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2 Contents Some highlights inside 1 Biblical Studies 7 Commentaries 11 Theology 16 Philosophical Theology 17 Practical Theology 20 Ethics 22 Religion & Society 23 The Church 24 Worship / Preaching 25 Religious Studies 27 History 28 Biography 30 Spirituality 31 Humanities / General Info 32 Order Form 33 Index Check out EerdWord, the Eerdmans blog! Meet our authors and discuss their ideas. Get the inside scoop about our forthcoming books. Join the Eerdmans community online! eerdword.wordpress.com facebook.com/eerdmans twitter.com/eerdmansbooks youtube.com/eerdmanspublishing Access our catalogs online Visit catalogs.eerdmans.com Edelweiss Interactive Catalogs David Remembered Joseph Blenkinsopp Examines the David theme in the collective mind of ancient Israel and the early church Who Do People Say I Am? Vernon K. Robbins A robust, informed study of how early Christians viewed Jesus divinity The Israelite Samaritan Version of the Torah Benyamim Tsedaka The long-awaited first-ever parallel Samaritan-Masoretic Pentateuch in English Job 1 21 C. L. Seow Inaugural volume in the exciting new Illuminations commentary series The Blessed Virgin Mary Tim Perry and Daniel Kendall, SJ A succinct introduction to Mariology from both a Protestant and a Catholic viewpoint Christ and Reconciliation Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen The first installment in a wide and deep constructive Christian theology for our time Encountering Jesus, Encountering Scripture David Crump Personal experience meets academic biblical studies à la Søren Kierkegaard Arts Ministry Michael J. Bauer The most comprehensive available guide to the emerging field of Christian arts ministry The J. H. Bavinck Reader John Bolt, James D. Bratt, and Paul J. Visser Crucial religious themes and issues explored by a premier missiologist More information always available at ii Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

3 Early Judaism A Comprehensive Overview John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow, editors Culled from The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, a monumental, groundbreaking reference work published in late 2010, Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview contains fifteen first-rate essays from a diverse group of internationally renowned scholars. This volume provides the most comprehensive and authoritative overview available of Judaism in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. Praise for The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism I do not think there is now a better guide to early Judaism than The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism.... Opens a door into a fascinating and compelling world of ideas, texts, and practices. John Barton in Times Literary Supplement An outstanding reference work that not only introduces this important era but also serves as a status report for scholarly activity in this area over the past few decades. Booklist It is difficult to overstate how impressive the volume is in terms of scope, quality of scholarship, and number of high-level contributors. Contributors Trinity Journal John M. G. Barclay, Miriam Pucci Ben Zeev, Katell Berthelot, John J. Collins, Erich S. Gruen, Daniel C. Harlow, James L. Kugel, Adam Kolman Marshak, Steve Mason, James S. McLaren, Maren R. Niehoff, David T. Runia, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Chris Seeman, Gregory E. Sterling, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Eibert Tigchelaar, Eugene Ulrich, Annewies van den Hoek, James C. VanderKam, Jürgen K. Zangenberg. John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut. Daniel C. Harlow is professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan / paperback / 533 pages 71 photos & illustrations / $35.00 [ 23.99] Available The Oral Gospel Tradition James D. G. Dunn The traditions about Jesus and his teaching circulated in oral form for many years, continuing to do so for decades following the writing of the New Testament Gospels. James Dunn is one of the major voices urging that more consideration be given to the oral use and transmission of the Jesus tradition as a major factor in giving the Synoptic tradition its enduring character. In fifteen scholarly essays Dunn discusses such issues as the role of eyewitnesses and of memory, how the Jesus tradition was shaped by oral usage, and the importance of seeing the biblical materials not so much as frozen writing but as living tradition, today almost as much as in the beginnings of the Gospel tradition. Contents 1. Prophetic I -Sayings and the Jesus Tradition: The Importance of Testing Prophetic Utterances within Early Christianity 2. Altering the Default Setting: Re-envisaging the Early Transmission of the Jesus Tradition 3. Q 1 as Oral Tradition 4. Matthew s Awareness of Markan Redaction 5. Matthew as Wirkungsgeschichte 6. John and the Oral Gospel Tradition 7. John s Gospel and the Oral Gospel Tradition 8. On History, Memory and Eyewitnesses: In Response to Bengt Holmberg and Samuel Byrskog 9. Eyewitnesses and the Oral Jesus Tradition 10. Social Memory and the Oral Jesus Tradition 11. Kenneth Bailey s Theory of Oral Tradition: Critiquing Theodore Weeden s Critique 12. Remembering Jesus: How the Quest of the Historical Jesus Lost its Way 13. Between Jesus and the Gospels 14. The History of the Tradition: New Testament 15. Living Tradition James D. G. Dunn is Lightfoot Professor Emeritus of Divinity at the University of Durham, England. His many other books include Jesus Remembered and Beginning from Jerusalem (volumes 1 and 2 of Christianity in the Making); Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels; and commentaries on Romans, Galatians, and Colossians and Philemon / paperback / 448 pages $45.00 [ 29.99] / September Gospel Writing A Canonical Perspective Francis Watson That there are four canonical versions of the one gospel story is often seen as a problem for Christian faith: where gospels multiply, so too do apparent contradictions that may seem to undermine their truth claims. In Gospel Writing Francis Watson presents the formation of the fourfold gospel as the defining moment in the reception of early gospel literature and also of Jesus himself as the subject matter of that literature. First articulated towards the end of the second century, the canonical decision divides the previously homogenous field of gospel writing, superimposing the mutually exclusive categories of canonical and apocryphal on texts otherwise intimately related. As it sets four of these texts alongside one another, the canon also creates a new, complex textual entity, more than and other than the sum of its parts. A canonical gospel can no longer be regarded as a definitive, self-sufficient account of its subject matter. It must now play its part within an intricate fourfold polyphony, and its meaning and significance are thereby transformed. In elaborating these claims, Watson proposes nothing less than a new paradigm for gospel studies one that engages fully with the available noncanonical material so as to illuminate the historical and theological significance of the canonical. The scope of this major contribution is breathtaking. Watson expertly moves from Augustine to Lessing to Q to Thomas to the synoptic problem to the sources of John s Gospel to the Gospel of Peter to the emergence of the fourfold gospel canon to Origen to early Christian art and liturgy. The upshot is a slew of new observations and intriguing proposals that open up fresh lines of inquiry. This is required reading for all students of the gospel tradition. Dale C. Allison Jr. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Francis Watson holds a research chair in biblical interpretation at Durham University, England, and is well known for his work in both theological interpretation and Pauline studies / paperback / 679 pages $48.00 [ 31.99] / June B I B L I C A L S T U D I E S toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1

4 David Remembered Kingship and National Identity in Ancient Israel Joseph Blenkinsopp The Dance between God and Humanity Reading the Bible with the People of God Old Testament Pseudepigrapha More Noncanonical Scriptures Volume 1 B I B L I C A L S T U D I E S In this follow-up study to Judaism, the First Phase, Joseph Blenkinsopp traces the development of traditions about David in the collective memory of the people of Israel and the first Christians, from the extinction of the Davidic dynasty in the sixth century b.c.e. to the early common era. Over the course of the book Blenkinsopp addresses such questions as these: What attempts were made to restore dynastic succession in the post-disaster period? What kind of organization of political and religious life took the place of monarchy, and with what success? What attitudes and strategies emerged in relation to the overwhelming power of successive empires Babylonian, Persian, Macedonian, and Roman? What forms did aspirations for a future restoration of the dynasty assume in prophetic and apocalyptic end-time scenarios? What impact, if any, did these have on social life and politics? How did the traditional profile of David undergo change and development during these centuries? David Remembered is neither a biography nor an exegetical study of the biblical narrative. Rather, it focuses on the memory of David as a powerful factor in the formation of social identity, in political activity (especially in reaction to imperial rule), and in projections of the future viewed as the restoration of a never-forgotten past. As a respected biblical scholar s examination of the David theme in the collective mind of ancient Israel and the early church, this study is without peer. Joseph Blenkinsopp is John A. O Brien Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His other works include Opening the Sealed Book: Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity and Judaism, the First Phase: The Place of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Origins of Judaism / paperback / 218 pages $26.00 [ 17.99] / August Bruce K. Waltke The Dance between God and Humanity brings together thirty-four select published articles by Bruce Waltke, who has written on a fascinating array of topics in biblical theology throughout his career. The essays collected here, though written throughout the past forty years, uniformly exemplify Waltke s consistent aim to bring glory to the triune God and to enrich the spiritual life of the church. Some sample chapter titles Aims of Old Testament Textual Criticism Does Proverbs Promise Too Much? Fundamentals for Preaching the Book of Proverbs The First Seven Days: What Is the Creation Account Trying to Tell Us? How We Got the Hebrew Bible: The Text and Canon of the Old Testament Myth or History? The Literary Genre of Genesis Chapter 1 On How to Study the Psalms Devotionally Atonement in Psalm 51 Biblical Authority: How Firm a Foundation? Cain and His Offering The Dance between God and Humanity Evangelical Spirituality: A Biblical Scholar s Perspective The Fear of the Lord: The Foundation for a Relationship with God Hermeneutics and the Spiritual Life How I Changed My Mind about Teaching Hebrew (or Retained It) Kingdom Promises as Spiritual Old Testament Texts Bearing on the Problem of the Control of Human Reproduction Reflections on Retirement from the Life of Isaac The Relationship of the Sexes in the Bible Friends and Friendship in the Book of Proverbs: An Exposition of Proverbs 27:1-22 Responding to an Unethical Society: A Meditation on Psalm 49 Righteousness in Proverbs The Role of Women in the Bible Bruce K. Waltke is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Knox Theological Seminary, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and professor emeritus of biblical studies at Regent College, Vancouver. His many other books include The Psalms as Christian Worship and commentaries on Genesis, Proverbs, and Micah / paperback / 588 pages $48.00 [ 31.99] / July Richard Bauckham, James R. Davila, and Alexander Panayotov, editors Foreword by James H. Charlesworth This work stands among the most important publications in biblical studies over the past twenty-five years. Intended to complement James Charlesworth s Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Richard Bauckham, James Davila, and Alexander Panayotov s new two-volume collection adds a great many previously unpublished or newly translated texts. Providing the reader with virtually all known surviving pseudepigrapha written before the rise of Islam, this volume presents the sacred legends and spiritual reflections of numerous works that were lost, neglected, or suppressed for many centuries, with authoritative yet accessible introductions to each text. With the proliferation of newly discovered Pseudepigrapha in the last fifty years, it was necessary to bring them together in an accessible way. This new volume does that in a magnificent way. The fine text editions and analyses in this volume are very well written and encourage further study. Highly recommended for both the nonspecialist and the connoisseur! Emanuel Tov Hebrew University, Jerusalem A monumental work, vital to the study of the early history of Judaism and Christianity in general, and to the history of ancient biblical interpretation in particular. Anyone who owns one of the earlier compilations of Old Testament pseudepigrapha will have to supplement it with this one, which fills in much of what s missing in the others. This is a scholarly achievement for the generations. James Kugel author of Traditions of the Bible Richard Bauckham is professor emeritus of New Testament at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and senior scholar at the University of Cambridge, England. James R. Davila is professor of early Jewish studies at the University of St. Andrews. Alexander Panayotov is research associate in the Divinity Faculty at the University of Cambridge / hardcover / 800 pages $90.00 [ 59.99] / September 2 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

5 Who Do People Say I Am? Rewriting Gospel in Emerging Christianity Vernon K. Robbins Spanning early Christian writings from the Gospel of Mark to the Acts of John, this book by Vernon Robbins explores the various ways early Christians explained their understanding of the special nature of Jesus beyond the canonical Gospels. Who Do People Say I Am? shows how secondand third-century Christian authors of additional Gospels and Gospel-like writings expanded and elaborated on Jesus divinity in the context of his earthly existence. According to Robbins, these Christian authors thought that the New Testament Gospel writers could and should have emphasized the divinity of Jesus more than they did. Throughout the book Robbins asks and answers questions such as these: If Jesus introduced new beliefs and practices, what did second- and third-century believers find unresolved in the New Testament Gospels about those beliefs and practices, and how did they try to resolve them? What gaps in the storylines of the New Testament Gospels did second- and thirdcentury Christian writers think could be filled in, and how did they fill them in? If Jesus really were fully divine when he came to earth and lived among his disciples, what experiences did his disciples have that the New Testament Gospels do not tell us? Learning activities and a bibliography at the end of each chapter help make this book a valuable resource for students and any other interested readers. Vernon K. Robbins is professor of New Testament and comparative sacred texts at Emory University, Atlanta, where he has taught for twenty-nine years. Among his other books are Jesus the Teacher: A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of Mark, The Invention of Christian Discourse, and Sea Voyages and Beyond: Emerging Strategies in Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation / paperback / 256 pages $25.00 [ 16.99] / August The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel Moving beyond a Diversionary Debate Richard Horsley The clearest expression yet of Horsley s distinctive and important contribution to the quest for the historical Jesus....This is must reading for students and scholars seeking a picture of Jesus as one who truly belongs to first-century Palestine. David Rhoads Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Richard Horsley has marshaled a strong argument to break through and move beyond the traditional apocalyptic/nonapocalyptic debate concerning the historical Jesus.... Through a holistic reading of the earliest Gospel sources, Horsley provides us with a fresh portrait of Jesus, one that is rooted in the realia of Galilee s first-century social and cultural context. An impressive work! Robert L. Webb McMaster University A brilliant book that challenges much that is assumed by modern scholars. Horsley brings into focus a better method for ascertaining Jesus message, urging us to ponder that Jesus was a prophet who sought to launch a renewal of Israel. This refreshing and challenging book would be ideal in classrooms. James H. Charlesworth Princeton Theological Seminary If it s true that you can t judge a book by its cover, it is equally true that you can t judge the significance of a book by its size. This small volume by Richard Horsley is proof of that truth. It provides that rarest of qualities perspective and distills a lifetime of study even as it revisits debates past and present.... A must-read for anyone studying the ongoing quest of the historical Jesus. William R. Herzog II Andover Newton Theological School Richard Horsley is distinguished professor emeritus of liberal arts and the study of religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Among his many previous books are Jesus and Empire and Jesus and the Powers / paperback / 167 pages $20.00 [ 12.99] / Available Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows Capable Women of Purpose and Persistence in Luke s Gospel F. Scott Spencer Scott Spencer is one of the most engaging, uncannily perceptive biblical interpreters I know! In this insightful volume he enters the fray of feminist debate over Luke s decidedly mixed messages regarding women, masterfully negotiating the tension between liberating and limiting elements of Luke s presentation.... He shows Luke s women to be remarkably capable even if not as liberated as we might hope! Without whitewashing the difficulties, Spencer thereby reclaims Luke s narrative for liberating, lifeenhancing ends. Frances Taylor Gench Union Presbyterian Seminary Insightfully challenges and complements feminist scholarship on a Gospel that is notoriously equivocal for women.... A welcome contribution to feminist discourse on the Gospel of Luke. Mary Ann Beavis University of Saskatchewan Spencer s study of women in the Gospel of Luke is spirited enough to engage students and savvy enough to cause scholars to rethink, once again, the representation of gender in the Third Gospel. Jennifer Glancy Le Moyne College For more than two decades, Scott Spencer has engaged with feminist interpretation of the New Testament. With this provocative, stimulating, and lively treatment of women in the Lukan writings, Spencer offers mature but in the best sense entirely unpredictable readings resulting in fresh, at times stunning, analyses of these old, old stories.... A must-read for anyone male or female interested in gender issues, then and now. Mikeal C. Parsons Baylor University F. Scott Spencer is professor of New Testament and preaching at Baptist Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. His other books include Dancing Girls, Loose Ladies, and Women of the Cloth and The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles / paperback / 358 pages $30.00 [ 19.99] / Available B I B L I C A L S T U D I E S toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 3

