2025-2026 Catalog Baylor University Press

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Under the Olive Tree

Palestinian Christian Theology from the 1980s to the Present

Maayan Karen Raveh

Under the lived realities of occupation and struggle, Palestinian theologians attempt to construct their nationalpolitical identity in response to three groups: the Palestinian people, the global Christian community, and Western Christianity’s view of Judaism. In Under the Olive Tree, Maayan Raveh offers a glimpse into the heart of Palestinian Christian Theology and its contribution to the struggle against oppression. Raveh analyzes the writings of indigenous pastor-theologians from a range of Protestant and Catholic denominations, exploring how Palestinian theologians invoke the concept of “witness” both as a theological reflection of suffering—echoing Christ’s own passion—and as a historical presence: a community that has lived continuously in the land where Jesus was born, lived, and died, bearing witness not only through faith but also through place and memory.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2371-0

$39.99 | Paperback

240 pages

6 x 9

October 2025

ISBN 978-1-4813-2370-3

$64.99 | Hardback

240 pages 6 x 9

October 2025

MAAYAN KAREN RAVEH is the Academic Director at the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel.

“Raveh’s book fills a gap in the realm of studies exploring the complex interplay between theology, identity, and politics within the Palestinian-Christian community. Theologians, historians and cultural theorists will find this book provocative and challenging.”

—GAVIN D’COSTA, University of Bristol

“This thought-provoking book delineates the interplay between theology and politics, between the local and the global. Its findings highlight the impact of Palestinian Christian theologians on Christian thought by infusing it with a critical approach, denouncing Israel’s policies in the occupied territories and turning the vision of the Promised Land into a universal promise to humankind. Hence the book enriches both our understanding of Christian-Jewish relations and of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

—MEIR HATINA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

God’s Adversary and Ours

A Brief Theology of the Devil

Philip G. Ziegler

The devil, styled by Calvin as “God’s adversary and ours,” is ubiquitous in the witness of the New Testament. Yet contemporary Christian doctrine generally remains dumbfounded about what to do with him. At the same time, our present is marked by a resurgence in the language of the “demonic,” that is, invocation of pervasive, radical, and perhaps personified evil. In light of this perplexity, Philip G. Ziegler asks pointedly: Can the gospel actually be heard and understood without meaningful reference to this inimical entity?

Ziegler presents certain motivations we might have for revisiting the concept of the diabolical as a first step toward a Reformed doctrine of the infernal. Starting with an exhumation of the origins of our religious and cultural reticence about the devil, this study ventures a new diabology grounded in the witness of the Gospels. The identity and activities of the devil are discerned concretely in their manifold contradiction of Christ as the “Way, the Truth, and the Life.” The ensuing portrait of the devil yields revisionary consequences for both theology and our conception of faithful living.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2413-7 / $24.99 / Hardback / 150 pages / 5.5 x 8.5 / November 2025

Through a historical sketch of received approaches to the devil in Western Christian tradition, God’s Adversary and Ours uncoils the default dogmatic architecture of diabology and reflects upon the surrounding doctrines that position, shape, and constrain its treatment. Ziegler leads us on a cautious but determined biblicaltheological exploration of the identity, ontology, and agency of “that old serpent,” the Enemy, whose image becomes most discernible and salient in direct contact with the person and work of the Savior. Fixing attention upon the figure of the devil in a soteriological context confronts us with what the devil does; what the devil might be trails behind. Treating diabolical temptation, demonic possession, and devilish falsehood in turn, Ziegler demonstrates what resistance to—and faithful disbelief of—these three aspects of the devil’s business might mean for the shape of a Christian life.

PHILIP G. ZIEGLER is Professor of Christian Dogmatics at the University of Aberdeen.

Dual cover edition! When ordered, cover color will be randomly assigned.

“In these pages Philip Ziegler discloses the necessity of taking the devil seriously in any account of salvation. His proposal is as well-informed by the Gospels and the theological tradition as it is urgently needed. God’s Adversary and Ours is a major contribution.”

—BEVERLY ROBERTS GAVENTA, Princeton Theological Seminary

“In this little but impactful book, Phil Ziegler continues his trailblazing into a salient contemporary dogmatics of the apocalyptic gospel. He does so by daring to articulate an urgently needed but also carefully nuanced doctrine of the foe of God.”

