteronomy functioned as the pivotal point positionally in the unified structure of the Enneateuch of Genesis through Kings.''R. Dennis Cole, New Orleans, LA''In The Legislative Themes of Centralization, Audirsch examines five legislative themes related to the centralization of the cult in Deuteronomy 12-18 using an integrated methodology that does justice to both diachronic and synchronic perspectives. These themes include: the abrogation of idolatry, tithing, the Passover and festive calendar, judiciary officials, and the priesthood. I highly recommend Audirsch's work to any scholar interested in the Enneateuch, in general, and the book of Deuteronomy, in particular.''Jeremy Thompson, Bellingham, WAJeffrey G. Audirsch is Assistant Professor of Christian Studies at Shorter University. 242 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -At present the battle over who defines our future is being waged most publicly by secular and religious fundamentalists. Hope and the Longing for Utopia offers an alternative position, disclosing a conceptual path toward potential worlds that resist a limited view of human potential and the gift of religion. In addition to outlining the value of embracing unknown potentialities, these twelve interdisciplinary essays explore why it has become crucial that we commit to hoping for values that resist traditional ideological commitments. Contextualized by contemporary writing on utopia, and drawing from a wealth of times and cultures ranging from Calvin's Geneva to early twentieth-century Japanese children's stories to Hollywood cinema, these essays cumulatively disclose the fundamental importance of resisting tantalizing certainties while considering the importance of the unknown and unknowable. Beginning with a set of four essays outlining the importance of hope and utopia as diagnostic concepts, and following with four concrete examples, the collection ends with a set of essays that provide theological speculations on the need to embrace finitude and limitations in a world increasingly enframed by secularizing impulses. Overall, this book discloses how hope and utopia illuminate ways to think past simplified wishes for the future.''This is a strong and timely volume that, in its counter to the dystopic tendencies of the last hundred years, offers significant hope in breaking down the old (and ongoing) divisions between the religious and the secular and between our status in quo and our future longing.''Andrew W. Hass, University of Stirling, Scotland''With so much reflection on the future wallowing in the sensationalistic ends of the spectrum from paralysis to rage, reading this collection of essays was an unexpected delight. They run the gamut from sober to joyful, but all of them serve the purpose of illuminating the coming future, and what is more, making me optimistic about participating in it if these folks will be my companions on the way.''G. Michael Zbaraschuk, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WADaniel Boscaljon is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Iowa. He has doctorates in Religious Studies, focusing on secularism and modern religious thought, and in English, focusing on nineteenth-century American literature. He is the author of Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World (2013) and editor of Resisting the Place of Belonging (2013). 260 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -With all the jumble of human disagreements, how can we know Can the Christian church think coherently about knowledge Can it regain confidence in teaching what it knows In an increasingly divided and pessimistic postmodern world this book offers a theology for epistemology and for pedagogy that aims to be faithful and fruitful.Building on Karl Barth, it argues that God's knowing guides how humans know. We should imitate God's epistemic stance--his love--for that is the best model for knowing anything. The Trinitarian theme in Barth identifies three key concepts: committedness, openness, and relationality. These mean being committed and open towards what we wish to know. Relational open committedness also profoundly clarifies and shapes what love means in knowing and in teaching. This book unpacks an epistemology and pedagogy of love. Wouldn't you love to know 280 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Historical-critical scholars have often thought that writing a coherent theology of Isaiah 56-66 is impossible because it contains such historically and ideologically diverse materials. However, a canonical approach to the chapters is open to considering Third Isaiah as a complex but coherent theological unity. Leaning on this approach, this book attempts to construct a theology of Isaiah 56-66. Arguing that the theology of Third Isaiah has eschatology (both prophetic and apocalyptic) at its core, it identifies four major themes and explores their significance through four key texts (56:1-8; 59:15b-21; 60:1-22; 65:13-25).The covenant concept (56:1-8) forms a framework for the eschatology in these chapters. People are invited to walk in the covenant, which is worked out as eschatological salvation. The coming of YHWH as the Divine Warrior initiates the eschatological era (59:15b-21) and, bringing judgment, restores the covenant. As the Temple-city-paradise (60:1-22) into which the nations flow, the glorified Zion is the eschatological fulfilment of the covenant, Zion, and Servant traditions. The New Heavens and Earth (65:13-25) is a return to the primordial paradise, where the natural world is restored, as the problem of sin is resolved.''This is a valuable contribution to the study of Isaiah. It is at once thorough, scholarly, and original. It focuses on the last eleven chapters of Isaiah and demonstrates their dependence on the Sinai covenant as it is presented in Exodus and Deuteronomy. Its argument is tight and detailed and reacts not only with English-speaking scholarship but also with German literature as well. Commentators, preachers, and students of the book of Isaiah will find much in this work to enrich their understanding of that great prophecy.''Gordon Wenham, Trinity College, Bristol, UK''The dominant interest in the study of Isaiah 56-66 in recent years has been in tracing the historical and literary evolution of this complex text. Abraham Oh is to be congratulated on exploring whether this text can also represent a coherent theology. His discussion of how significant theological themes refer to the past and future is valuable, as is his examination of how we might relate the text to key interpretive categories such as eschatology, apocalyptic, and myth.''Philip Jenson, Ridley Hall, Cambridge, UKAbraham Sung-Ho Oh is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at ChongShin Theological Seminary and Co-operative Pastor of NaeSooDong Church in Seoul, Korea. 