6 The Tomb of Jesus and His Family? Exploring Ancient Jewish Tombs Near Jerusalem s Walls Jesus Research New Methodologies and Perceptions James H. Charlesworth, editor The Disciples according to Mark Markan Redaction in Current Debate Second Edition James H. Charlesworth, editor with Brian Rhea and Petr Pokorný C. Clifton Black B I B L I C A L S T U D I E S About twenty-five years ago archaeologists discovered a tomb near Jerusalem that contained a family s ossuaries ancient Near Eastern limestone bone boxes inscribed with some familiar New Testament names: Mary, Joseph, James, Mary Magdalene, and Jesus. In 2007 the Discovery Channel produced and broadcast the documentary The Lost Tomb of Jesus, raising interest and controversy among the public and specialists alike. Could this really be the tomb of Jesus and his family? In January of 2008 an internationally renowned group of some thirty scholars met in Jerusalem to discuss that very question. Covering the archaeological facts about the discovery, Jewish burial customs during the late Second Temple period, first-century inscriptions, the Talpiot tomb, the James ossuary, the Holy Sepulcher, and beliefs about burial and the afterlife within Second Temple Judaism, this volume presents their expert perspectives on a muchpublicized topic. Contributors Mordechai Aviam, James H. Charlesworth, Claude Cohen-Matlofsky, April D. DeConick, Binyamin Elizur, Casey D. Elledge, Mark Elliott, Howard R. Feldman, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Camil Fuchs, Shimon Gibson, Rachel Hachlili, Eldad Keynan, Kevin Kilty, Amos Kloner, Israel Knohl, Wolfgang E. Krumbein, André Lemaire, Lee Martin McDonald, Charles Pellegrino, Stephan Pfann, Petr Pokorný, Jonathan J. Price, Christopher A. Rollston, Amnon Rosenfeld, Jane Schaberg, Andrew Sills, Mark Spigelman, Ada Yardeni, Konstantinos Th. Zarras. James H. Charlesworth is George L. Collord Professor of New Testament and director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at Princeton Theological Seminary. Among his many books is The Good and Evil Serpent, winner of the 2011 Christianity Today Book Award in Biblical Studies / paperback / 592 pages $48.00 [ 31.99] / September This volume explores nearly every facet of Jesus research from eyewitness criteria to the reliability of memory, from archaeology to psychobiography, and from oral traditions to literary sources. Written by internationally renowned Jewish and Christian scholars, this collection of never-before-published articles comes from the second (2007) Princeton-Prague Symposium on Jesus Research. It summarizes the significant advances in understanding Jesus that scholars have made in recent years through the development of diverse methodologies, focusing on these questions: What are the sources for studying a person in Second Temple Judaism? How historically reliable are Paul, Mark, John, Matthew, Luke, as well as Josephus, Tacitus, and Suetonius? How reliable are oral traditions and eyewitnesses in Jesus research? How do so-called extracanonical documents help in Jesus research? Was Jesus a miracle-worker, and how did this activity shape perceptions of him? How do other texts, like the Qur an, inform our search? Readers already knowledgeable in the field will discover unique angles from well-known New Testament scholars, and all will be amply informed on the current state of Jesus studies. Contributors Richard Bauckham, Darrell L. Bock, James H. Charlesworth, Kathy Ehrensperger, Casey D. Elledge, Craig A. Evans, Craig Keener, Werner H. Kelber, Ulrich Luz, Lee Martin McDonald, Suleiman A. Mourad, Étienne Nodet, Lidija Novakovic, Gerbern S. Oegema, George L. Parsenios, Pheme Perkins, Petr Pokorný, Brian Rhea, Jan Roskovec, D. Moody Smith, Robert L. Webb. James H. Charlesworth is George L. Collord Professor of New Testament and director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey / paperback / 960 pages $70.00 [ 46.99] / September Redaction criticism attempts to identify biblical authors theological interests by examining their adaptation of sources. Focusing on representative studies of Jesus disciples in the Gospel of Mark, this pioneering book by C. Clifton Black has become a standard evaluation of that method s exegetical reliability. Identifying three distinctive types of redaction criticism in Markan interpretation, Black demonstrates that diverse redaction-critical interpretations of the disciples in Mark have bolstered rather than controlled scholarly presuppositions to a degree that impugns the method s reliability for interpreting Mark. This second edition includes a substantial, detailed afterword that revisits the book s primary issues, converses with its critics, and provides an update of Markan scholarship over the past twenty-five years. Praise for the first edition A brilliant and necessary critique.... It shows the potential of studying the history of research in order to challenge and redraw the contours of biblical criticism. Robert Morgan in Theological Book Review Black s trenchant critique of one aspect of recent scholarship on the New Testament is sobering, but it should stimulate discussion on what it is that we aim to accomplish. Adela Yarbro Collins in Critical Review of Books in Religion As a whole, this study is a tribute to its author s remarkable capacity to engage in sustained, penetrating critique.... [Black s] dissection is accomplished with a measured evenhandedness. Joel B. Green in Catholic Biblical Quarterly C. Clifton Black is Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey / paperback / 421 pages $45.00 [ 29.99] / Available 4 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

7 Horizons in Hermeneutics Now available in paperback Recently released A Festschrift in Honor of Anthony C. Thiselton Stanley E. Porter and Matthew R. Malcolm, editors From focusing on the horizon of the biblical text to considering the horizon of the twentyfirst-century church, this volume invites reflection on the illumination that hermeneutical awareness brings to biblical interpretation. Produced in honor of Anthony C. Thiselton, Horizons in Hermenutics aims to consider, exemplify, and build upon Thiselton s insights in philosophical hermeneutics and biblical studies, particularly in relation to Paul and his writings. Contents Thiselton and Hermeneutics: An Introduction to a Celebratory Contribution Stanley E. Porter and Matthew R. Malcolm The Life and Work of Anthony Charles Thiselton Stanley E. Porter and Matthew R. Malcolm Facing the Other Poetry and Theology in Isaiah John Goldingay Thiselton on Bultmann s Sachkritik Robert Morgan Experience and the Transfiguration of Tradition in Paul s Hermeneutical Christology Mark L. Y. Chan Kerygmatic Rhetoric in New Testament Epistles Matthew R. Malcolm The Rock Was Christ : Paul s Reading of Numbers and the Significance of the Old Testament for Theological Hermeneutics Richard S. Briggs Engaging the Other The Earliest Interpreters of the Jesus Tradition: A Study in Early Hermeneutics James D. G. Dunn Metaphors, Cognitive Theory, and Jesus Shortest Parable David Parris But We Have the Mind of Christ : Some Theological and Anthropological Reflections on 1 Corinthians 2:16 Richard H. Bell Projecting Possibilities Reading Scripture in a Pluralist World: A Path to Discovering the Hermeneutics of Agape Tom Greggs Scripture and the Divided Church Stephen Fowl What Exactly Is Theological Interpretation of Scripture, and Is It Hermeneutically Robust Enough for the Task to Which It Has Been Appointed? Stanley E. Porter Let Us Cook You Your Tea, Vicar! Church, Hermeneutics, and Postmodernity in the Work of Anthony Thiselton and Stanley Hauerwas John B. Thomson Stanley E. Porter is president, dean, and professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. Matthew R. Malcolm lectures in Greek and New Testament at Trinity Theological College in Perth, Western Australia. The Deliverance of God An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul Douglas A. Campbell Campbell s massive book picks up the big ideas that dominate the study of Paul, spins them around, spreads them out in a novel way, and insists that we see them in an unusual and disturbing light. Even those of us who remain unconvinced by his bold and provocative proposals will have our breath taken away by the scale, the scope and, above all, the sheer surprise of this historical, exegetical, and theological tour de force. N. T. Wright Douglas Campbell s continuation of the quest for Paul s gospel is a bold exercise in deconstruction and reconstruction. One may disagree with parts of his analysis, or take a somewhat different route to the same destination, but his overall thesis is persuasive: for Paul, justification is liberative, participatory, transformative, Trinitarian, and communal. This is a truly theological and ecumenical work with which all serious students of Paul must now come to terms. Michael J. Gorman Mobilizing an impressive synthesis of biblical, theological, and sociological material, Douglas Campbell drops this carefully crafted bombshell of a book on established liberal and evangelical orthodoxies alike precisely, however, in order to realize an even deeper, more coherently biblical orthodoxy! Neither conservative nor liberal, both highly meticulous and profoundly disruptive, Campbell s Deliverance expresses the long labors of a world-class biblical scholar who is also theologically attuned (a real accomplishment) and sociologically engaged (amazing!). Christian Smith Douglas A. Campbell is associate professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School. His other books include The Quest for Paul s Gospel: A Suggested Strategy / paperback / 1248 pages $55.00(s) / Available NOTE: short discount Thomas and the Gospels The Case for Thomas s Familiarity with the Synoptics Mark Goodacre Meticulous, adroit, and closely reasoned, this work will immediately become the definitive presentation of the case that Thomas draws on the Synoptics. Those who take the contrary position truly have their work cut out for them. Dale C. Allison Jr / pb / 236p / $39.00 North America rights only; SPCK elsewhere Sacred Word, Broken Word Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture Kenton L. Sparks An honest, humble, creative, faithful, and robust approach to Scripture that presents it as part of God s good-but-broken creation that is being redeemed in Christ. Highly recommended. Brian D. McLaren Sets a new benchmark for work on the theological and philosophical reception of Scripture / pb / 192p / $20.00 [ 12.99] William J. Abraham Hearing the Old Testament Listening for God s Address Craig G. Bartholomew and David J. H. Beldman, editors An urgent plea by an eminent cast of scholars for biblical scholarship to serve the church so that we can hear God speak through the text of Scripture. The pressing importance of this issue makes this volume priority reading! Michael W. Goheen / pb / 492p / $32.00 [ 21.99] B I B L I C A L S T U D I E S / paperback / 317 pages $40.00 [ 26.99] / Available toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 5

8 B I B L I C A L S T U D I E S Is Scripture Still Holy? Coming of Age with the New Testament A. E. Harvey A brilliant book. Anthony Harvey shows how thinking historically has changed our perceptions of scriptural authority, and draws on his immense learning, lightly worn, to suggest how the Bible can inform and inspire Christians today.... This sane, sober, and lucid grappling with contemporary problems leaves readers free to make up their own minds, armed with fresh considerations. It cannot be too strongly recommended. Robert Morgan Linacre College, Oxford New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity Volume 10 S. R. Llewelyn and J. R. Harrison, editors with E. J. Bridge This is a timely and important book.... Jews and Christians, believers and skeptics alike, will find these essays enlightening and of enormous value. Rabbi David J. Goldberg The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London A. E. Harvey is Emeritus Canon of Westminster and former lecturer in theology at the University of Oxford. His other books include By What Authority? The Churches and Social Concern and Companion to the New Testament / paperback / 160 pages / $22.00 [ 14.99] / Available Produced by the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University, this series seeks to keep New Testament and early church researchers, teachers, and students abreast of emerging documentary evidence by reproducing and reviewing recently published Greek inscriptions and papyri that illumine the context in which the Christian church developed. Collecting documentary evidence that appeared in publications between 1988 and 1992, Volume 10 reproduces, translates, and reviews a selection of Greek inscriptions and papyri that focus on major social institutions of the time. Comprehensive indexes for volumes 6 10 offer a cumulative perspective on many topics. S. R. Llewelyn teaches early Christianity and Jewish studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. J. R. Harrison is Head of Theology at the Wesley Institute, Sydney, Australia. E. J. Bridge is a PhD graduate of Macquarie University and a tutor in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie. The Israelite Samaritan Version of the Torah First English Translation Compared with the Masoretic Version Benyamim Tsedaka, editor and translator Sharon Sullivan, coeditor Foreword by Emanuel Tov Foreword by Steven Fine Introduction by James H. Charlesworth This landmark volume presents the first-ever English translation of the ancient Israelite Samaritan version of the Pentateuch, or Torah. Benyamim Tsedaka s expert English translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch is laid out parallel to the more familiar Masoretic Text, highlighting the more than 6,000 differences between the two versions. In addition to extensive explanatory notes in the margins throughout, the book contains detailed appendices showing affinities between the Samaritan, Septuagint, and Dead Sea Scroll texts. Concluding the volume is a categorical name index containing a wealth of comparative information. More than simply a translation, this is a document infused with the unique culture of the Israelite-Samaritans as no other English translation could be.... Truly a historic piece of literature. Martin G. Abegg Jr. Trinity College, Vancouver Tsedaka and Sullivan have made a significant contribution, giving a larger audience than ever before access to the Samaritan Pentateuch. This English translation gives a faithful rendition of the Samaritan text and, by comparing it to the Masoretic version, shows the pluriform nature of the early biblical textual tradition. A welcome addition to the biblical studies library! Terry Giles Gannon University Both forms of the Torah have been available since the seventeenth century in the great Polyglots, with Latin translation, but modern versions were lacking. This synoptic translation definitely fulfills a desideratum, all the more in that it includes scholarly introductions and extensive footnotes. Étienne Nodet École biblique de Jérusalem Benyamim Tsedaka is the spokesperson for the long-surviving Samaritan community on Mount Gerizim. In this translation of their Scripture, he provides a window into the features and vocabulary that distinguish Samaritans from Jews. Robert Anderson Michigan State University This unique book is an absolute first.... Will have to be consulted and read by all who want to gain a deeper insight into the Bible in its various facets and versions. Reinhard Pummer University of Ottawa Benyamim Tsedaka is head of the A.B. Institute of Samaritan Studies in Holon, Israel, and founding editor of a biweekly Samaritan newsmagazine published in four languages. Sharon Sullivan is North American representative of the A.B. Institute of Samaritan Studies / paperback / 280 pages / $40.00 [26.99] / Available / hardcover / 558 pages / $ [ 66.99] / May 6 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

9 A Cultural Handbook to the Bible John J. Pilch This valuable handbook helps contemporary Western readers to understand ancient Middle Eastern realities (marriage, virginity, the sky, etc.) as the original Middle Eastern audience would have understood what the biblical authors were communicating. In short, accessible chapters John Pilch discusses sixty-three topics related to the cosmos, the earth, persons, family, language, human consciousness, God and the spirit world, and entertainment. A Cultural Handbook to the Bible is a splendid resource for teachers (at any level), preachers, and general readers seeking to bridge the gaps (geographical, historical, social, cultural) separating us today from biblical times and everyday life in antiquity. John H. Elliott University of San Francisco Pilch s Cultural Handbook to the Bible is so interesting that readers will find it hard to stop reading. Very accessible for a wide range of readers college students, seminarians, theologians, laypersons.... Materials from this book would give lots of fizz and snap to sermons. Jerome H. Neyrey University of Notre Dame John J. Pilch is visiting professor in the Odyssey Program at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. His other books include Flights of the Soul: Visions, Heavenly Journeys, and Peak Experiences in the Biblical World and The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible / paperback / 319 pages / $26.00 [ 17.99] / Available Christian Commentaries on Non-Christian Sacred Texts Catherine Cornille, general editor Liturgy of Liberation A Christian Commentary on Shankara s Upades asāhasrī Reid B. Locklin The Upadeśasāhasrī, or Thousand Teachings, of the great eighth-century sage Adi Shankaracharya is a distillation of the ancient Upanishads, intended for use by teachers and seekers in the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedanta. It has been variously interpreted as a major theological treatise, an elevated philo sophical exposition, or a guidebook to mystical experience. Reid Locklin s Liturgy of Liberation offers a fresh reading of and commentary on the Upadeśasāhasrī in terms of oral performance and sacramental practice, placing its sacred, scripted dialogues into conversation with the Apostle Paul and other witnesses from the Christian tradition. What results is not merely new appreciation for Shankara and his radical message of non-duality, but also a renewed sense of the scandal of the cross, the subversive power of the word, and the mystery of Christian discipleship. Reid B. Locklin is associate professor of Christianity and the intellectual tradition at the University of Toronto, a joint appointment with the St. Michael s College Christianity and Culture Programme and the Centre for the Study of Religion / paperback / 345 pages / $66.00 / Available UK & Europe rights: Peeters 5 other CCNST volumes available see Feminist Biblical Interpretation A Compendium of Critical Commentary on the Books of the Bible and Related Literature Luise Schottroff and Marie-Theres Wacker, editors Translated by Martin Rumscheidt et al. The original German edition of Feminist Biblical Interpretation received high acclaim and widespread positive reviews in Europe. That groundbreaking reference tool for contextual biblical interpretation is now available in English for the first time. With contributions from more than sixty female scholars, this is the leading one-volume feminist commentary on the entire Bible, including books that are relatively uncharted territory for feminist theology. The publication in English of this volume is an event to be warmly welcomed.... A magnificent achievement. Fernando Segovia Vanderbilt University There is no compendium like this: it contains no repetition of things already said a hundred times but, rather, to-the-point coherent feminist readings of biblical books, with clear emphases on issues relevant to feminist research and excellent bibliographic references to feminist output. This compendium is a musthave, can t-work-without book for scholars as well as all those interested in the Bible and feminism. Kristin De Troyer University of St. Andrews We owe a tremendous debt to Luise Schottroff and Marie-Theres Wacker for overseeing this compendium of feminist critical study of the Scriptures.... The authors approach their texts from a variety of angles, raising questions and issues that seldom make their way into other biblical commentaries; each commentary will delight readers with unexpected surprises. John C. Endres, S.J. Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University and Graduate Theological Union Luise Schottroff is professor emeritus of New Testament at the University of Kassel, Germany. Marie-Theres Wacker is professor of Old Testament and gender research in theology at the University of Münster, Germany / paperback / 1055 pages $80.00 [ 53.99] / Available C O M M E N T A R I E S toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 7

