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October 2020 Edition 12.1
Reviews October 2020 Editon 12.1 s ’ IN THIS ISSUE: • Robert W. Jensen: The Triune Story • Helen Paynter: God of Violence Yesterday—God of Love Today? • Paul S. Fiddes, Brian Haymes, Richard L. Kidd: Communion, Covenant and Creatvity and many more... Regent Editorial ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Neil Messer, Theological Neuroethics: Christian Ethics Meets the Science of the Human Brain (T&T Clark, 2017) ................................................................................................... 5 John Frederick and Eric Lewellen (eds.), The HTML of Cruciform Love: Toward a Theology of the Internet (Pickwick, 2019) ................................................................................ 6 Ryan M. McGraw, Reformed Scholasticism: Recovering the Tools of Reformed Theology (T & T Clark, 2019), 213pp. ......................................................................................... 7 Mark Scarlata, The Abiding Presence: A Theological Commentary on Exodus (SCM, 2018) ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Sara M. Koenig, Bathsheba Survives (SCM, 2019) .................................................................. 9 Helen Paynter, God of Violence Yesterday – God of Love Today? Wrestling Honestly with the Old Testament (BRF, 2019) ....................................................................................... -
Creation and God As One, Creator, and Trinity in Early Theology Through Augustine and Its Theological Fruitfulness in the 21St Century
Creation and God as One, Creator, and Trinity in Early Theology through Augustine and Its Theological Fruitfulness in the 21st Century Submitted by Jane Ellingwood to the University of Exeter as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology in September 2015 This dissertation is available for Library use on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the dissertation may be published without proper acknowledgement. I certify that all material in this dissertation which is not my own work has been identified and that no material has previously been submitted and approved for the award of a degree by this or any other University. Signature: _________Jane Ellingwood _________________________ 2 Abstract My primary argument in this thesis is that creation theologies significantly influenced early developments in the doctrine of the Trinity, especially in Augustine of Hippo’s theology. Thus this is a work of historical theology, but I conclude with proposals for how Augustine’s theologies of creation and the Trinity can be read fruitfully with modern theology. I critically analyse developments in trinitarian theologies in light of ideas that were held about creation. These include the doctrine of creation ‘out of nothing’ and ideas about other creative acts (e.g., forming or fashioning things). Irenaeus and other early theologians posited roles for God (the Father), the Word / Son, the Spirit, or Wisdom in creative acts without working out formal views on economic trinitarian acts. During the fourth century trinitarian controversies, creation ‘out of nothing’ and ideas about ‘modes of origin’ influenced thinking on consubstantiality and relations within the Trinity. -
Jason Byassee, Vancouver School of Theology Th 6/780 Contemporary Trinitarian Thought Fall 2021, Tuesday Mornings 9 AM-12
Jason Byassee, Vancouver School of Theology Th 6/780 Contemporary Trinitarian Thought Fall 2021, Tuesday mornings 9 AM-12. The 20th century saw a remarkable revival of a doctrine once considered dead and deadly: the doctrine of the Trinity. This revival was kicked off by Karl Barth and continues to this day as theologians produce work of remarkable creativity and practitioners do likewise. This course will focus on the doctrine of the Trinity in both contemporary and classical exposition, since the former cannot be understood without the latter. Students will study one classical interpreter, such as Tertullian, Augustine, the Cappadocians, Julian, Karl Barth, Karl Rahner, Sarah Coakley, Sallie McFague (note: classical doesn’t have to mean dead!). You will present your findings on this figure in class. Students will also study a contemporary expositor of the doctrine, such as Richard Rohr, Cynthia Bourgeault, Miroslav Volf, John Zizioulas (like the first list this one could expand infinitely). These folks do something unique with the doctrine—trying to emphasize how it shapes our view of humanity, society, spirituality, politics, gender, or nearly any other created thing of your choice. We will also each read the material for class which reflects both classical and contemporary approaches. Students will take turns leading off discussion for the day. Students will conclude the course with an appropriate project to demonstrate what they have learned—an academic paper perhaps of some 15 or so pages, a series of sermons, a catechetical exercise, plans for a political gathering—the possibilities are nearly endless. Please clear your plans with the instructor first. -