286 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -According to the Nicene Creed, Christ died for us and for our salvation. But while all Christians agree that Christ's death and resurrection has saving significance, there is little unanimity in how and why that is the case. In fact, Christian history is littered with various accounts of the redemptive value of Christ's death, and new models and motifs are constantly being proposed, many of which now stand in stark contrast to earlier reflections. How then should contemporary articulations of the cross's saving significance be judged At the heart of this book is the contention that Christian reflection on the atonement is faithful inasmuch as it incorporates the intention that Jesus himself had for his death. In a wide-reaching study, the author draws from both classical scholarship and recent work on the historical Jesus to argue that not only did Jesus imbue his death with redemptive meaning but that such meaning should impact expressions of the cross's saving significance.''How, Laughlin asks, can we connect God's will to the cross of Jesus if the cross was itself an act of evil and injustice How can the Christian theologian not see the inherent contradiction of God's love and grace in (an) act of such barbaric injustice Do not some atonement theories implicate God in evil Laughlin goes to this set of questions and to the theodicy problem to begin resolving atonement theory, and alongside that issue he contends an atonement theory must be consistent with how Jesus himself spoke of his death. This book breaks fresh ground for anyone interested in atonement theory.''Scot McKnight, Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary, Lombard, IL''Authenticity in articulating the redemptive meaning of Jesus's death is at the heart of this book. The question is, what were Jesus of Nazareth's aims in undergoing death Theologies of the atonement generally bypass this question, thus accentuating a split between history and theology. Laughlin's achievement is to have shown how a critical realist presentation of the Jesus of history can play a crucial role in developing an atonement theology faithful to Jesus's own intentions.''Raymond Canning, Professor of Theology, Australian Catholic University, Canberra, AustraliaPeter Laughlin is the Director of the Alliance College of Australia and Lecturer in Theology at the Australian College of Ministries, a member institution of the Sydney College of Divinity. 288 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Groundless Gods: The Theological Prospects of Post-Metaphysical Thought deals with possible interpretations of an emerging interest in contemporary theology: postmetaphysical theology. This book attempts to openly come to grips, not only with what metaphysics and postmetaphysics imply, but also with what it could mean to do or not do theology from the standpoint of the nonmetaphysician. The book asks, for instance, whether this world has any singular definition, and whether God is some being standing apart from the world or an experience within the world.''Von Sass and Hall have assembled a powerful group of established and emerging philosophical theologians from Europe and North America. This book boldly addresses a faith that is freed from its traditional 'man-behind-the-curtain' metaphysics. As theology moves into a post-metaphysical age in order to account for twenty-first century religious praxis, this anthology leads the way.''Brad Elliott Stone, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA''The concept of an end of metaphysics belongs to the most influential as well as controversial ideas of twentieth-century philosophy, with repercussions in related fields such as theology. This timely and well-conceived volume offers essential guidance in current debates and their intellectual background.''Johannes Zachhuber, Trinity College, Oxford, UKEric E. Hall is Assistant Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. He has contributed to a number of collected volumes--including an upcoming Festschrift for Ingolf Dalferth and Rorty and the Religious (Cascade, 2012).Hartmut von Sass has a fixed-term full professorship in theological ethics at the University of Kiel and is Associate Fellow at the Collegium Helveticum in Zurich. He has edited a number of books: in English The Contemplative Spirit (2010), and in German Hermeneutics of Comparison (2011) and Silent Tropes (2013). Von Sass is also the author of Language Games of Faith (2010) and God as Being's Event (2013), both in German. 328 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Colonial missionaries, both Catholic and Protestant, arrived in India with the grandiose vision of converting the pagans because, like St. Peter (Acts 4:12) and most of the church fathers, they honestly believed that there is no salvation outside the church (extra ecclesiam nulla salus). At the end of the ''great Protestant century,'' however, Christians made up less than 3 percent of the population in India, and the hope of the missionary was nearly shattered.But if one looks at mission in India qualitatively rather than quantitatively, one sees a number of positive outcomes. Missionaries in India, particularly Protestant missionaries espousing the social gospel, in collaboration with a few British evangelical administrators, dared to challenge numerous social evils and even began to eradicate them. The scientific and liberal English education began to enlighten and transform the Indian mindset. Converts belonging to the upper caste, although small in number, laid the foundation stone of Indian theology and an inculturated church using Indian genius.The end of colonialism in India coincided with the painful death of colonial mission theology. Now, the power of the Word of God, extricated from political power, is slowly and peacefully gaining ground, like the mustard seed of the parable. A paradigm shift from the ecclesio-centric mission to missio Dei offers reason for further optimism. In short, the future of mission in India is as bright as the kingdom of God. In today's new context, theologians, despite objections from some quarters, are struggling to discover the Asian face of Jesus, disfigured by the Greco-Roman Church. And the missionary is challenged to become a living Bible that, undoubtedly, everyone will read.Born in Kerala, South India, in 1939, Augustine Kanjamala, SVD, entered the Divine Word Seminary at the age of seventeen. He was ordained a priest in October 1970 and worked for three years among the tribal Catholics of Orissa in eastern India. He taught mission theology in major Indian seminaries and was a scholar in residence at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, in 1986. He is the author of Religion and Modernization of India (1981) as well as numerous articles. The Future of Christian Mission in India is the fruit of forty years of research, teaching, and publications. 422 pp. Englisch.