10 C O M M E N T A R I E S The New International Commentary on the Old Testament Robert L. Hubbard Jr., general editor The Book of Judges Barry G. Webb Eminently readable, exegetically thorough, and written in an emotionally warm style that flows from his keen sensitivity to the text, Barry Webb s commentary on Judges is just what is needed to properly engage a dynamic, narrative work like the book of Judges. Webb discusses not only unique features of the stories themselves but also such issues as the violent nature of Judges, how women are portrayed in it, and how it relates to the Christian gospel of the New Testament. Webb concentrates throughout on what the biblical text itself throws into prominence, giving space to background issues only when they cast significant light on the foreground. For those who want more, the footnotes and bibliography provide helpful guidance. The end result is a welcome resource for interpreting one of the most challenging books in the Old Testament. We have been waiting for Barry Webb s commentary a long time. It s here! This volume is the mature fruit of three decades of study and reflection on the book of Judges. Webb combines the best of thorough scholarship with an evangelical passion for readers to grasp the rhetorical agenda and message of the book. Scholars, teachers, and pastors will find this volume to be a worthy addition to the already excellent NICOT series. Daniel I. Block Wheaton College Barry G. Webb is senior research fellow emeritus in Old Testament at Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia, where he taught for thirty-three years. Among his other published works are The Book of the Judges: An Integrated Reading and Five Festal Garments: Christian Reflections on the Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther. The Forms of the Old Testament Literature Rolf P. Knierim, Gene M. Tucker, and Marvin A. Sweeney, series editors Judges Serge Frolov This commentary is the eighteenth published volume in The Forms of the Old Testament Literature (FOTL), a series that aims to present a form-critical analysis of the books and units in the Hebrew Bible. Serge Frolov s valuable study of Judges addresses both the synchronic and diachronic perspectives, offering not only the first full-scale form criticism of Judges but also an important application of form criticism as practiced today. Fundamentally exegetical, Frolov s work examines the structure, genre, setting, and intention of Judges. Focusing on the canonical Hebrew text, Frolov argues that what we know as Judges is not a literary unit but rather a series of interconnected units that are for the most part closely linked to adjoining books. In particular, he shows how the sequence apostasy-oppression-repentance-deliverance traverses the boundary between Judges and Samuel. Frolov also analyzes the history behind the form-critical discussion of this book and exposes the exegetical process so as to enable students and pastors to engage in their own analysis and interpretation of Judges. Serge Frolov is Nate and Ann Levine Professor of Jewish Studies and associate professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas / paperback / 389 pages / $55.00 [ 35.99] / May / hardcover / 575 pages / $50.00 [ 32.99] / Available 23 other NICOT volumes published and available see The Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary J. Gordon McConville and Craig Bartholomew, series editors 5 THOTC volumes available see The New International Commentary on the New Testament Joel B. Green, series editor 18 NICNT volumes available see The New International Greek Testament Commentary I. Howard Marshall and Donald A. Hagner, editors 13 NIGTC volumes published and available see 8 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

11 Illuminations C. L. Seow, General Editor Scott C. Jones, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Judith H. Newman, Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha Loren Stuckenbruck, New Testament Seeking to stimulate interest in the literary quality, meaning, and significance of the Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical writings, the Illuminations series is designed to provide interpretation accessible to all readers, followed by more in-depth commentary on textual criticism, language, culture, and reception history. Job 1 21 Interpretation and Commentary C. L. Seow The Hebrew book of Job is by all accounts an exquisite piece of literary art that holds its rightful place among the most outstanding compositions in world literature. Yet it is also widely recognized as an immensely difficult text to understand. In elucidating that ancient text, this inaugural Illuminations commentary by C. L. Seow pays close attention to the reception history of Job, including Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Western secular interpretations as expressed in theological, philosophical, and literary writings and in the visual and performing arts. Seow offers a primarily literary-theological interpretation of Job, a new translation, and detailed commentary. A dazzling combination of sophisticated linguistic work and profound theological insights. Seow is an ideal commentator on what is arguably the most challenging book linguistically and theologically in the Hebrew Bible. James Kugel Leong Seow is arguably the master scholar, researcher, teacher, and interpreter of his generation. In this remarkable book, his singular capacities are fully on exhibit mastery of the critical apparatus, attentiveness to rhetorical nuance, theological sensibility, and acuteness concerning the historical spectrum of interpretations. A breathtaking example of learning and erudition. Walter Brueggemann Carol Newsom The Illuminations series is brilliant.... This commentary will have a tremendous influence on all future interpretations of the book of Job. Tremper Longman A lucid, extraordinarily erudite commentary. Michael Fox Recently released The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible Gordon D. Fee and Robert L. Hubbard Jr., general editors with commentary by Connie Gundry Tappy Compiled by some of the foremost biblical scholars in the world today New articles by sixty expert authors on many pertinent biblical topics Well-written background information and commentary on every book of the Bible Illustrated with maps, photos, and charts throughout General Editors Easily accessible and packed with information and insight from the very best scholars.... Provides helpful articles on crucial topics and a pathway through the entire Bible by showing the layout of each book and giving brief explanations of each section in the book. Klyne Snodgrass Gordon D. Fee is professor emeritus of New Testament studies at Regent College. Robert L. Hubbard Jr. is professor of biblical literature at North Park Theological Seminary. Consulting Editors T. Desmond Alexander, Joel B. Green, Richard N. Longenecker, Tremper Longman III, Marianne Meye Thompson, Willem A. VanGemeren / 7½ x 9¾ hardcover 170 photos, maps, and charts / 851 pages $40.00 [ 26.99] C O M M E N T A R I E S This is easily the most comprehensive commentary available on the book of Job. From detailed textual analysis to artistic and poetic interpretations, Seow provides a rich avenue into one of our most complex biblical books. The breadth of scholarship is matched by the clarity and attractiveness of presentation. This will be a standard work for a long time to come. Patrick D. Miller The appearance of Leong Seow s marvelous, eclectic commentary on the book of Job is an occasion for celebration. It is the first critical commentary to give proper weight to reception history along with the philological and literary analysis necessary to support judicious interpretation. Seow is a thorough and learned commentator with a keen eye and ear for ambiguity and nuance. In addition, his lucid and elegant writing is a pleasure to read. Alan Cooper C. L. Seow is Henry Snyder Gehman Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary. A recognized expert in Old Testament studies, he has also written the Anchor Bible commentary on Ecclesiastes / hardcover / 31 photos & drawings / 922 pages / $95.00 [ 62.99] / May toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 9

12 The Bible in Medieval Tradition H. Lawrence Bond, Philip D. W. Krey, and Thomas Ryan, series editors The Two Horizons New Testament Commentary Joel B. Green and Max Turner, series editors C O M M E N T A R I E S The Letter to the Romans Ian Christopher Levy, Philip D. W. Krey, and Thomas F. Ryan, translators and editors This is the second volume of The Bible in Medieval Tradition (BMT), a series whose raison d être is to reconnect the church with part of its rich history of biblical interpretation. Ian Levy, Philip Krey, and Thomas Ryan s Letter to the Romans presents the history of early and medieval interpretations of Romans and gives substantial translations of select medieval commentaries from the ninth to the fourteenth centuries. Written by eight representative medieval interpreters Peter Lombard, the Cambridge Commentator, William of St. Thierry, Peter Abelard, Peter of John Olivi, Thomas Aquinas, Nicholas of Lyra, and the Anonymous Commentator of Mont Saint-Michel these commentaries have never before been translated into English. This valuable book will enhance contemporary reading of the Bible even as it lends insight into medieval scholarship. As Levy says, these medieval commentaries exhibit qualities that many modern commentaries lack: a spiritual depth that reflects their very purpose, namely, to read Holy Scripture within the sacred tradition under the guidance of the Holy Spirit the very author of Scripture. Ian Christopher Levy is associate professor of theology at Providence College and editor-translator of the BMT volume on Galatians. Philip D. W. Krey is president and professor of church history at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Thomas F. Ryan is director of the Loyola Institute for Ministry in New Orleans and the author of Thomas Aquinas as Reader of the Psalms / paperback / 315 pages / $34.00 [ 22.99] / July Other BMT volume available The Letter to the Galatians Ian Christopher Levy / pb / 296p / $34.00 [ 22.99] The Church s Bible Robert Louis Wilken, series editor 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus Robert W. Wall with Richard B. Steele This theological commentary on 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus by Robert Wall powerfully demonstrates the ongoing relevance and authority of the Pastoral Epistles for the church today. Wall uniquely employs an apostolic Rule of Faith methodology for interpreting these texts as sacred Scripture. Three historical case studies by Richard Steele vividly instantiate key themes of the Pastorals. This innovative yet reverent volume will help revive the interest of students, pastors, and other Christian leaders in the Pastoral Epistles. I commend Rob Wall for offering us, and the wider church, his canonical readings of the Pastoral Epistles. Rob does not shy away from the many tough passages in these letters.... The combination of commentary and reading by the rule of faith supplemented by three interesting case studies provides a thorough canonical understanding of these crucial letters from the standpoint of one who is immersed in what it means to understand the Bible as the church s book. Stanley E. Porter McMaster Divinity College Wall never shrinks back from crucial questions. Nevertheless, he carefully and confidently interprets the Pastorals as full members of the canon. His readings are theologically apt and lively, shaped and regulated by the church s faith. Stephen Fowl Loyola University, Maryland Robert W. Wall is Paul T. Walls Professor of Scripture and Wesleyan Studies at Seattle Pacific University and an elder in the Free Methodist Church. Richard B. Steele is professor of moral and historical theology and associate dean of graduate studies in the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University / paperback / 432 pages / $24.00 [ 16.99] / Available 4 other THNTC volumes also available see Romans Interpreted by Early Christian Commentators J. Patout Burns Jr., editor and translator with Father Constantine Newman The Pillar New Testament Commentary D. A. Carson, series editor 14 PNTC volumes available see / hardcover / 456 pages / $46.00 [ 30.99] / Available 3 other CB volumes also available see 10 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

13 Guides to Theology Alan G. Padgett, David A. S. Fergusson, Iain R. Torrance, and Danielle Nussberger, series editors The Blessed Virgin Mary Tim Perry and Daniel Kendall, SJ This volume provides a concise, nontechnical historical introduction to the church s thinking about Mary, the mother of Jesus. The first part of the book sketches the development of Marian thought from the second century to the twentieth century. The second part contains an annotated bibliography of the most important and accessible English-language works on Mary. Tim Perry, an evangelical Anglican priest, and Daniel Kendall, a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, have joined across the Reformation divide to provide an irenic, balanced volume for students and general readers interested in this most remarkable woman and the ways in which she has shaped Christian thought. A delightfully well-written account of Marian theology, unique in the extent to which it addresses the concerns of Protestants while also refusing to minimize Mary s importance in God s work of salvation. This book will be of great value to students, pastors, and general inquirers. It should appear on every undergraduate theology reading list. Sarah Jane Boss Centre for Marian Studies, University of Roehampton Before we begin arguing theologically about Mary, we should hear what Scripture and Christians in past ages have had to say on the subject. Now we can do just that, thanks to this splendid book by Tim Perry and Daniel Kendall. The writing is balanced and thoughtful, and the annotated bibliography is a gold mine of information. Joseph Mangina Wycliffe College, University of Toronto Tim Perry is rector at Church of the Epiphany in Sudbury, Ontario. He also teaches theology at Thorneloe University College and religious studies at Laurentian University. Daniel Kendall, SJ, is professor of theology at the University of San Francisco and book review editor for Theological Studies. Dust Bound for Heaven Explorations in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas Reinhard Hütter This book by Reinhard Hütter draws us into the very heart of what it means to be an ecclesial theologian in the contemporary academy. The fullness of the theological vocation here is seen with rare clarity and with the boldness that befits a soul on fire for union with the triune God. Matthew Levering University of Dayton Distinguish to unite, advised Jacques Maritain. In an exemplary way, Hütter s new book brings the unifying wisdom of St. Thomas to bear on a wide range of topics, even as it contributes to hotly contested contemporary disputes. In its range and its integrated approach, Dust Bound for Heaven exhibits precisely what Maritain asked for. This is a book to be studied and enjoyed. Thomas Hibbs Baylor University Hütter s pages are suffused with a sense of gratitude and discovery, and with a deep confidence in Thomas, who can teach even us about God and ourselves, if we would let him. In the exceptional range of these essays, Hütter shows once again that there seems to be no question on which Thomas fails to shed needed light from human emotions to politics to the nature of the university, as well as the most basic and difficult questions of theology. Bruce D. Marshall Southern Methodist University Aquinas claimed that the office of the wise person is to order human thought so as to understand all secondary realities in light of God. Hütter s Dust Bound for Heaven offers one of the best examples of this kind of living Thomism in our time, demonstrating why St. Thomas s work has perennial value. Thomas Joseph White, OP Thomistic Institute, Dominican House of Studies Reinhard Hütter is professor of Christian theology at Duke Divinity School. His other books include Reason and the Reasons of Faith (with Paul J. Griffiths) and Ressourcement Thomism: Sacred Doctrine, the Sacraments, and the Moral Life / paperback / 521 pages $50.00 [ 32.99] / Available Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth An Unofficial Catholic-Protestant Dialogue Bruce L. McCormack and Thomas Joseph White, editors Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth are generally regarded as two of the greatest theologians in the Christian tradition. This book undertakes a systematic comparison of them through the lens of five key topics: (1) the being of God, (2) Trinity, (3) Christology, (4) grace and justification, and (5) covenant and law. Under each of these headings, a Catholic portrait of Aquinas is presented in comparison with a Protestant portrait of Barth, with the theological places of convergence and contrast highlighted. This volume combines a deep commitment to systematic theology with an equally profound commitment to mutual engagement. Understood rightly and well, Aquinas and Barth contribute powerfully to the future of theology and to an ecumenism that takes doctrinal confession seriously while at the same time seeking unity among Christians. Contents Karl Barth on the Being of God Robert W. Jenson Theology, Metaphysics, and Discipleship Richard Schenk, OP Can Humility and Obedience Be Trinitarian Realities? Guy Mansini, OSB Processions and Missions: A Point of Convergence between Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth Bruce L. McCormack Natural Revelation in Creation and Covenant Keith L. Johnson The Crucified Lord: Thomistic Reflections on the Communication of Idioms and the Theology of the Cross Thomas Joseph White, OP Aquinas and Barth on Grace Joseph P. Wawrykow Reconciliation in Karl Barth and the New Life of the Justified Sinner in Christ Amy Marga Barth and Aquinas on Election, Relationship, and Requirement John R. Bowlin Divine Action and Human Action in St. Thomas Aquinas: An Analogia Legis Holly Taylor Coolman Bruce L. McCormack is Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Thomas Joseph White, OP, is director of the Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. T H E O L O G Y / paperback / 124 pages $18.00 [ 11.99] / Available / paperback / 320 pages $36.00 [ 23.99] / July toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 11