2020-CV-Sonderegger.Pdf
CURRICULUM VITAE Katherine Sonderegger Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology Virginia Theological Seminary 3737 Seminary Rd. Alexandria, Va. 22304 703 461 1746 [email protected] Education: Brown University, Department of Religious Studies; PhD 1990 Western Religious Thought Dissertation: Karl Barth's Dogmatic Interpretation of Israel Wendell S. Dietrich, advisor Yale University Divinity School; M.Div (Biblical Studies) 1976; STM (Theology)1984 Smith College; AB, 1972 Medieval Studies Professional Experience: Virginia Theological Seminary Professor of Theology, 2002- Named William Meade Professor, 2014, Distinguished Professor, 2020. Middlebury College Department of Religion Visiting Instructor, 1987-90 Assistant Professor, 1990-93 Associate Professor, 1993-98 Professor, 1998-2002 Bangor Theological Seminary Hanover, NH Instructor in Theology, 1993-96 Chaplain Intern, Yale New-Haven Hospital, New Haven, Ct. 1980-82 Minister of Education, United Church of Christ, Milford, Ct., 1976-78 Ordained, United Church of Christ, 1977; Confirmed in the Episcopal Church, 1993; Ordained Deacon and Priest, 2000. Resident in the Diocese of Virginia. Administrative Experience and Institutional Service: Virginia Theological Seminary: Faculty Representative to Trustees Admissions Committee Curriculum Committee Library Committee Book Review Editor, Virginia Seminary Journal, 2007-09 Masters Committee Worship Committee Faculty Representative, Buildings and Grounds Seminary Representative to the Anglican Theological Review Middlebury College: Appeals -
Reflections on Thomas F. Torrance's Theological Science
FEATURE ARTICLE A MANIFESTO FOR INTELLECTUAL ENGAGEMENT: Reflections on Thomas F. Torrance’s Theological Science (1969) Alister E. McGrath, DPhil, DD, DLitt, FRSA Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion University of Oxford [email protected] This lecture was given to the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship at the 2016 meeting of the American Academy of Religion. It focuses on my own multiple readings of one of Torrance’s best-known works, Theological Science (1969), exploring its strategy for encouraging and informing intellectual engagement between theology and other disciplines, most notably the natural sciences. The lecture locates Theological Science within the context of Torrance’s overall theological project, and considers its distinct approach to theological rationality and its wider implications. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me begin by expressing my delight at being able to honour the memory of Tom Torrance in this way. There is no doubt in my mind that Torrance is one of the most interesting and engaging British theologians of the 20th century, and it is quite likely that he’ll be one of the relatively few such theologians to find a readership in the next generation. Nobody really understands the mechanisms and factors governing the reception of the theological past. We can certainly try to make sense of why some writers continue to be read today where others have been discarded and forgotten. But we cannot predict whom the future will value and remember. Nevertheless, it seems to me that a core criterion is that a writer must continue to be useful; that is to say, a future generation must find a theological writer to engage meaningful questions in a manner and with a quality that seem to outshine more recent alternatives. -
Enjoying God and Neighbor: Cultivating Desire for the Presence of the Other
Please HONOR the copyright of these documents by not retransmitting or making any additional copies in any form (Except for private personal use). We appreciate your respectful cooperation. ___________________________ Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) P.O. Box 30183 Portland, Oregon 97294 USA Website: www.tren.com E-mail: [email protected] Phone# 1-800-334-8736 ___________________________ ATTENTION CATALOGING LIBRARIANS TREN ID# Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) MARC Record # Digital Object Identification DOI # Ministry Focus Paper Approval Sheet This ministry focus paper entitled ENJOYING GOD AND NEIGHBOR: CULTIVATING DESIRE FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE OTHER Written by JOSEPH STANLEY WILSON and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Ministry has been accepted by the Faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary upon the recommendation of the undersigned readers: _____________________________________ Alan J. Roxburgh _____________________________________ Kurt Fredrickson Date Received: April 30, 2015 ENJOYING GOD AND NEIGHBOR: CULTIVATING DESIRE FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE OTHER A MINISTRY FOCUS PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR OF MINISTRY BY JOSEPH STANLEY WILSON MARCH 2015 ABSTRACT Enjoying God and Neighbor: Cultivating Desire for the Presence of the Other Joseph Stanley Wilson Doctor of Ministry School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary 2015 The goal of this study is to explore the cultivation and diffusion of new habits of engagement with neighbors through experimental actions and the introduction of four bodily practices: Lectio Divina, daily prayer, weekly Eucharist, and inhabiting a third place. It is argued that the introduction of bodily practices within a praxis form of theological reflection can alter the habitual engagement of a church with its neighbors. -