—PAUL R. HINLICKY, Institute of Lutheran Theology

“As a vital ‘ontological metaphor,’ discourse about the diabolic cannot be avoided, Ziegler argues, if we are to sustain an adequate account of redemption, sin, and evil. This is likely to prove the most important work on the subject in a long time.”

—DAVID FERGUSSON, University of Cambridge

“This book is a fine example of the creative power of systematic theological thinking. It is a must-read for all who are interested in the power of evil—and Christ’s victory over it.”

—ARNOLD HUIJGEN, Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands

ISBN 978-1-4813-2171-6

$49.99 | Hardback

277 pages

5.5 x 8.5

August 2025

A Post-Christendom Faith, Volume 2

Tradition Awakening

Philip A. Rolnick

In Tradition Awakening, volume 2 of A Post-Christendom Faith, Philip Rolnick presents an innovative account of tradition as a countercultural remedy to contemporary deracination. Where the historical roots of current problems were addressed in volume 1, this volume is an in-depth development of the solution—the still-untapped possibilities of tradition. Because the church is the intergenerational messenger of the gospel, it must take the form of tradition. But in contrast to a stodgy “traditionalism,” Rolnick elaborates a dynamic interaction of “dwelling in and breaking out.” Rolnick presents the church as both an enclave and an outpost: an enclave where the gospel is learned and Christ is experienced; and an outpost for evangelism. Rolnick then explores the interrelationship between the gospel in the greater church and the “domestic church,” the human family.

PHILIP A. ROLNICK is Professor of Theology and Chair of the Science and Theology Network at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.

“Accessible, incisive, courageous, cutting to the chase and calling a spade a spade, Rolnick’s middle volume of his projected trilogy is timely, illuminating, and ultimately healing.”

—REINHARD HUETTER, Duke University Divinity School

“Few understand the struggle of the Church in the modern world, and the massive intellectual challenges it has had to confront, better than Phil Rolnick. I can think of no work, past or present, that does a better job helping us to see the problems and respond to them with clarity and verve.”

—JOHN R. BETZ, University of Notre Dame

OTHER BOOKS IN THE TRILOGY:

(Volume 1) A Post-Christendom Faith: The Long Battle for the Human Soul

(Volume 3, forthcoming) A Post-Christendom Faith: Theology in the Wilderness

Madness, Theocracy, and Anarchism

Political and Cultural Reflections on the Church

Barry Harvey

Madness, Theocracy, and Anarchism contends that the church should refuse to mind its assigned place or restrict its attention to a delimited sphere of activity. Its mission is to cultivate a new and distinct society to act both amidst the old and as a contrast to it, displaying the form of social life intended for all humankind in Christ. Barry Harvey examines those points where the church’s practice of politics directly challenges the many ways Christians have put national and tribal loyalties ahead of our inclusion in the pilgrim people of God, and those places where the social activities, structures, and imaginative tales animating the Western world in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries challenge the faithfulness of the Christian community.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2237-9

$54.99 | Hardback

334 pages

6 x 9

July 2025

“Christianity for Harvey is finding graceful freedom and mad joy amidst the long defeat that history seems to be. If Dietrich Bonhoeffer were alive today, this is the kind of theology and social analysis he would be writing.”

—WILLIAM T. CAVANAUGH, DePaul University

“The contents of this book are even more provocative than its title, and significantly more enriching to anyone who seeks a Christianity worth inhabiting.”

—MICHAEL L. BUDDE, DePaul University

ISBN 978-1-4813-2155-6 / $52.99 / Hardback / 200 pages / 6 x 9 / April 2026

Seeing, Knowing, Becoming Sense Perception

as Metaphor in Augustine

Amanda C. Knight

Augustine frequently appeals to the commonplace metaphor that the soul is an eye. Seeing, Knowing, Becoming contends that Augustine’s figurative language offers a holistic account of Augustine’s view of redemption, bringing together aspects of Augustine’s view of personal transformation, moral psychology, ontology, and epistemology. Tracing this schema not only yields an account of what Augustine thinks but also how he thinks. Amanda Knight presents this aspect of Augustine’s thought as an entry point for his understanding of the reformation of the soul, or “psychological” reformation.