14 Will Many Be Saved? God s Saving Grace The Unrelieved Paradox T H E O L O G Y What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization Ralph Martin For many years we have all appreciated Dr. Martin s considerable contributions to the mission of the Church. Now he gives us a profound doctrinal foundation for understanding and implementing the new evangelization. This is a shot in the arm for bishops, priests, and laity as we respond to the Holy Father s call. Timothy Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York Dr. Ralph Martin s Will Many Be Saved? contributes significantly to a richer understanding of our faith, helps restore confidence in the gospel message, and engenders a desire to share the truth of Christ s message. An important contribution to the pastoral strategy of the new evangelization. Donald Cardinal Wuerl Archbishop of Washington, D.C. Martin clarifies a doctrinal point that has been often obscured but must be recovered as a necessary foundation for the new evangelization. This is a uniquely important book. Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. Archbishop of Chicago Provides a refreshing reminder of the undiminished urgency and validity of the missionary mandate of Jesus to his followers to evangelize. Peter Cardinal Turkson President, Pontifical Council for Peace and Justice Our response to the new evangelization will lack enthusiasm and conviction if we don t realize what s truly at stake here our eternal salvation in Christ. Ralph Martin s book provides much-needed clarity on these very important issues. Archbishop Robert Carlson Archbishop of St. Louis Ralph Martin, S.T.D., is the Director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, President of Renewal Ministries, and a Consultor to the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization / paperback / 332 pages $24.00 [ 16.99] / Available A Pauline Theology Frank J. Matera Throughout my years of teaching, I have learned to look to Frank Matera as a sure guide to the thought of Paul. His commentaries on Paul s various epistles are sterling examples of profound thought expressed with clarity and simplicity. This new distillation of Matera s thought on Paul is to be welcomed by all teachers of the New Testament. John P. Meier University of Notre Dame For some time now we have needed a contemporary Pauline theology that considers all thirteen letters without overlooking the differences among them. Frank Matera has given us just such a book. It embodies the solid, careful, yet creative scholarship for which he is known. Most importantly, Matera rightly stresses the grace of God in Christ that grabbed hold of Paul and shaped both his life and his theology. This book enriches our understanding of that amazing grace. Michael J. Gorman St. Mary s Seminary and University Clarity of thought and expression distinguishes this fresh (and refreshing) contribution to the study of Pauline theology.... This volume is a must for all who are interested in Pauline theology. Marion L. Soards Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary The much-anticipated culmination of a lifetime of work.... Students will reap rewards from this comprehensive yet manageable overview of the coherent message of the Pauline letters. Instructors will appreciate the confident, diplomatic course Matera steers through knotty issues. The result is simply elegant. A. Andrew Das Elmhurst College Frank J. Matera is Andrews-Kelly-Ryan Professor of Biblical Studies at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. His previous books include New Testament Ethics: The Legacies of Jesus and Paul and commentaries on Galatians, 2 Corinthians, and Romans / paperback / 283 pages $28.00 [ 18.99] / Available Studies in the Theology of Franz Bibfeldt Revised 18th (or Perhaps 19th) Anniversary Edition Martin E. Marty and Jerald C. Brauer, editors Franz Bibfeldt s famously flexible theology comes to life for a new generation of readers in this revised and expanded edition of The Unrelieved Paradox. Besides completely reproducing the original 1994 volume, this specially revised edition contains a new preface by Martin Marty ( Not a classic! he says), several previously unpublished essays, more recent toasts to Bibfeldt, and new artwork. No theologian more thoroughly grasps the vicissitudes of my own hermeneutics [than does Bibfeldt]. Truly, Bibfeldt stands behind the text and in front of the text simultaneously; indeed, Bibfeldt is both time and narrative, both hermeneutics and human sciences, both Freud and philosophy. Bibfeldt, in short, is the text. Paul Ricoeur Franz Bibfeldt is the practitioner without peer of that ongoing conversation which simply is theology, and which can only ever become good theology as it is done in the service of endless plurality and indecisive ambiguity. David Tracy and Schubert Ogden (joint statement) It was Bibfeldt I had in mind when I wrote, in Dreams, Illusions, and Other Realities, that various transformations may seem to take place... but in the end we cannot tell whether anything has happened or not. Wendy Doniger Martin E. Marty is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago; he is carrying the Bibfeldt legacy forward through this special anniversary edition. Jerald C. Brauer ( ) was coholder of the Donnelley Stool of Bibfeldt Studies at the University of Chicago and dean emeritus of the Divinity School when the first edition of this book was published / paperback / 286 pages $20.00 [ 12.99] / Available 12 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

15 Renewing the Evangelical Mission Richard Lints, editor Projecting forward from earlier work by David Wells, Mark Noll, and Cornelius Plantinga, this important collection of essays attempts to prescribe the way forward for the disparate movement called evangelicalism. This is not the sort of book that marshals a wide swath of readers to agree with everything it says; rather, it is the sort of book so consistently stimulating and provocative that no reader will agree with everything, and all readers will come away with horizons enlarged and understanding deepened. Ignore this book and you will be impoverished; wrestle with it and you will be enriched. D. A. Carson Trinity Evangelical Divinity School This engaging volume outlines the most pressing issues facing evangelical identity and mission. Selfcritical yet forward-looking, leading interpreters offer analyses that are not only historically and sociologically sensitive but also refreshingly theological in character. Eric Gregory Princeton University For several decades, evangelical scholars have engaged their tradition largely, and often brilliantly, from the vantage point of heirs taking the measure of a rich but tangled inheritance. Following the lead of David Wells, the authors in this superb volume write not as observers but as agents who seek to promote renewal through critical engagement and constructive theological response. From beginning to end, the chapters in this rich and bracing book chart a promising course for Christian witness and evangelical renewal in our global era. Roger Lundin Wheaton College Contributors Os Guinness, Michael S. Horton, Richard Lints, Bruce L. McCormack, Mark A. Noll, J. I. Packer, Gary A. Parrett, Rodney L. Peterson, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Tite Tiénou, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Adonis Vidu, Miroslav Volf. Richard Lints is the Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Theology at Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminary. Among his other books is The Fabric of Theology: A Prolegomenon to Evangelical Theology / paperback / 282 pages $34.00 [ 22.99] / May Christ and Reconciliation A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, Volume 1 Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen In Christ and Reconciliation Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen develops a constructive Christology and theology of salvation in dialogue with the best of Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in its global and contextual diversity, and with other major living faiths. Kärkkäinen s Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World is a fivevolume project that aims to develop a new approach to and method of doing Christian theology in our pluralistic world at the beginning of the third millennium. With the metaphor of hospitality serving as the framework for his discussion, Kärkkäinen engages Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in sympathetic and critical mutual dialogue while remaining robustly Christian in his convictions. Never before has a fullscale doctrinal theology been attempted in such a wide and deep dialogical mode. Christ and Reconciliation demonstrates a groundbreaking project of reframing constructive and systematic theology in search of a coherent vision in post-western Christianity inclusive, dialogical, and hospitable. Paul S. Chung Luther Seminary With awe and admiration readers of this comprehensive and lucid book will no doubt link its author s name with Thomas, Calvin, Barth, Moltmann, and other theological luminaries. After the completion of Kärkkäinen s five-volume project, theology will not be the same. Peter Phan Georgetown University I am grateful both for what this volume delivers to its readers and for all that it promises to come. S. Mark Heim Andover Newton Theological School Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen is professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, and docent of ecumenics at the University of Helsinki / paperback / 457 pages $40.00 [ 26.99] / May The Holy Spirit In Biblical Teaching, through the Centuries, and Today Anthony C. Thiselton This learned book by eminent scholar Anthony Thiselton is a detailed biblical, historical, and contemporary study of the Holy Spirit. Thiselton presents an up-todate account of biblical teaching on the topic, including exposition of passages and hermeneutics; offers a comprehensive historical survey from the Apostolic Fathers to Jonathan Edwards; and finally engages a host of modern theologians. In the last part of his book Thiselton discusses a remarkably wide range of writings on the Holy Spirit from the nineteenth century to the present day. He interacts explicitly with Pentecostals and the Renewal Movement in a sympathetic, positive, yet critical manner. The book as a whole is at once scholarly and readable, comprehensive and practical. Magisterial! Brilliant! Erudite! Thiselton provides a sure-handed overview of the biblical teachings on the Spirit, maps the major historical streams of pneumatological reflection, and charts the important trajectories going forward.... This book bridges heretofore divergent polemics and opens up new dialogical horizons and possibilities for the contemporary theological task. Amos Yong Regent University Respectfully engages a wide range of literature. Even cessationists and classical Pentecostals, who will argue with various elements, will find numerous points valuable for reflection and exegesis. All will appreciate and profit from the helpful engagement with secondary literature and survey of historical perspectives. Craig Keener Asbury Theological Seminary Anthony C. Thiselton is professor emeritus of Christian theology at the University of Nottingham, England, and the author of numerous other books, including Hermeneutics: An Introduction and Life after Death: A New Approach to the Last Things / paperback / 560 pages $46.00 / May UK & Europe rights: SPCK T H E O L O G Y toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 13

16 T H E O L O G Y Interventions Conor Cunningham and Peter M. Candler Jr., series editors Balthasar A (Very) Critical Introduction Karen Kilby With an exceptional knowledge both of Balthasar s vast corpus and of the burgeoning secondary literature on him, Karen Kilby has given us a highly perceptive and accessible analysis of the influential Swiss theologian s work and legacy. Her book is always fair-minded, but it is also unerringly incisive and tenacious in its argument that Balthasar s project has a performative contradiction at its heart. She is as attentive to his method and habits of mind (where so many of his vulnerabilities lie) as to the explicit content of what he says. By denying Balthasar the status of sacred cow, Kilby ensures that he will remain a much more useful and productive source of nourishment for the next generation of theologians. Ben Quash King s College London This book should be essential reading for anybody interested in contemporary Catholicism and its most flamboyant theologian. Kilby approaches her subject with a lucidity and balance that are rare in studies of Hans Urs von Balthasar. While meticulously careful to avoid gratuitous criticism, she offers a timely caution against the uncritical acceptance of von Balthasar s work and its influence on much recent theology and doctrine. Tina Beattie University of Roehampton Kilby exposes the plotline of von Balthasar s formidable opus and proceeds to offer circumspect criticism of the supremely confident modes of expression his speculation can often take. With grammar as a critical tool, she inquires trenchantly what might allow this theological novelist to know his divine characters so well as to spin the story he does. David Burrell, C.S.C. University of Notre Dame Karen Kilby is associate professor of systematic theology at the University of Nottingham, England / paperback / 188 pages $23.00 [ 16.99] / Available Ressourcement: Retrieval & Renewal in Catholic Thought David L. Schindler, series editor The Ressourcement series offers the best in contemporary Roman Catholic scholarship: theology and philosophy that draw on the riches of the Church s two-thousand-year tradition, literature and cultural studies that give renewed form to a classic Catholic sensibility. Jospeh Ratzinger in Communio Volume 2: Anthropology and Culture Pope Benedict XVI Edited by David L. Schindler and Nicholas J. Healy In this second volume of Joseph Ratzinger in Communio, Pope Benedict XVI offers timely theological insights on various issues relating to humanity today conscience, technological security, the origin of human life, the meaning of Sunday, Christian hope, and more. As editor David L. Schindler notes, Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) rarely writes on any churchly matter that does not manifest its implications for man and culture, and vice versa. Indeed, this indissoluble linking is one of the main distinguishing features of his theology. This is the second of three volumes; the first deals with themes relating to the Church, and the third volume is to focus on theological renewal. Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Alois Ratzinger in 1927, served as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from April 2005 through February An outstanding theologian and teacher, he was one of the founders, along with Hans Urs von Balthasar and Henri de Lubac, of the international Catholic journal Communio, and he has also enjoyed a distinguished teaching career at such universities as Tübingen and Regensburg in his home country of Germany / paperback / 207 pages $30.00 [ 19.99] / Available Unfading Light Contemplations and Speculations Sergius Bulgakov Translated and edited by Thomas Allan Smith One of the greatest works of philosophy of the twentieth century, Unfading Light is full of a radiance that penetrates the reader s mind and heart.... With his superb translation, Thomas Allan Smith has given the twenty-first century a luminous gift. Boris Jakim In Unfading Light Bulgakov masterfully expounds human religious consciousness using an astonishingly varied tool kit, including Bible and Church fathers, Kabbalah and other mystical texts, ancient and modern philosophy, and modern economic thought. Despite Bulgakov s eclecticism, however, his book is remarkably lucid, and thanks to Thomas Allan Smith s impressive translation, the work loses none of its clarity in English. This volume belongs in the library of anyone interested in Russian religious thought. Paul Valliere Thanks to Thomas A. Smith s attentive editing and sensitive translation, this rich work of intellectual and spiritual quest is available for the first time in English. It will undoubtedly be a source of inspiration to many on their own spiritual-intellectual quest for God. Johannes M. Oravecz This pellucid translation sheds important light on Bulgakov s highly personal and philosophical life journey. Robert F. Slesinski For the English-language reader who wishes to understand the mature Bulgakov, Smith s translation of Unfading Light probably Bulgakov s most challenging volume will be indispensable. Myroslav Tataryn Sergius Bulgakov ( ) is widely regarded as the twentieth century s leading Orthodox theologian. His many other books include Icons and the Name of God, The Burning Bush, The Lamb of God, The Comforter, and The Bride of the Lamb. Thomas Allan Smith is a fellow of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, where he serves as registrar, and associate professor of Eastern Christian history and theology at University of St. Michael s College, Toronto / paperback / 554 pages $48.00 [ 31.99] / Available 14 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

17 Studies in Ecclesiology and Ethnography Pete Ward, Christian Scharen, Paul Fiddes, John Swinton, and James Nieman, series editors Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethnography Christian B. Scharen, editor In this volume Christian Scharen and several other scholars explore empirical and theological understandings of the church. Like the first volume in the Studies in Ecclesiology and Ethnography series, this second volume seeks to bridge the existing divide between theological research and ethnography (qualitative research). The book s wideranging chapters cover such topics as geographical habits of American evangelicals, debates over difficult issues such as homosexuality, and responses to social problems like drug abuse and homelessness. The contributors together model a collaborative, cross-disciplinary approach, with fruitful results that will set a new standard for ecclesiological research. Contributors Christopher Craig Brittain, Helen Cameron, Henk de Roest, Paul S. Fiddes, Mathew Guest, Roger Haight, Harald Hegstad, Mark T. Mulder, Paul D. Murray, James Nieman, Christian B. Scharen, James K. A. Smith, Pete Ward, Clare Watkins. Christian B. Scharen is assistant professor of worship and theology at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. His other books include Faith as a Way of Life and Public Worship and Public Work / paperback / 188 pages $40.00 [ 26.99] / Available First SEE volume Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography Pete Ward, editor / pb / 262p / $50.00 [ 32.99] Pentecostal Manifestos James K. A. Smith and Amos Yong, series editors From Pentecost to the Triune God A Pentecostal Trinitarian Theology Steven M. Studebaker In From Pentecost to the Triune God Steven Studebaker puts forth a provocative Pentecostal Trinitarian theology, arguing that the Holy Spirit completes the fellowship of the triune God and therefore shapes the identities of the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit, Studebaker maintains, is not simply a passive end-product of a procession from the Father and Son but, rather, a dynamic person who plays an active role in the Trinity and a constitutional, consummational role in the history of redemption. In the course of his study, Studebaker shows the theological yield of the Pentecostal experience of the Holy Spirit and uncovers the biblical narratives of the Spirit from creation to Pentecost. A constructive and ecumenical contribution to Trinitarian theology, From Pentecost to the Triune God also engages major historical and contemporary figures such as Augustine, the Cappadocians, Weinandy, and Zizioulas, as well as representatives from the evangelical and charismatic traditions. Finally, Studebaker applies his Pentecostal Trinitarian theology to the theology of religions and creation care, proposing that Christians embrace an inclusive posture toward people of other religious traditions and have an earth orientation that sees creation care as Christian formation. Steven M. Studebaker is assistant professor of systematic and historical theology and holds the Howard and Shirley Bentall Chair in Evangelical Thought at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario. His other books include Jonathan Edwards Social Augustinian Trinitarianism in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives and The Trinitarian Vision of Jonathan Edwards and David Coffey. Prophetic Christianity Bruce Ellis Benson, Malinda Elizabeth Berry, and Peter Goodwin Heltzel, series editors Resurrection City A Theology of Improvisation Peter Goodwin Heltzel Peter Heltzel is a jazz-infused theologian par excellence! Don t miss this gem of a book. Cornel West Union Theological Seminary Theology, claims Peter Heltzel, should be like improvisational jazz various traditions coming together in an ongoing continuity that is always new. In Resurrection City Heltzel performs just this kind of theology. Deeply grounded in Scripture, history, music, and the struggle for justice, Heltzel improvises a prophetic Christian theology of hope. Both scholarly and accessible, Resurrection City is a virtuoso performance. Shannon Craigo-Snell Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary This is an informative, provocative, and timely book a gift to the church as it seeks the shalom of the city. Eldin Villafañe Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and the notion of Resurrection City, Peter Heltzel, a leading thinker of his generation of American evangelicals, presents here arguably the most cogent theological engagement with race and the American evangelical world available today, even as he locates his engagement within a wider frame a vision for an evangelicalism of the future.... I heartily recommend this book. J. Kameron Carter Duke Divinity School Peter Goodwin Heltzel is associate professor of theology and director of the Micah Institute at New York Theological Seminary. Author of Jesus and Justice: Evangelicals, Race, and American Politics (Yale, 2009) and coeditor of the Prophetic Christianity series, he is also assistant pastor of evangelism at Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City / paperback / 219 pages $25.00 [ 16.99] / Available T H E O L O G Y / paperback / 291 pages $34.00 [ 22.99] / Available toll free Wm. B. 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18 P H I L O S O P H I C A L T H E O L O G Y Ressourcement: Retrieval & Renewal in Catholic Thought David L. Schindler, series editor The Catholicity of Reason D. C. Schindler The Catholicity of Reason explores the grandeur of reason, the recollection of which Benedict XVI has said is one of the primary tasks in Christian engagement with the contemporary world. While postmodern thinkers religious and secular alike have generally sought to respond to the hubris of Western thought by humbling our presumptuous claims to knowledge, D. C. Schindler shows in this book that only a robust confidence in reason can allow us to remain genuinely open both to God and to the deep mystery of things. Drawing on the work of Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar and on classical Western thinkers Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Dionysius the Areopagite, and Thomas Aquinas Schindler probes basic philosophical questions concerning truth, knowledge, and being and proposes a new model for thinking about the relationship between faith and reason. In dialogue, on the one hand, with the great philosophical critics of modernity, Hegel and Heidegger, and, on the other, with Jean-Luc Marion and contemporary Thomism, Schindler insists that the only adequate response to both skepticism and rationalism is a creative retrieval of the classical Christian tradition. His reflections in this book bring forth a dramatic conception of human knowing that both strengthens our trust in reason and opens our mind in faith. D. C. Schindler is associate professor of philosophy at Villanova University. His other books include The Perfection of Freedom and Plato s Critique of Impure Reason / paperback / 384 pages $30.00 [ 19.99] / July Analogia Entis: Metaphysics Original Structure and Universal Rhythm Erich Przywara Translated by John R. Betz and David Bentley Hart Although Erich Przywara was one of the preeminent Catholic theologians of the twentieth century and a profound influence on such people as Hans Urs von Balthasar and Joseph Ratzinger, he has remained virtually unknown in North America. This volume includes Przywara s groundbreaking Analogia Entis, originally published in 1932, and his subsequent essays on the concept analogia entis the analogy between God and creation a subject of interest in philosophical-theological circles today. The publication of this excellent translation of Przywara s difficult and contentious book is an important event. Analogia Entis poses an inescapable problem for theologians, that of how we must understand the relationship of God s being to human beings.... Przywara was a notable influence on some of the greatest Protestant and Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. We need to learn from him if we are to understand them. Alasdair MacIntyre University of Notre Dame The arguably most brilliant yet most enigmatic Catholic intellectual of the early twentieth century, Erich Przywara argued eye to eye with Edmund Husserl, Max Scheler, and Martin Heidegger, challenged Karl Barth, and inspired a host of influential Catholic thinkers.... Finally, his magnum opus, Analogia Entis, is available in lucid English prose. We are deeply indebted to John Betz and David Bentley Hart for this splendid labor of love. Reinhard Hütter Duke Divinity School Erich Przywara ( ) was an influential German Jesuit theologian who himself was strongly influenced by Augustine, Aquinas, Newman, and the phenomenological philosophy of Edmund Husserl and Max Scheler. Recently released Metaphysics The Creation of Hierarchy Adrian Pabst Foreword by John Milbank This book does nothing less than to set new standards in combining philosophical with political theology. Pabst s argument about relationality has the potential to change debates in theology, philosophy, and politics. John Milbank In this marvelous book Adrian Pabst gives perhaps the fullest account to date of why Christianity is closely allied to Platonism and why this alliance came unnaturally unstuck, with disastrous consequences for the realm of practice as well as the realm of thought.... A significant work. Catherine Pickstock This erudite and lucid work presents an engaging, ambitious, and persuasive defense of the priority of relation over substance. It offers rich resources for those concerned with the contested place of metaphysics and its contemporary renewal, for those interested in the fertile space between metaphysics and theology, and for those engaged with the no less urgent problems of political theology. William Desmond A welcome new voice in political philosophy / pb / 556p / $55.00 [ 35.99] Janet Soskice / paperback / 639 pages $60.00(s) [ 40.99] / June NOTE: short discount 16 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