On the Triune God and the Christian Moral Life
Scriptura 79 (2002), pp. 93-103 THE GIFT OF PARTICIPATION: ON THE TRIUNE GOD AND THE CHRISTIAN MORAL LIFE Robert Vosloo University of the Western Cape Abstract This paper argues for an affirmation as well as a qualification of a relational understanding of the Trinity through the notion of participation. This suggests that the “analogy” between the Trinity and the Christian moral life is not merely about correspondence that requires imitation, or about the funding of the moral imagination with metaphors, images and stories, but about participation in the Triune life. This claim is developed mainly in conversation with two recent studies in trinitarian theology, namely These Three Are One by David Cunningham and Participating in God by Paul Fiddes. The paper also argues that participation in the Triune life is a participation through the Spirit. Without such a pneumatological focus – without the gift of the Spirit – the moral life is robbed of the resources that enable a life of freedom, responsibility, generous hospitality and joy. Participation is, however, not a vague “spiritual” notion, because the participation in the Triune life through the Spirit is a participation in Christ. This participation is, as suggested by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a participation in reality. It is a participation in life. 1. The promise of trinitarian theology for rethinking the Christian moral life There has been a remarkable renaissance or revival in trinitarian studies over the last few decades. It is not the intention in this paper to trace the genesis of this development or to highlight possible reasons for this revival, but rather to call attention to the promise and problems of relating the doctrine of the Trinity to the Christian moral life. -
The Pacific Journal
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by ZENODO Pacific Journal of Baptist Research 2 EDITORIAL ANDY GOODLIFF Belle Vue Baptist Church Southend-on-Sea, England It is a privilege to be asked to write this brief editorial that seeks to highlight that this edition of the journal honours the contribution of Professor Paul Fiddes to Baptist life and theology. Three articles serve to engage with important areas of Professor Fiddes’ theology. Frank Rees offers a response to Fiddes’ (relatively) early work on atonement, Past Event and Present Salvation. Chris Tilling puts Fiddes’ work on the doctrine of the Trinity into conversation with the recent work of Wesley Hill on (the apostle) Paul and the Trinity. Finally, Andrew Picard picks up Fiddes’ work on covenant in the context of Baptists in Aotearoa New Zealand. If you visit Regent’s Park College in Oxford at the moment you will find down one corridor a set of photographs taken of the college faculty and students from the early 1970s up to the present day. Apart from noticing the growth in the size of the student body in the last forty years, the other thing you will see in every photo, save one, is Paul Fiddes.1 Here is an opportunity to see Paul age before your eyes (!), as through the years he has moved from being a Research Fellow, a Tutor, the Principal to his current role as Research Professor. It is a visual reminder that Paul has been at the heart of the life of Regent’s Park College from 1972. -
Full List of Publications
Paul S. Fiddes Publications I. Books Monographs 1. The Creative Suffering of God (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988). 2. Past Event and Present Salvation: the Christian Idea of Atonement (London: Darton, Longman and Todd/ Westminster Press 1989). 3. Freedom and Limit: A Dialogue between Literature and Christian Doctrine (Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1991; repr. Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 1999). 4. The Promised End. Eschatology in Theology and Literature (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000). 5. Participating in God. A Pastoral Doctrine of the Trinity (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2000). 6. Tracks and Traces. Baptist Identity in Church and Theology (Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2003). 7. Seeing the World and Knowing God. Hebrew Wisdom and Christian Doctrine in a Late-Modern Context (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). 8. Shakespeare and Religion. Studies in Modernism 7 (Tbilisi: Ilia University Press, 2015). In Georgian. Edited volumes 1. Edited: Reflections on the Water. Understanding God and the World through the Baptism of Believers (Macon GA: Smyth & Helwys Press, 1996). 2. Edited: (with E. Brandt & J. Molthagen), Gemeinschaft am Evangelium. Festschrift für Wiard Popkes (Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt,1996). 3. Edited: (with W. H. Brackney & John H.Y. Briggs), Pilgrim Pathways. Essays in Baptist History in Honour of B.R. White (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1999). 4. Edited: Doing Theology in a Baptist Way (Oxford: Whitley Publications, 2000) 5. Edited: The Novel, Spirituality and Modern Culture. Eight Novelists Write about their Craft and their Context (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2000). 6. Edited: Faith in the Centre. Christianity and Culture (Macon GA: Smyth & Helwys Press, 2001). 7. Edited with Anthony J. -