19 Encountering Jesus, Encountering Scripture Bringing the Word to Life Learning to Dream Again Rediscovering the Heart of God Reading the Bible Critically in Faith David Crump Foreword by James K. A. Smith Personal, experiential faith is seldom given a seat at the table of academic theology and biblical studies. David Crump, however, with the assistance of Søren Kierkegaard s religious philosophy, claims that authentic understanding, and thus authentic Christian living, can only arise from the personal commitment that is faith. Examining the various biblical, historical, cultural, theological, and academic hurdles demanding a truly Kierkegaardian leap of faith before meeting the resurrected Jesus, Encountering Jesus, Encountering Scripture provides an insightful discussion of key New Testament texts and issues revealing how Truth is discovered only through the subjectivity of faith. David Crump s book is far more than a learned piece of New Testament scholarship. He shows how it is possible for a person who knows about the critical issues to read the Bible as God s word addressed to human beings today. Crump carries on a continual conversation with Kierkegaard that I found illuminating and that the great Danish thinker would have found gratifying. C. Stephen Evans Baylor University This book is part bombshell, part pastoral epistle.... Both Kierkegaard and Crump have a way of chopping a path through all the brush of hermeneutical debates and academic wrangling about historical criticism to remind us of a simple but still disconcerting truth that the point of Scripture is to encounter Jesus.... Students and other interpreters need to read this book to be reminded that what s at stake in biblical studies is an encounter with the Lover of our souls. James K. A. Smith (from foreword) David Crump is a professor in the Religion Department of Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Among his other books are An Introduction to the Gospels and Acts and Knocking on Heaven s Door: A New Testament Theology of Petitionary Prayer / paperback / 155 pages $20.00 [ 12.99] / May Engaging the New Testament through Performing It Richard F. Ward and David J. Trobisch The New Testament books were written were intended to be read aloud. The original audiences of these texts heard them read by a performer who used both voice and gesture to convey meaning. Our current practice of reading silently processing the text with our eyes rather than our ears robs us of its full richness. Richard Ward and David Trobisch are here to help. Bringing the Word to Life surveys the art of performance in antiquity and outlines how performance criticism informs the interpretation of a text. The book also explores how to perform the New Testament today, drawing on the authors wealth of experience and offering numerous exercises, personal examples, and practical suggestions. This is a superbly written and readily accessible introduction to the new framework for the Bible as performance literature.... An ideal required book for college and seminary courses, a great text for study groups in local churches, and a valuable resource for pastors and scholars. Thomas E. Boomershine founder of Network of Biblical Storytellers The book many of us teachers have been waiting for! This dynamic little volume succeeds in overcoming the eclipse of biblical orality and captures an imaginative rethinking of the New Testament writings as performance.... Informative for scholars. Essential for teachers and students. Foundational for preachers and worship leaders. David Rhoads Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Richard F. Ward is Fred B. Craddock Associate Professor of Homiletics and Worship at Phillips Theological Seminary. His other books include Speaking of the Holy: The Art of Communication in Preaching. David J. Trobisch is internationally recognized as a scholar for his work on Paul s letters, the formation of the Christian Bible, and biblical manuscripts / paperback / 124 pages $18.00 [ 11.99] / Available Samuel Wells What is knowledge if it s never translated into wisdom? asks Samuel Wells in Learning to Dream Again. What is experience if it s never distilled into wisdom? What s the use of technique and leadership if there s no wisdom behind their application? Through a series of short, thoughtful meditations, Wells articulates a contemporary Christian wisdom shaped by Jesus by Jesus earthy humility, shameful suffering, and effervescent joy. Through the lens of this Christian wisdom, Wells addresses a number of difficult personal and social issues, including taxes, abortion, torture, hunger, and Christian engagement with the broader culture in the arts, sciences, athletics, and medicine. It is impossible to read this commanding book without being put on the spot and recalled to Jesus teaching with new authenticity. Sam Wells is a rare preacher and teacher who tugs at the heart as much as he snags at the critical intelligence of the reader who seeks for truth. Sarah Coakley University of Cambridge Samuel Wells has written a book so searching, so winsome, so wise that it will find your heart and dwell there. A beautiful piece of work. Cornelius Plantinga Jr. Calvin Theological Seminary This very wise and moving book about renewal, identity, and the hopeful shape of the Christian life is a rare accomplishment. Wells helps us to think deeply about the ordinary round of life relationships, marriage, work, leisure, politics, death while at the same time encouraging us to lift our sights and to dream again, even the dream of God. Thomas G. Long Emory University Samuel Wells is Vicar of St. Martin-in-the- Fields, London, and Visiting Professor of Christian Ethics at King s College, London. He was formerly Dean of Duke Chapel and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School. His previous books include Be Not Afraid: Facing Fear with Faith and Power and Passion: Six Characters in Search of Resurrection / paperback / 233 pages $18.00 / Available UK and Europe rights: SCM P R A C T I C A L T H E O L O G Y toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 17

20 P R A C T I C A L T H E O L O G Y The Missional Church Series Craig Van Gelder, series editor Created and Led by the Spirit Planting Missional Congregations Mary Sue Dehmlow Dreier, editor This fifth Missional Church Series volume seeks to bring historical clarity, biblical and theological substance, and practical guidance to church planting. The nine contributors many of them experienced church-planting pastors offer diverse yet cohesive perspectives on the Spirit s missional church planting in our time. Here readers will find fresh insights into an exciting future created and led by the Spirit. Finally the absolutely necessary conversation between missional theology, church planting, and the divine agency of the Holy Spirit! Those who plant new churches, or facilitate those plantings, or educate and mentor planters, dare not miss a careful reading of this fresh articulation of what is happening as the Spirit births new churches and what it all means. George R. Hunsberger Western Theological Seminary Contents Section I: Theological Frameworks for Planting Missional Congregations 1. Planting Missional Congregations: Imagining Together Mary Sue Dehmlow Dreier 2. Human Flourishing Miroslav Volf 3. Raised for Our Justification: Christ s Spirit for Us and for All Lois Malcolm Section II: Glimpses of the Holy Spirit in Action 4. New Churches for a New Millennium: The Holy Spirit Does It Again Leith Anderson 5. Hints from the Past for the Present and Future: Five Congregations and Their Church-Planting Stories Susan Tjornehoj Section III: New Appearances on the Scene 6. Church Emerging: A Missional View Daniel Anderson 7. Multicultural Church Planting: African Pneumatology in Western Context Harvey Kwiyani 8. Postbureaucratic Churches: Emerging Forms of Organization and Leadership Todd Hobart Epilogue: A Sermon 9. Missional Church: Planted in the Gospel for All Paul Chung Mary Sue Dehmlow Dreier is associate professor of congregational mission and leadership at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. The Rest of Life Rest, Play, Eating, Studying, Sex from a Kingdom Perspective Ben Witherington III This book explores regular, normal activities of life rest, play, eating, studying, and sex in the light of biblical teaching about the Kingdom of God and the Christian hope for the future. Focusing as it does on practical, everyday matters in an accessible style, this topical study is ideal for both individual reading and small-group discussion. A delicious blend of research in Scripture and conversations with theological partners. But what makes this book so helpful is that the subject matter is life, not esoteric theological themes.... Witherington makes a unique contribution to the biblical understanding of everyday themes by rooting his discussion in the Kingdom of God. He gives us bifocal lenses so we can look at life both close-up, as it is now, and as it will become in the fullness of God s lovely reign. This is an invigorating book, a delight to read. R. Paul Stevens author of Work Matters: Lessons from Scripture This timely book by Ben Witherington is all about life appreciation from a biblical and eschatological view. The Rest of Life is a most relevant book for small-group discussion. An added bonus to me is Witherington s fair critique of other contemporary and popular writers. He challenges and enhances our daily life experiences, which, strangely enough, seldom receive detailed theological and ethical discussion. Witherington calls us to be better stewards of the rest of our life! Clayton L. Smith United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas Ben Witherington III is Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky. Related kingdom books of his include Imminent Domain: The Story of the Kingdom of God and Its Celebration, We Have Seen His Glory: A Vision of Kingdom Worship, and Work: A Kingdom Perspective on Labor / paperback / 168 pages $18.00 [ 11.99] / Available Straining at the Oars Case Studies in Pastoral Leadership H. Dana Fearon III with Gordon S. Mikoski A common complaint of recent seminary graduates is their lack of preparation in practical theology, especially in the tasks of leadership. New pastors encounter a host of challenges that can seem overwhelming. Biblically oriented, wise, and reassuring, Dana Fearon presents twenty-one difficult situations that young ministers are likely to face on the job, including prayer in the hospital room, a request to baptize a dead infant, handling conflict and criticism, entering dangerous areas to reconcile hostile groups, and others. As part of his discussion, Fearon presents and reviews his own response to such situations, using his theological education and long experience in church ministry to instruct others. This book is a treasure, written out of a lifetime of faithful and very effective ministry, full of hardearned wisdom, grace and practical insight. I wish I had read this book years ago. John Buchanan Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago editor/publisher of The Christian Century Why didn t the seminary teach us the things we needed to know? Stirred by that enduring question, this gem of a book offers wise and faithful reflections on pastoral leadership and pastoral life. Exploring numerous pastoral situations and challenges, it aptly points to the necessary partnership between seminaries and faith communities for the education and formation of their leaders a neverending process. Allan Hugh Cole Jr. Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary H. Dana Fearon III is pastor emeritus of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and was a longtime guest lecturer at Princeton Theological Seminary. Gordon S. Mikoski is associate professor of Christian education at Princeton Theological Seminary and editor of Theology Today / paperback / 138 pages $18.00 [ 11.99] / Available / paperback / 227 pages $30.00 [ 19.99] / July 18 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

21 Liberty to the Captives Dust and Breath Dementia Our Call to Minister in a Captive World Raymond Rivera Foreword by Jim Wallis This inspiring book is for any and all Christians who want to learn how to bring hope and redemption to their communities for those who are ready to step beyond their comfort zone and take up Christ s call to minister within a world crying out for the freedom only God can bring. Rich theological insights and extensive personal experience inform longtime pastor and community builder Raymond Rivera s message. Ray should be considered an elder statesman in the world of social justice. He has mentored thousands of pastors, activists, and faithful followers for many years both directly and indirectly and with the publication of Liberty to the Captives, a brand-new generation has the chance to benefit from his wisdom and experience. Jim Wallis (from foreword) Personal, practical, and prophetic.... With sound biblical and theological knowledge and provocative insights, Rivera calls and challenges the church to seek a new level of urban engagement for the shalom of the city. Eldin Villafañe author of Beyond Cheap Grace This book needs to be read as all of us are living in a culture of captivity. Indeed, it is relevant to the church at this moment. Read this book! John M. Perkins author of Let Justice Roll Down I pray that progressives will heed Rivera s passionate call to ministry that is biblically inspired, spiritually empowered, and sufficiently holistic in its scope that it will help set all the captives free from shallowness of faith and narrowness of vision. James Forbes Senior Minister Emeritus, Riverside Church Raymond Rivera is founder and president of the Bronx-based Latino Pastoral Action Center and a recipient of the 2012 Micah Justice Award from New York Theological Seminary. He has preached, taught, and modeled Christ-centered holistic ministry in various churches and developed numerous parachurch ministries in New York City. Faith, Health, and Why the Church Should Care about Both Kendra G. Hotz and Matthew T. Mathews Dust and Breath invites the Christian community into an expansive vision of salvation that includes ministries of health and healing. Inspired by the work of a remarkable ministry in Memphis, Tennessee, Kendra Hotz and Matthew Mathews show why the church must care about both faith and health. In 1987 Dr. G. Scott Morris opened a medical clinic called the Church Health Center in a poor Memphis neighborhood. What began as a clinic for the working uninsured has grown into a nationally recognized faith-based healthcare organization. Hotz and Mathews articulate the theological significance of the Church Health Center and other church ministries like it. Replete with real-life stories and practical examples, Dust and Breath shows how such ministries can help give hope and restore wholeness to communities in amazing ways. God created us to be whole human beings. Our bodies and spirits are one, yet the healthcare system has tried to lead the church to care only about the spiritual world. Hotz and Mathews wonderfully remind us of the theological roots of our humanity. Their message is one that every person of faith needs to hear. Scott Morris Executive Director, Church Health Center As a former director at the Church Health Center (CHC), I am deeply impressed with how Hotz and Mathews have captured the stories of the CHC patients, staff, and culture in their book Dust and Breath. Their theological framework offers a deep, insightful, and elegant means of accurately and vividly sharing the ways that CHC staff daily integrate faith and health in their delivery of compassionate medical care. Teresa Cutts Research Director, Center of Excellence in Faith and Health, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Kendra G. Hotz is assistant professor of religious studies at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee. Matthew T. Mathews is professor of theology at Memphis Theological Seminary. Living in the Memories of God John Swinton John Swinton has clearly become the premier pastoral theologian of our time. In this book he approaches the troubled topic of dementia with his usual thoroughness, engaging the science with an unapologetic theological voice. Stanley Hauerwas Duke Divinity School author of God, Medicine, and Suffering Swinton offers us the best constructive theology yet written on the important place for the deeply forgetful in our communities and our lives. His ability to elevate the most significant Christian scholarship on this topic to the level of a compelling new synthesis is clear on each thoughtful page.... A brilliant book that stays true to everything meaningful in Christian ethics, theology, and care. Stephen G. Post Stony Brook University author of The Hidden Gifts of Helping Engagingly written and thoroughly researched, Swinton s Dementia is a ringing challenge to current thinking (and speaking and acting) about dementia. Especially significant is the author s insistence that Christians always consider dementia from a theological perspective and move beyond the dominant (and limited) medical model. Stephen Sapp University of Miami author of When Alzheimer s Disease Strikes! This groundbreaking book tells a counter-story of dementia that brings hope and challenges the fears that are so dominant within society and the church. Elizabeth MacKinlay Charles Sturt University author of Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of Life John Swinton is professor of practical theology and pastoral care at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and founding director of the Centre for Spirituality, Health, and Disability at Aberdeen. His other books include Resurrecting the Person, Disability in the Christian Tradition, Living Well and Dying Faithfully, and Raging with Compassion / paperback / 308 pages $25.00 / Available UK & Europe rights: SCM-Canterbury P R A C T I C A L T H E O L O G Y / paperback / 172 pages $18.00 [ 11.99] / Available / paperback / 128 pages $14.00 [ 8.99] / Available toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 19

22 E T H I C S Self, World, and Time Ethics as Theology 1: An Induction Oliver O Donovan Self, World, and Time takes up the question of the form and matter of Christian ethics as an intellectual discipline. What is it about? How does Christian ethics relate to the humanities, especially philosophy, theology, and behavioral studies? How does its shape correspond to the shape of practical reason? In what way does it participate in the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ? Oliver O Donovan discusses ethics with self, world, and time as foundation poles of moral reasoning, and with faith, love, and hope as the virtues anchoring the moral life. Blending biblical, historico-theological, and contemporary ideas in its comprehensive survey, Self, World, and Time is an exploratory study that adds significantly to O Donovan s previous theoretical reflections on Christian ethics. Writing with a clarity that comes from a lifetime of reflection, O Donovan has given us an account of practical reason that shows why and how ethics is at the beginning, middle, and end of any theological work. I suspect this book is destined to become a classic because few authors are as capable as O Donovan in combining wisdom and erudition. We are in his debt. Stanley Hauerwas Duke Divinity School Oliver O Donovan is a fellow of the British Academy, a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and professor emeritus of Christian ethics and practical theology at the University of Edinburgh. His other books include The Desire of the Nations, The Ways of Judgment, and Resurrection and Moral Order / paperback / 160 pages $25.00 [ 16.99] / May The Sacredness of Human Life Why an Ancient Biblical Vision Is Key to the World s Future David P. Gushee This authoritative book is the most comprehensive examination ever of the sacredness of human life. Never before has one volume explored this subject in such a multifaceted way, encompassing biblical roots, theological elaborations, historical cases, and contemporary ethical perspectives. David Gushee s Sacredness of Human Life is truly a game-changing book that will set the standard for all future discussions of this key ethical concept. David Gushee is one of the preeminent Christian ethicists in the country, and his work is important for both those in the academic world and all of us trying to live out obedient and biblical lives. In The Sacredness of Human Life he rescues this most spiritual of concepts from the narrow realm of political rhetoric, which it has come to inhabit in recent years. This book should be read by anyone who desires to reclaim a broader definition of how the sacredness of life should truly be understood. Jim Wallis Sojourners No one, to my knowledge, has come up with a deeper or more sustained account of what it means to say that human life is sacred than David Gushee in this magisterial work. The analysis is overwhelming in a good sense.... The title might suggest a preoccupation with abortion, but there is so much more than that in this book. Gushee applies his analysis to issues like the death penalty, environmental degradation, racism, nuclear weapons, and biotechnology. And even on abortion, those who disagree with his position will not want to miss the cornucopia of insight he provides and most strikingly the sensitivity and openness of his discussion. Jeremy Waldron New York University School of Law The most significant book I have ever seen about what it really means to say that human life is sacred. It combines conservative loyalty to preserving the sacredness of human life with liberal loyalty to caring for the basic needs of life.... Gushee s work can bring the healing we need in our time of dangerous polarization. Glen Stassen Fuller Theological Seminary This magisterial volume draws upon biblical studies, philosophy, theology, history, and law in order to illustrate the breadth and richness of the concept of the sanctity of human life. Gushee shows us that the ideal of life s sacredness must not be confined to the narrow quarters of the abortion debate. M. Cathleen Kaveny University of Notre Dame To believers and skeptics alike, Christian ethics sometimes appears to be little more than a collection of commands and prohibitions. Gushee makes it clear that there is a central idea to the discipline, one that connects to the core of biblical faith and has implications for human rights, ecology, and global politics.... A masterful guide to thinking about the choices that will shape Christian life in the twenty-first century. Robin Lovin Southern Methodist University A dynamic, readable, and historically aware account of issues like war, abortion/infanticide, racism, biotechnology, and women s rights. Charles Camosy Fordham University This story of Christian witness will preach and reach. David Gushee is an uncommonly patient writer. He relates biblical testimonies to the sacredness of life with subtlety and clarity.... His summons to think hard and live well invites baffled undergraduates, weary pastors, curious laity, and careworn activists to reengage in small, intentional practices of prayer and study on abortion, torture, immigration, and women s rights. I can t wait to teach this book. Amy Laura Hall Duke University Gushee s voice is one that believers of all faiths will want to engage.... This book leaves me happily breathless! Peter Ochs University of Virginia David P. Gushee is distinguished university professor of Christian ethics and director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia. An active participant in American public life, he has also written The Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust, Kingdom Ethics, and The Future of Faith in American Politics / hardcover / 477 pages $35.00 [ 23.99] / Available 20 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

23 Bible, Gender, Sexuality Should We Live Forever? Recently released Reframing the Church s Debate on Same-Sex Relationships James V. Brownson Foreword by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson Instead of being trapped in shallow debates over the meaning of a few isolated biblical passages, James Brownson grounds his approach in foundational biblical understandings of gender and sexuality. He takes the Bible seriously, engaging it faithfully and deeply, and he encourages the reader to do the same.... The church needs this book. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson (from foreword) With gentle wisdom Brownson reveals an implicit moral logic beneath scriptural teachings about sexuality and samesex relationships. His insights which are both prophetic and pastoral build a much-needed bridge across the sexual divide that separates people of shared biblical faith. David G. Myers author of A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists Jim Brownson has written what I believe is a gamechanging book on the hotly disputed topic of samesex orientation and relationships in light of the Bible. He approaches the biblical texts with no less care and respect than the most conservative or traditional scholars, but he makes overt and clear what many seem unconscious of the moral logic that operates in a text.... A model for the kind of robust and faithful biblical hermeneutic that our churches desperately need at this point in our history. Brian McLaren author of Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words An outstanding presentation of academic scholarship to general readers.... Demanding focused but not labored reading, this strikes to the heart of the Bible-versus-homosexuality fracas. Booklist (starred review) James V. Brownson is the James and Jean Cook Professor of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan. An ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America, he is also the author of The Promise of Baptism: An Introduction to Baptism in Scripture and the Reformed Tradition / paperback / 311 pages $29.00 [ 19.99] / Available The Ethical Ambiguities of Aging Gilbert Meilaender In this masterful little book Gilbert Meilaender interrogates the project to extend human life indefinitely and shows that longer life cannot satisfy the deeply human longings that animate that project. Better, he proposes, to cultivate the virtue of patience in the face of our mortal limits. Not a patience of resignation, but a patience marked by gratitude for the gift of life, including its limits, and by eager hope for the fullness of life promised by the God who died so that we might live. Farr A. Curlin, MD MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics Gilbert Meilaender has been for several decades one of the two or three most provocative, insightful, and clear writers on religion and ethics. He s not afraid of uncertainty but wants to put it in the right intellectual space. Aging is a topic of extraordinary importance, and not only for those of us who are doing it. Meilaender s style is vintage, disciplined, and forceful. David H. Smith Yale University As we have come to expect from Gilbert Meilaender, this is an intellectually rigorous and probing exploration of an urgent ethical issue. And as we have also come to expect, it is finally an eloquent and wise theological witness. Thomas G. Long Candler School of Theology Meilaender combines a poetic style of writing from a theological perspective with a scientific rigor of analysis to give us a book that is hard to put down. He rightly argues that human flourishing, or virtue, is more crucial than preventing aging or prolonging life. Abigail Rian Evans Georgetown University Medical Center Gilbert Meilaender holds the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics at Valparaiso University and served on the President s Council on Bioethics from 2002 to His other books include Neither Beast Nor God: The Dignity of the Human Person and The Way That Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life / paperback / 135 pages $18.00 [ 11.99] / Available On Moral Medicine Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics Third Edition Edited by M. Therese Lysaught and Joseph J. Kotva Jr. with Stephen E. Lammers and Allen Verhey On Moral Medicine is quite simply the single most authoritative sourcebook on Christian medical ethics in the English language today. Not just recommended indispensable! David P. Gushee This will be the definitive teaching resource for Christian bioethics and related courses for the next decade. Lysaught and Kotva are two of the most pedagogically astute and pastorally aware scholars of their generation. They are as wise as they are smart. This volume is a gift to those of us who strive for clarity in a confounding field. Amy Laura Hall / pb / 1180p / $70.00(s) [ 46.99] NOTE: short discount Bioethics A Primer for Christians Third Edition Gilbert Meilaender The Christian who simply wants to get a reliable handle on bioethics will find nothing better than this splendid little book.... It is seldom, and therefore all the more welcome, that one who is a master of his field takes the time to walk the nonspecialist through it. Meilaender does that without a hint of condescension, and with an easy style that will engage those who might otherwise be intimidated by his expertise. Highly recommended. First Things This pithy little book offers a vision and wisdom rarely found in volumes many times its size. 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24 R E L I G I O N & S O C I E T Y The Kuyper Center Review Volume 3: Calvinism and Culture Gordon Graham, editor Some religious traditions such as Lutheran, Wesleyan, and Eastern Orthodox have aesthetically rich resources on which to draw for the renewal of arts in everyday life. In contrast, Calvinism has generally been suspicious of the arts. The essays in this volume open us new avenues of thought about Calvinism s relation to the arts. Part historical, part theological, and part practical, they offer a wide-ranging exploration of neo-calvinism s relationship to the arts, both at a general level and in connection with specific art forms. Overall they suggest that the neo-calvinism espoused by Abraham Kuyper can and should make more of the arts than the traditional view of Reformed Christianity might be thought to allow. Contents Culture Regained? On the Impossibility and Meaninglessness of Culture in (Some) Calvinist Thought Neal DeRoo Reply to Neal DeRoo Albert M. Wolters The Pilgrimage to Kuyper? Adolf Schlatter and Abraham Kuyper on Theology, Culture, and Art Michael Bräutigam Theology and Architecture: Calvinist Principles for the Faithful Construction of Urban Space Matthew Kaemingk Calvinism, Necessity, and the Death of Tragedy John De Soto The Correlation between Creation and Culture in the Theology of Abraham Kuyper and Colin E. Gunton William Baltmanis Whitney The Calvinian Eucharistic Poetics of Emily Dickinson Jennifer Wang Beautiful Harmony: Kuyper, Dooyeweerd, and the American Musical Avant-Garde Janet Danielson From Neo-Calvinism to Broadway Boogie Woogie: Abraham Kuyper as the Jilted Stepfather of Piet Mondrian James D. Bratt The Music God Likes and the Calvinist Tradition John Barber The Vampire Squid: Abraham Kuyper on Public Entertainment Clifford B. Anderson To Transcend and to Transform: The Neo-Calvinist Relationship of Church and Cultural Transformation James Eglinton Gordon Graham is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary. His other books include The Re-enchantment of the World. Blessings of the Burden Reflections and Lessons in Helping the Homeless Alan R. Burt In Blessings of the Burden Alan Burt shares his heart for people who are homeless. Full of personal stories drawn from almost two decades of firsthand experience working with the homeless, this book is a passionate plea for greater community involvement in confronting the pressing social problem of homelessness. The book includes Burt s own journey from apathy to advocacy, a moving interview with a formerly homeless man, Burt s analysis of the fourteen main reasons why homelessness is such a massive problem in America, and an example of how one community developed an innovative and cost-effective approach to helping the homeless among them. A heartfelt reflection on the plight of the homeless in America. In this touching personal account of his own work with homeless people, Alan Burt gives voice to the voiceless among us people we all too often ignore and neglect. Woven into this compilation of stories is a perceptive analysis of the forces that cause homelessness as well as prayers and lessons about what ordinary people like us can do. Steven Bouma-Prediger Hope College Alan Burt s journey, his message, and his ability to translate conviction into action are an inspiration.... I celebrate this book as a kind of spiritual travelogue and primer. Dan Wolf Massachusetts State Senator The remarkable story of care and advocacy for the homeless on Cape Cod is inextricable from the life and witness of Alan Burt. Readers will be drawn into the sorrows and joys of the real people who are his companions on a shared journey.... A model of ministry for other communities. Gabriel Fackre Andover Newton Theological School Alan R. Burt is a state-licensed social worker who has advocated for the homeless for the past nineteen years in Cape Cod, Massachusetts / paperback / 120 pages $18.00 [ 11.99] / Available Recently released The Intolerance of Tolerance D. A. Carson A landmark critique of tolerance in contemporary Western culture newly available in paperback. Thoughtfully shows how tolerance has morphed into a pervasive insistence that no one should hold firm convictions.... Not to hear and heed Carson is to enter a nightmarish world in which zeal to discern truth is replaced by zeal to keep anyone from claiming anything is really true. Bryan Chapell In this timely book D. A. Carson argues that today true tolerance is not well tolerated.... Important matters are at stake here, and Carson cogently explains why they are so urgent. Michael Cromartie Carson shows the structural flaws and inconsistency of modern tolerance and its fixation on opposing traditional Christianity.... The Intolerance of Tolerance is not a political jeremiad so much as a call for Christians to fight for the value of truth / pb / 196p / $16.00 UK & Europe rights: IVP Christianity Today The Juvenilization of American Christianity Thomas E. Bergler Anyone really trying to understand the dynamics of American Christianity must read this book. Larry Eskridge A fascinating exploration of the places where Christianity and youth culture have intersected.... Will certainly be provocative both for the casual reader and for clergy, who may also appreciate the book s practical suggestions toward a solution. Publishers Weekly Juvenilization is a long-overdue call to question our means, methods, and message.... Bergler shakes us awake and helps us see what s really happening in our youth ministries and churches. Walt Mueller / pb / 291p / $25.00 [ 16.99] / paperback / 198 pages $26.00 [ 17.99] / Available 22 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