John Bainbridge Webster MA, Phd (Cantab.), DD Hc (Aberdeen) 20 June 1955 – 25 May 2016 One of the Most Distinguished Anglican Theologians of His Generation, the Revd
1 John Bainbridge Webster MA, PhD (Cantab.), DD hc (Aberdeen) 20 June 1955 – 25 May 2016 One of the most distinguished Anglican theologians of his generation, The Revd. Canon Professor John Webster served both church and academy internationally, and played a substantial role in the revitalization of the discipline of systematic theology. Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, he was brought up in West Yorkshire. Educated at Bradford Grammar School, he specialized in languages and literature, going up to Clare College, Cambridge as an Open Scholar in 1974. He read English initially but switched to Theology at the end of his first year. An outstanding student, he graduated with a First and the Burney Prize and proceeded to PhD study at Clare as Beck Exhibitioner. His doctoral research was on the demanding work of the German theologian, Eberhard Jüngel (b. 1934), whose repertoire, then little known in Britain, traversed New Testament studies, systematic theology, ethics, and the history of philosophy, with major debts to existentialist Lutheranism as well as to the work of the great Swiss theologian Karl Barth. Through Jüngel Webster moved on to extensive critical and constructive interpretation of Barth himself, becoming one of Barth’s foremost analysts in English. But it was as a theological thinker in his own right that Webster would shine. After Cambridge, he held a one-year research fellowship at the University of Sheffield before being appointed in 1982 to his first teaching position at St John’s College, Durham. Ordained priest in the Church of England in 1984, he served an assistant curacy in County Durham and as Chaplain at St John’s. -
Introduction
INTRODUCTION During the latter part of the 20th century and early into the 21st century, Colin E. Gunton (1941–2003) was an important voice in the contempo- rary theological dialogue, especially in the area of trinitarian studies. He has been heralded as a key figure in the “renewal of systematic theology in Britain” and is credited with contributions that led to a resurgence of trinitarian theology in both Britain and the United States.1 Gunton’s most well-known and discussed aspects of his work revolve around his concep- tion of the Trinity and how the Trinity acts as a hermeneutical key that shapes the content and nature of theology. While Gunton is well known for his work on the doctrine of the Trinity, he has also crafted a trinitarian account of the doctrine of creation that is, according to Alan Spence, “a rich and complex body of constructive theology.”2 John Webster notes that, “along with T.F. Torrance, Gunton is one of the few theologians in Barth’s tradition to devote serious thought to the theological description of the created order.”3 Even though there is agreement that Gunton’s doctrine of creation is a significant aspect of his work, there remains relatively little research available on his constructive views of creation. Furthermore, no full-scale study has attempted to expli- cate his doctrine of creation and locate the significance of the doctrine of creation within the wider spectrum of his theology. This volume proposes a reading of Gunton’s work that takes his theolog- ical description of creation as an integral aspect of Gunton’s theology, and argues that his doctrine of the Trinity cannot be read in abstraction from his doctrine of creation. -
Bound Together in the Liberty of Christ: Renewing Baptist Collaboration in Mission
Durham E-Theses Bound together in the liberty of Christ: Renewing Baptist collaboration in mission. CLAYDON, JOHN,RICHARD How to cite: CLAYDON, JOHN,RICHARD (2013) Bound together in the liberty of Christ: Renewing Baptist collaboration in mission. , Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9420/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 Bound together in the liberty of Christ: Renewing Baptist collaboration in mission. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Theology and Ministry in Durham University Department of Theology and Religion By John Richard Claydon 2013 1 Abstract Bound together in the liberty of Christ: Renewing Baptist collaboration in mission. By John Richard Claydon Baptists are a historic mainstream Christian denomination whose origins are found in the Radical Reformation expressed in the English Separatists and the Anabaptists.