25 Wounded Visions Unity, Justice, and Peace in the World Church after 1968 Jonas Jonson Translated by Norman A. Hjelm Jonas Jonson, who was directly involved with the ecumenical movement for forty years, offers in this book an inside perspective on an ever-changing global Christianity. Reviewing developments in ecumenism from the 1960s to the present, Jonson discusses the decolonization of mission, interreligious relations, God s preferential option for the poor, and unity in diversity. He also maps the global ecumenical landscape and presents the Fourth Church comprising charismatic, Pentecostal, and evangelical movements of the twentieth century. How did the ecumenical movement respond to the fall of communism, the opening of China, and the globalization of financial markets? Why did so many big churches, caught in the whirlwind of change, retreat from their ecumenical commitments in order to promote and protect their own interests? Jonson addresses these questions and more in this comprehensive review of global Christianity and the ecumenical movement. Jonas Jonson s Wounded Visions: Unity, Justice, and Peace in the World Church after 1968 is a thoughtful and vivid account of the ecumenical movement. In the context of a wounded humanity and wounded world it is appropriate that the Christian quest for unity, justice, and peace is the quest of wounded healers. As a practicing Christian pastor and bishop, theologian and ecumenist, Jonson brings both sobriety and hope to his account. This book will inform and shape the thought and witness of those who continue the ecumenical pilgrimage in faithfulness to the wounded visions of the gospel of Christ. Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky Director of External Affairs and Interchurch Relations, Orthodox Church in America Jonas Jonson is bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Strängnäs, Church of Sweden / paperback / 202 pages $24.00 [ 16.99] / Available The Meaning of Christian Liturgy Recent Developments in the Church of Sweden Oloph Bexell, editor Foreword by Gordon W. Lathrop The Church of Sweden is the largest Lutheran church body in the world, with 6.5 million members that represent about 70% of the Swedish population. The Meaning of Christian Liturgy illuminates and explains the changes that have occurred in the liturgy of the Church of Sweden from 1980 to In the process, this volume asks a number of questions of immense importance not only within Sweden but also for Christian churches in the English-speaking world: How does participation in a liturgy make clear what church is about? What does liturgical participation say about who or what God is and about the community s encounter with God? How have churches lived with the changes and renewals introduced in the twentieth century? How does the church building shape worshipers ideas of God and of church? How do we faithfully relate tradition to present reality? What role does anthropology play in our theological constructs? Do human needs trump historic theology or confessional ecclesiology? How important is the human body in worship? How does the individual relate to the community? All of these questions and more are present here. The very fact of these questions, of deep importance to us in North America as to Christians throughout the world, being raised in an alternative setting... may enable us to think about them afresh and to think about them together with these several remarkable companions. Contributors Gordon W. Lathrop (from foreword) Torbjörn Axner, Oloph Bexell, Sven-Erik Brodd, Gordon W. Lathrop, Karin Oljelund, Boel Hössjer Sundman, Gunnar Weman. Oloph Bexell is professor of ecclesiology and ecclesial life and head of the department of Church History at Uppsala University, Sweden. The Witness of Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch William G. Rusch, editor In this volume several theologians from different Christian traditions examine how Bartholomew I as Ecumenical Patriarch has influenced the contemporary European scene, the various dialogues between Orthodox churches and Reformed and Roman Catholic churches, the ongoing work of the World Council of Churches, and the modern ecumenical movement. These essays, largely from non- Orthodox authors, paint a portrait of the Ecumenical Patriarch that has been often overlooked in Western circles as a deeply Orthodox leader who wishes to relate Orthodoxy to the modern world and to have it make its own contribution to the unity of all Christians. Contents Introduction William G. Rusch 1. The Ecumenical Patriarch in a European Context Anna Marie Aagaard 2. Bartholomew as a Leader in the Orthodox Church Peter C. Bouteneff 3. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Vision of the Ecumenical Movement and the World Council of Churches Günther Gassmann 4. Faith at the Margins: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as Bridge Builder Dale T. Irvin 5. Patriarch Bartholomew as a Leader in Orthodox- Catholic Dialogue Ronald G. Roberson, CSP 6. Orthodox and Reformed in Dialogue: The Agreed Statement on the Holy Trinity Joseph D. Small 7. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: A Committed Ecumenist Mary Tanner This volume of essays from different perspectives of the ecclesiastical spectrum admirably captures the remarkable significance and accomplishments, as well as the breadth, wisdom, and spirituality of the present Ecumenical Patriarch. The vision and profundity of thought depicted in these seven chapters offer a model for leaders of other churches that is sorely needed in many quarters today. J. Robert Wright General Theological Seminary William G. Rusch, a Lutheran pastor, is professor of Lutheran studies at Yale Divinity School and professor of church history at New York Theological Seminary. T H E C H U R C H / paperback / 189 pages $18.00 [ 11.99] / Available / paperback / 160 pages $22.00 [ 14.99] / May toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 23

26 W O R S H I P / P R E A C H I N G Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series John D. Witvliet, series editor Arts Ministry Nurturing the Creative Life of God s People Michael J. Bauer Christian life is integrated and whole; it involves the body, the mind, and the spirit. Michael J. Bauer s Arts Ministry accordingly employs a holistic approach in exploring the fine arts, human creativity, and ministry as they are integrated in our individual and corporate lives, both within the church and in various organizations dedicated to fostering the sacred arts. Bauer lays a solid foundation for arts ministry, grounding it in the historic Christian tradition and urging churches to expand their engagement with the creative arts to live and worship in full color, as he puts it. He articulates the specific questions that arise when we unite art and ministry, focusing sustained attention on these questions to lead to growth and to expose the reader to a rich new palette of options for the development of faith and ministry. His discussion covers the wide panoply of artistic genres and encompasses the even wider spectrum of human creativity. Significantly, the book also provides case studies of eighteen exemplary organizations with arts ministries in order to inspire similar efforts and to celebrate concretely the continuing creative activity of God in the church. Practical and theoretical, ecumenical and interdisciplinary, Bauer s Arts Ministry is the most comprehensive available guide to the emerging field of Christian arts ministry. Michael J. Bauer is professor of organ and church music at the University of Kansas. In addition to his university work he has served on the music staff of twelve different churches and established arts ministries at three of those churches / paperback / 336 pages $29.00 [ 19.99] / August The Church at Worship Lester Ruth, Carrie Steenwyk, and John D. Witvliet, series editors Longing for Jesus Worship at a Black Holiness Church in Mississippi, Lester Ruth The Church at Worship is a series of documentary case studies of specific worshiping communities from around the world and throughout Christian history. In this third volume, Longing for Jesus, Lester Ruth vividly portrays a prominent, dynamic African- American holiness church in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early twentieth century. Ruth s rich selection of primary documents presents readers with a vibrant snapshot of Christ Temple and its pastor, Charles Price Jones, showing how they were caught between factors that threatened the existence of the congregation itself. The church sought to honor its members heritage as black Christians, including practices and perceptions that reached back to the days of slavery, while it struggled with what it meant to be a public church in tumultuous social and religious times. The members and pastors were trying to carve out a niche for themselves as African-American Christians as the Civil War faded, a new century dawned, and Jim Crow racism lurked in the shadows. This book details how a talented black minister was able to start a vital congregation that would eventually become the mother church for a new denomination named the Church of Christ (Holiness) USA. Ruth s Longing for Jesus is the first scholarly book to tell that story in its fullness, including photographs never before published. Lester Ruth is research professor of Christian worship at Duke Divinity School and professor of worship history at the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. He is also the coauthor of the first Church at Worship volume, Walking Where Jesus Walked: Worship in Fourth-Century Jerusalem. Preaching Christ from Daniel Foundations for Expository Sermons Sidney Greidanus Preaching from the Old Testament is crucial for the church but often neglected.... Many pastors struggle with the Old Testament, and seminaries often do an inadequate job preparing their students in this area. For those who need help, Sidney Greidanus is an excellent teacher as he exposits the book of Daniel and carefully guides us to proper preaching of its important message, showing us how it leads us to Jesus Christ. Tremper Longman III Westmont College Greidanus pays careful attention to the purpose and message of Daniel for its original audience, Judah s exiles in Babylon, assuring them that their God is still sovereign and faithful. Then he lifts our sights to the broader horizon of the completed Scriptures, tracing trajectories that lead to Jesus Christ, the glorified Son of Man, and through him into the lives of God s exiles on earth in the twenty-first century. Exegetically responsible and pastorally sensitive, this book offers insightful guidance on both the theoretical issues and the practical challenges of preaching Christ from Daniel. Dennis E. Johnson Westminster Seminary California Pastors today are rediscovering how to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ from the entire Bible, cover to cover. One of the foremost scholars leading us in this exciting adventure is Sidney Greidanus.... Thanks to his Preaching Christ from Daniel, we pastors are better equipped to preach our triumphant Christ to suffering and persecuted people. Ray Ortlund Immanuel Church, Nashville Sidney Greidanus is professor emeritus of preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. His other books include The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text, Preaching Christ from the Old Testament, Preaching Christ from Genesis, and Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes / paperback / 455 pages $34.00 [ 22.99] / Available / paperback / 176 pages $24.00 [ 16.99] / July 24 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

27 The J. H. Bavinck Reader John Bolt, James D. Bratt, and Paul J. Visser, editors In today s pluralistic context, many Christians struggle to navigate between religious absolutism and relativism. Prominent twentiethcentury Dutch Calvinist missiologist Johan Herman Bavinck ( ) wrestled with this tension as he thought and wrote about major world religions, particularly based on his own experience in Indonesia. Offering a constructive way forward, Bavinck affirms both the particularity of salvation in Christ and the universality of the Christian hope. Editors Bolt, Bratt, and Visser have gathered a choice selection of Bavinck s significant writings, very few of them readily available in English until now. The book also includes the most thorough biographical sketch of Bavinck available. Time is a light that exposes both the foolishness and the wisdom of bygone generations. This rich collection of essays, published nearly half a century after his death, are testimony to the vigor, versatility, and prescience of J. H. Bavinck s thought. The essays some written more than seventy years ago are as insightful now as anything being written by evangelical missiologists on the interplay between Christianity and human religiosity. Jonathan J. Bonk Overseas Ministries Study Center J. H. Bavinck s wonderful contributions to missiology and the theology of culture have been a well-kept secret in the English-speaking world. Now, however, we have this marvelous reader! I pray that the gems in this book will stimulate a renewal of creative thinking about the mission to which God calls us in contemporary life. Richard J. Mouw Fuller Theological Seminary John Bolt is professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary and the author of A Free Church, a Holy Nation: Abraham Kuyper s Public Theology. James D. Bratt is professor of history at Calvin College. His other books include a major new biography of Abraham Kuyper (see page 27). Paul J. Visser is pastor of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and chairman of the Foundation for the Promoting of Reformed Missiology and Ecumenics. Christianophobia A Faith under Attack Rupert Shortt On October 29, 2005, three Indonesian schoolgirls were beheaded as they walked to school targeted because they were Christians. Like them, many other church members around the world face violence or discrimination for their faith. Why is this religious persecution so widely ignored? In Christianophobia Rupert Shortt investigates the shocking treatment of Christians on several continents and exposes the extent of official collusion. Christian believers generally don t become radicalized but tend to resist nonviolently and keep a low profile, which has enabled politicians and the media to play down a problem of huge dimensions. Shortt demonstrates how freedom of belief is the canary in the mine for freedom in general. Published at a time when the fundamental importance of faith on the world stage is being recognized more than ever, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in people s right to religious freedom, no matter where, or among whom, they live. Rupert Shortt... tells a story as harrowing as it is unforgettable.... Christianophobia covers it all. I read the book in one sitting, gripped by every page. William Doino Jr. in First Things Impressive.... An excellent study of anti-christian persecution around the world.... Splendidly rich and informative. Philip Jenkins in The Anxious Bench Shortt points out some very uncomfortable truths in this powerful analysis of the persecution of Christians.... [He] has done a remarkable job in compiling this book when so little attention has been given in the mainstream media to the plight of Christians. Catherine Pepinster in The Independent Rupert Shortt is religion editor of The Times Literary Supplement and a visiting fellow of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. His other books include Rowan s Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop of Canterbury and God s Advocates: Christian Thinkers in Conversation / hardcover / 320 pages $26.00 / May North America rights only; Rider elsewhere From Times Square to Timbuktu The Post-Christian West Meets the Non-Western Church Wesley Granberg-Michaelson This book offers an informed, incisive look at the striking pilgrimage of world Christianity to the global South. In the last century, amazingly, Christianity s center of gravity has effectively moved from Europe to a point near Timbuktu in Africa. Never in the history of Christianity has there been such a rapid and dramatic shift in where Christians are located in the world. Wesley Granberg- Michaelson, having a wealth of experience working with churches and Christian groups around the world, authoritatively explores the dynamics and consequences of this seismic shift. Centers of religious power, money, and theological capital remain entrenched in the global, secularized North while the Christian majority thrives and rapidly grows in the global South. Part of Granberg-Michaelson s study, based on original research at the Library of Congress, shows how global migration to the U.S. is profoundly affecting the Christian population in particular. World Christianity s most decisive twentyfirst-century challenge, Granberg-Michaelson argues, is to build meaningful bridges between faithful churches in the global North and the spiritually exuberant churches of the global South and to build genuine North-South fellowship and mutuality in the cities of the global North. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson served as General Secretary of the Reformed Church in America from 1994 to He was the first managing editor of Sojourners magazine and has also worked with the World Council of Churches, the Global Christian Forum, and Call to Renewal. His other books include Unexpected Destinations: An Evangelical Pilgrimage to World Christianity / paperback / 160 pages $20.00 [ 12.99] / August R E L I G I O U S S T U D I E S / paperback / 424 pages $38.00 [ 25.99] / May toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 25

28 R E L I G I O U S S T U D I E S Do We Worship the Same God? Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Dialogue Miroslav Volf, editor The history of Christian-Muslim relations is over a thousand years old, marked by a sustained quest for interfaith understanding.... Do We Worship the Same God? explores the theological aspect of the interfaith issue with insight and candor, underscoring the challenges as well as the opportunities for engagement. A welcome contribution to current discussion of the subject. Lamin Sanneh Yale University Throughout their shared history Jews, Christians, and Muslims have asked the question posed in the title of this book, sometimes responding in the affirmative and sometimes in the negative. Too often, the means by which they have arrived at their answers have been left unstated or marred by a lack of clarity and rigor. This book is a welcome corrective to that tendency. John Kaltner Rhodes College Do We Worship the Same God? invites us to love the one true God with all our mind. These essays challenge us to think carefully about deeply held convictions. I joyfully welcome this important multifaith work on monotheism as a valuable companion to Miroslav s excellent book Allah: A Christian Response. Rick Love President, Peace Catalyst International None of the contributors to this collection gives a clear, simple answer to the question that perplexes them all. And that s what makes this conversation so engaging and enlightening. Each of the authors responds with a yes but no or a no but yes. Together, they draw on tradition, philosophy, scriptural analysis, and especially mysticism to affirm both the depth and the diversity of faiths that call themselves monotheistic. Paul F. Knitter Union Theological Seminary Contributors Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Peter Ochs, Amy Plantinga Pauw, Christoph Schwöbel, Reza Shah-Kazemi, Denys Turner, Miroslav Volf. Recently released Talking with Mormons An Invitation to Evangelicals Richard J. Mouw Can Mormons and Calvinist evangelicals talk to each other without compromising their beliefs or minimizing their differences? Richard Mouw knows the pitfalls but shows it can be done. The engaging story of his decade-long conversation with Mormons is a model for interfaith dialogue in the twenty-first century and an exemplification of Christian love, intelligence, and good humor. Richard Bushman Mouw represents a rare blend of doctrinal certainty and generosity of spirit. In this book and over many years of dialogue with leading Mormons he has put this winning combination into practice. David Neff Richard Mouw s persistence in conducting an interfaith dialogue with Mormons in the face of bitter criticism from those of his own tradition speaks volumes about his character and integrity.... While as a Latter-day Saint I obviously disagree with some of Mouw s conclusions, I am moved to the core by his generosity of soul and his eagerness not only to engage theological differences but also to celebrate points on which there is welcome agreement. Robert L. Millet A must-read for anyone interested in Latter-day Saints! Craig L. Blomberg / pb / 107p / $12.00 [ 7.99] Emory University Studies in Law and Religion John Witte Jr., series editor Hopes for Better Spouses Protestant Marriage and Church Renewal in Early Modern Europe, India, and North America A. G. Roeber Modern Protestant debates about spousal relations and the meaning of marriage began in a forgotten international dispute some 300 years ago. The Lutheran-Pietist ideal of marriage as friendship and mutual pursuit of holiness battled with the idea that submission defined spousal roles. Exploiting material culture artifacts, broadsides, hymns, sermons, private correspondence and legal cases on three continents Europe, Asia, and North America A. G. Roeber reconstructs the roots and the dimensions of a continued debate that still preoccupies international Protestantism and its Catholic and Orthodox critics and observers in the twenty-first century. Roeber brilliantly synthesizes theology, popular religion, and the day-to-day experience of married life. His story is resolutely transnational, at once embracing theologians at the University of Halle, immigrants in the backcountry of British North America, and pastors in German missions in India.... A work of history of immense learning, broad reach, and enduring relevance. Richard J. Ross University of Illinois A scholarly tour de force that ingeniously (re-)interrogates the theological discourse around the seminal institution of marriage and interconnects with empirical dexterity sociological developments across the expanse of three continents focusing on Germany, India, and North America with influences ranging from polygamy to pietism during the early modern epoch. Roeber has produced a refreshingly insightful comparative study. Gita Dharampal-Frick University of Heidelberg Miroslav Volf is Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School. A. G. Roeber is professor of early modern history and religious studies and codirector of the Max Kade German-American Research Institute at Penn State University / paperback / 176 pages $20.00 [ 12.99] / Available / paperback / 320 pages $29.00 [ 19.99] / May 26 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

29 The Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America Donald J. Bruggink, general editor Pioneers to Partners The Reformed Church in American and Christian Mission with the Japanese Gordon M. Laman Masterfully arranged, thoroughly documented, and thoughtfully written, this gracious book is an easy and interesting read and a moving testimony to the profound influence of the Reformed Church in America s 150 years of mission partnership and presence with the church and the people of Japan.... A treasure trove of lessons and examples in Christian mission and evangelism, interwoven with the stories of many well-known, beloved women and men who lived out their love of Jesus and love of Japan. Charles E. Van Engen Fuller Theological Seminary The most comprehensive English work on Japanese Protestantism since Richard Drummond s History of Christianity in Japan (1971). In an engaging narrative style that seamlessly weaves personal and ecclesial witness into the complex story of modern Japan, Laman passionately recounts the contributions and struggles of the RCA missionary community. Thomas John Hastings Japan International Christian University Foundation Bravo! This long-anticipated study of the missionary presence of the Reformed Church in America in Japan does not disappoint. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Pioneers to Partners is a must-read for those who are interested in global missions history. It is also an invaluable resource for those engaged in cross-cultural missiological study. Dennis N. Voskuil Western Theological Seminary Gordon D. Laman served as a missionary evangelist, pastor, and educator in Japan along with his wife, Evon, for forty-three years, from 1959 to / hardcover / 708 pages $60.00 [ 40.99] / Available Transatlantic Pieties Dutch Clergy in Colonial America Leon van den Broeke, Hans Krabbendam, and Dirk Mouw, editors This volume explores the lives and careers of fourteen Dutch Reformed ministers over the course of 250 years, thereby illuminating European and American colonial society at large. Based on primary sources, the book s fourteen essays humanize and contextualize these movers and shakers who served not only as religious leaders and cultural mediators in colonial communities but also as important connective tissue in the Dutch Atlantic world. A fascinating gallery of men wrestling with their Christian mission. They come alive with all their strengths and weaknesses in these biographical essays that reveal how they contributed to the religious culture of North America as agents of different Dutch Reformed heritages. Fred van Lieburg Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Finally we have a book with succinct interpretive biographical sketches of the long-forgotten Dutch Reformed clerics who shaped the religious culture of colonial New York and New Jersey, each written by an internationally renowned scholar.... An invaluable resource. Robert P. Swierenga A. C. Van Raalte Institute, Hope College Leon van den Broeke is assistant professor of religion, law, and society/church polity at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hans Krabbendam is assistant director of the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg, the Netherlands. Dirk Mouw is a fellow of the Reformed Church Center at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Jersey / paperback / 359 pages $35.00 [ 23.99] / Available Studies in the History of Christian Missions Robert Eric Frykenberg and Brian Stanley, series editors The Conversion of the Māori Years of Religious and Social Change, Timothy Yates The Conversion of the Māori is the latest volume in the Studies in the History of Christian Missions series, which explores the significant, yet often contested, impact of Christian missions around the world. Timothy Yates uncovers the history of missions among the Māori people of New Zealand in the mid-1800s. After a description of the anthropological background of precontact Māori society, the book examines the first introduction of Christian mission by Samuel Marsden and the establishment of a Church Missionary Society base in Yates proceeds to chart the change in society and religion over the course of nearly thirty years in detail, showing the developing history of the conversion process. Based on extensive archival research, this study shows how an uncomprehending collection of Māori who heard Marsden s first sermon became 40,000 members of Christian Missionary Society churches alone by the 1840s, with Methodist and Marist adherents besides. By 1842 the newly arrived Anglican Bishop, G. A. Selwyn, regarded the whole Māori people as converted. The book ends with an extended treatment of conversion, both as a general phenomenon and in relation to the Māori. In this book Timothy Yates throws fresh light on an important, but little known, part of Christian mission history. His work is to be warmly welcomed. Charles W. Forman Yale Divinity School Timothy Yates is Canon Emeritus of Derby Cathedral and an Honorary Fellow of St. John s College, Durham, England. His other books include The Expansion of Christianity and Christian Mission in the Twentieth Century. H I S T O R Y / paperback / 168 pages $30.00 [ 19.99] / August toll free Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 27

30 B I O G R A P H Y Library of Religious Biography Mark A. Noll, Nathan O. Hatch, and Allen C. Guelzo, series editors Abraham Kuyper Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat James D. Bratt Foreword by Mark A. Noll At last! This is what many of us have been waiting for a careful, detailed, and highly readable (!) biography of Kuyper in all of his human complexity. Jim Bratt has given us the comprehensive study of Father Abraham that will serve English speakers for years to come. Richard J. Mouw Fuller Theological Seminary Abraham Kuyper was such a titanic figure in the Netherlands during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, such a volcano of prodigious energy and imagination in so many areas of life, that I have long assumed that his genius would elude capture by any biographer. James Bratt s biography, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat, proves that I was mistaken. This is Kuyper not always likable, but always astounding. And it s a page-turner besides. Nicholas Wolterstorff Yale University James Bratt has written what can only be called the definitive biography of Abraham Kuyper. With engrossing scholarship and style, Bratt provides indispensable reading for anyone interested in postindustrial Christian social thought.... Will undoubtedly become a classic. Anthony B. Bradley The King s College, New York City Bratt has done a marvelous job of setting Kuyper s multifaceted interests, activities, and ideas in their historical contexts. With wit and insight Bratt depicts Kuyper not only as a great man but also as a real person of his times, complete with faults and blind spots that Calvinists recognize as inevitable even among their saints. George Marsden University of Notre Dame James D. Bratt is an award-winning professor of history at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. His other books include Dutch Calvinism in Modern America and Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader. Abraham Kuyper A Pictorial Biography Jan de Bruijn Translated by Dagmare Houniet Among historians there is little disagreement about the significance of the Dutch statesman and theologian Abraham Kuyper ( ). Apart from his contributions in ecclesiastical and theological matters, as a political reformer and Christian social thinker he is one of the founders of the modern political order as it exists in the Netherlands today. Discussions about Kuyper, though, have mostly centered on his worldview, with little said about his context and personal life. Despite his remarkable achievements, he was in many ways a torn and troubled person, who did not live easily and experienced periods of deep depression. The visionary but polemical Kuyper had a very complex personality, built up out of different layers and often mutually opposing tendencies, desires, and feelings. His strong faith manifested itself as a mystical desire on the one hand and, on the other hand, as an unremitting, almost compulsive desire for work and devotion to realizing his ideals. Jan de Bruijn s Abraham Kuyper: A Pictorial Biography offers a beautiful, complete portrait of the life and work of this remarkable man. Nearly four hundred full-color illustrations with extended explanatory captions make up the book. Readers will see political cartoons, family photos, posters, pictures of important places in Kuyper s life, and more even Kuyper enthusiasts are sure to find something new! Never before has there been a book that illustrates Kuyper s life to such a great extent / paperback / 483 pages / 33 B&W illustrations / $30.00 [ 19.99] / Available Jan de Bruijn is professor of political history at the Free University of Amsterdam. He has also written several other works on Abraham Kuyper and Dutch Protestantism / hardcover / 400 pages 389 photos / $40.00 [ 26.99] / August 28 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. toll free

31 Young Jerry Ford Athlete and Citizen Hendrik Booraem V Rare has been the president whose life blended the individual drive that propels one to high office with the social responsibility of being an exemplary person. Gerald R. Ford ( ) was one of those rare men. In this biography Hendrik Booraem traces the early life of Gerald Ford in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to his high school graduation in 1931, showing how he developed the outlook and ideals that he brought to the White House. Ford s childhood offers telling glimpses of family and school, sports and recreation, and Western Michigan life in the Jazz Age and the Depression. Amply illustrated with photos from the 1920s and 30s and based in part on interviews with Ford s friends and classmates, Young Jerry Ford shows the 38th President of the United States in a new and colorful light. A wonderful early life portrait of my dad growing up in West Michigan during the 1920s. All of the colorful stories and more that Dad told around our dinner table are here. No doubt Grand Rapids put its stamp on the future president that helped shape him to have the character to lead and heal our nation during a unique time in its history. This book is a great read. Steve Ford This is a delightful book on the youthful years of Gerald R. Ford, as straightforward as the later president of the United States himself. Robert H. Ferrell University of Indiana A tale to inspire all would-be presidents, put together with consummate skill and meticulous research. No biographer builds a better picture of young presidents than Hendrik Booraem. Amity Shlaes author of Coolidge Summoned from the Margin Homecoming of an African Lamin Sanneh Foreword by Kalefa Sanneh At once brave, lyrical, and profoundly moving, this book traces the life of one of the world s great scholars. Lamin Sanneh illuminates the contours of an African childhood, the relationship between Islam and Christianity, and the ongoing challenges of bridging racial and cultural differences. This powerful memoir is both a timely commentary on issues in world Christianity and a timeless masterpiece of the human spirit. Dana L. Robert Boston University A riveting modern-day Pilgrim s Progress by a leading world Christian intellectual eloquent but not verbose, profound but not obscure, lucid but not clichéd. Rare is the memoir that engages its reader from beginning to end. Lamin Sanneh s is one of those. Jonathan J. Bonk Overseas Ministries Study Center Lamin Sanneh s autobiography is moving, humble, and very thought-provoking. A convert to Christianity from Islam and now a leading missiologist at Yale, Sanneh speaks simply from a rich and sensitive Christian faith.... He has the rare quality of a top academic as well as a humane and spiritually discerning communicator. Gavin D Costa University of Bristol I ve always found Lamin Sanneh one of the very best analysts of contemporary Christianity worldwide, but my admiration for him grows still more when I read this disarmingly honest and instructive autobiography. Read it if you want to learn not just about Lamin Sanneh himself, or world Christianity, but about West Africa, Islamic-Christian relations, the process of religious conversion, and a host of other matters. Or just enjoy a really well-written autobiography! Philip Jenkins Baylor University Dissident for Life Alexander Ogorodnikov and the Struggle for Religious Freedom in Russia Koenraad De Wolf Foreword by David Alton This gripping book tells the largely unknown story of longtime Russian dissident Alexander Ogorodnikov from Communist youth to religious dissident, in the Gulag and back again. Ogorodnikov s courage has touched people from every walk of life, including world leaders such as Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher. Alexander Ogorodnikov s life story is far from over, but it testifies to a rare courage and sacrifice. It is our duty to tell it to all generations. Lord David Alton (from foreword) former member of British Parliament A terrific book about a remarkable man.... Ogorodnikov is one of the most courageous of the Soviet dissidents. His extraordinary life is testimony to the way faith can emerge and grow even in the most difficult circumstances. Philip Boobbyer University of Kent Simply one of the most inspiring biographies I have ever read. If you want to know what it takes to be a modern-day saint in Russia, read this story. Your life will never be the same. Perry L. Glanzer Baylor University Who would have thought that heroes moral and spiritual heroes still exist in our world? But from the 1970s Alexander Ogorodnikov has been such a hero, first as a dissident battling the anti-human Soviet state and then as a crusader for religious and social rights in post-communist Russia. Some men are born to sacrifice their personal happiness for the common good. Ogorodnikov is such a man. Boris Jakim translator of Dostoevsky s Notes from the House of the Dead B I O G R A P H Y Hendrik Booraem V is a social and political historian who has made studying the early lives of American presidents a lifelong specialty. Among the other presidents he has written books about are Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, James A. Garfield, and Calvin Coolidge / paperback / 151 pages 63 photos / $14.00 [ 8.99] / June Lamin Sanneh is D. Willis James Professor of World Christianity at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. His previous books include Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity and Whose Religion Is Christianity? / paperback / 299 pages $24.00 [ 16.99] / Available Koenraad De Wolf is the author of many books and articles on various facets of history and art history. 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32 S P I R I T U A L I T Y Finding God A Treasury of Conversion Stories John M. Mulder, editor Newly revised and expanded, this book contains sixty inspiring stories of life-changing conversions throughout history, from the apostle Paul to Sojourner Truth to Bono. For years, I have used these conversion accounts both as a source of meditation and as a resource for instruction. John Mulder s judicious expansion of the earlier volume makes this collection even more valuable than before. Randall Balmer author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America What wonderful testimonies to conversion, to God s meeting people where they are and turning what they already have toward Jesus Christ. This book shows some remarkable people searching for and finding God, but it is at least as much about God s finding them and drawing them in. The best thing about this expanded edition is that it includes more accounts from the global South and East. Those contexts are quite different, but the Savior s voice and touch reach people in those regions in ways that make our hearts burn with recognition here. Joel Carpenter author of Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism Finding God contains powerful narratives that will be of value not only to people of faith but also to social scientists like me whose research interests come again and again to questions about conversion, why it happens, and what it means. Mulder s own story, courageously included here as an afterword, is especially to be treasured. Robert Wuthnow author of After Heaven: Spirituality in America since the 1950s Holy Days Meditations on the Feasts, Fasts, and Other Solemnities of the Church Pope Benedict XVI Edited and annotated by Jean-Michel Coulet Introduction and annotations translated by David C. Schindler According to Pope Benedict XVI, the liturgical year is a great voyage of faith on which the Church sets us out. The feast days in the Church s liturgical calendar follow the major events of Jesus life as recounted in the Gospels. This cycle gives a rhythm to the life of the Church and helps Christians better understand the divine mystery. Especially in our secularized society, liturgical practices guide and deepen our path, centering our focus on Christ and teaching us how to live. Beginning with Advent and concluding with the feast of Christ the King, Pope Benedict s Holy Days presents excerpts from selected homilies that he has given over the course of the liturgical year in Rome. The book is organized by season and feast days, with brief introductions. This short volume is ideal for priests and parishioners seeking to focus their minds in preparation for worship. 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34 Index [? indicates a new title, one appearing for the first time in any Eerdmans academic catalog] Bauckham et al Old Testament Pseudepigrapha 2? Bauer Arts Ministry (cicw) 24? Dunn The Oral Gospel Tradition 1? Fearon Straining at the Oars 18 Matera God s Saving Grace 12? McCormack & White Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth 11? Shortt Christianophobia 25 Spencer Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows 3 Benedict XVI Holy Days 30 Benedict XVI Joseph Ratzinger in Communio (rrrct) 14 Frolov Judges (fotl) 8? Graham The Kuyper Center Review, volume 3 22 Meilaender Should We Live Forever? 21 Mulder Finding God 30 Studebaker From Pentecost to the Triune God (pm) 15 Swinton Dementia 19 Bexell The Meaning of Christian Liturgy 23 Black The Disciples according to Mark 4? Blenkinsopp David Remembered 2? Bolt et al. The J. H. Bavinck Reader 25? Booraem Young Jerry Ford 29 Bratt Abraham Kuyper (lrb) 28 Brownson Bible, Gender, Sexuality 21 Bulgakov Unfading Light 14 Burns Romans (cb) 10? Burt Blessings of the Burden 22 Campbell The Deliverance of God 5 Charlesworth Jesus Research 4 Charlesworth The Tomb of Jesus and His Family? 4 Collins & Harlow Early Judaism 1? Crump Encountering Jesus, Encountering Scripture 17? de Bruijn Abraham Kuyper 28 De Wolf Dissident for Life 29? Granberg-Michaelson From Times Square to Timbuktu 25 Greidanus Preaching Christ from Daniel 24 Gushee The Sacredness of Human Life 20 Harvey Is Scripture Still Holy? 6 Heltzel Resurrection City (pc) 15 Horsley The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel 3 Hotz & Mathews Dust and Breath 19 Hütter Dust Bound for Heaven 11 Jonson Wounded Visions 23? Kärkkäinen Christ and Reconciliation 13 Kilby Balthasar (ints) 14? Laman Pioneers to Partners (hsrca) 27? Levy et al The Letter to the Romans (bmt) 10 Lints Renewing the Evangelical Mission 13 Llewelyn et al New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 6 Locklin Liturgy of Liberation (ccnst) 7? O Donovan Self, World, and Time 20? Perry & Kendall The Blessed Virgin Mary (gt) 11 Peterson Spiritual Theology series (5 volumes) 30 Pilch A Cultural Handbook to the Bible 7? Porter & Malcolm Horizons in Hermeneutics 5? Przywara Analogia Entis (rrrct) 16 Rivera Liberty to the Captives 19? Robbins Who Do People Say I Am? 3? Roeber Hopes for Better Spouses (euslr) 26? Rusch The Witness of Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch 23? Ruth Longing for Jesus (caw) 24 Sanneh Summoned from the Margin 29 Scharen Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethnography (see) 15? Schindler The Catholicity of Reason (rrrct) 16 Schmidt & Stickney Words 31 Acceptable? Thiselton The Holy Spirit In Biblical Teaching, through the Centuries, and Today 13 Tsedaka The Israelite Samaritan Version of the Torah 6? van den Broeke et al Transatlantic Pieties (hsrca) 27 Volf Do We Worship the Same God? 26 Wall 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus (thntc) 10? Waltke The Dance between God and Humanity 2? Ward & Trobisch Bringing the Word to Life 17? Watson Gospel Writing 1 Webb The Book of Judges (nicot) 8? Wells Learning to Dream Again 17 Witherington The Rest of Life 18? Yates The Conversion of the Māori (shcm) 27? Dostoevsky Notes from the House of the Dead 31? Dreier Created and Led by the Spirit (mcs) 18 Martin Will Many Be Saved? 12? Marty & Brauer The Unrelieved Paradox 12 Schottroff & Wacker Feminist Biblical Interpretation 7 Seow Job 1 21 (illum) 9 Note: For up-to-date information on any and all Eerdmans books, visit

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