AMANDA C. KNIGHT is adjunct instructor of Latin and religion at Longwood University.

“A ‘must read’ for anyone seriously interested in the life of mind and spirit in St. Augustine.”

—KEVIN CORRIGAN, Emory University

Restlessness and Belonging

Augustinian Wisdom for the Digital Empire Autumn Alcott Ridenour

In Restlessness and Belonging, Autumn Ridenour, appealing to Augustine, develops a moral vision to help us responsibly assess forms of technology. The act of loving God, self, neighbor, and creation toward ordered ends serves as an interpretive guide for using, designing, and limiting devices to their proper role. Augustine’s meditations on the beauty and interdependence of nature as well as the face of Christ lead us to reprioritize relational identity, moral agency, and belonging aimed at communion.

AUTUMN ALCOTT RIDENOUR is Mockler Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

“Combines analytic insight and profound moral and spiritual wisdom.”

—CHARLES MATHEWES, University of Virginia

ISBN 978-1-4813-1974-4 / $44.99 / Hardback / 312 pages / 6 x 9 / November 2025

Sabbath and Culture

A Theology for Humans in Tension

Abigail Woolley Cutter

Sabbath and Culture centers on two broad, related questions: Who are humans before God? and Who are humans within culture? Abigail Cutter resources the Sabbath tradition for a Christian ethic of culture. The Sabbath has multiple meanings for both Judaism and Christianity; with clarity and candor, Cutter offers a metaphysical-realist vision of how Christians can thoughtfully receive this essentially Jewish practice. The Sabbath, a gift from God, reveals God’s concern for justice and peace among all his creatures. What would it look like for us to heed this call and keep the Sabbath holy?

ABIGAIL WOOLLEY CUTTER is Assistant Professor of Theology at King University.

“A deeply encouraging and refreshing vision of the peaceable life.”

—EPHRAIM RADNER, Wycliffe College

ISBN 978-1-4813-2220-1 / $54.99 / Paperback / 253 pages / 6 x 9 / August 2025

ISBN 978-1-4813-2022-1 / $54.99 / Hardback / 238 pages / 5.5 x 8.5 / April 2026

Between Different Cultures

Essays in Conversation with Yang Huilin David Jasper and Zhang Jing (Cathy), editors

In celebration of Professor Yang Huilin’s scholarly contributions, Between Different Cultures presents a representative collection of the editorials Professor Yang has written for the journal he founded in 1999, the Journal for the Study of Christian Culture Each editorial, originally written in Chinese, is paired with an essay from a leading European or North American scholar whose work has connected with Yang Huilin. These essays illustrate the remarkable range of Professor Yang’s scholarship and his involvement with many of the most important issues in global cultural and theological debates over the past three decades.

DAVID JASPER is Professor Emeritus of Literature and Theology at the University of Glasgow and former Chang Jiang Visiting Professor at Renmin University.

ZHANG JING (CATHY) is Associate Researcher at the Institute for the Promotion of Chinese Language and Culture at Renmin University.

“A fitting and imaginative tribute to Yang Huilin.”

—DAVID FERGUSSON, University of Cambridge

ISBN 978-1-4813-2075-7

$39.99 | Paperback

260 pages

6 x 9

March 2026

Playing with Fire

Christian Poets Reflect on Faith and Practice

George David Clark and L. S. Klatt, editors

The writers of the essays in Playing with Fire explore the calling of the poet, personally and theoretically. Part testimony, part manifesto, each piece seeks to work out the implications and complications of vocational discipleship while offering provocative reflections on the state of the art. Situated in the contemporary scene, the book’s roster purposely features mid-career poets, many of whom are active in teaching and editing. They are risk-takers versed in formal innovation and attracted to the newer possibilities electrifying the field. At the same time, Playing with Fire engages the literary wisdom of the ages and extrapolates from it. This is a book for anyone interested in the intersections between faith and culture-making, guided by the belief that Christians can contribute something meaningful to the conversation about the motive and modus of poetry.

GEORGE DAVID CLARK is the author of Reveille and Newly Not Eternal, and winner of the Miller Williams Prize. He edits the journal 32 Poems and teaches creative writing at Washington & Jefferson College.

L. S. KLATT is the author of five collections of poetry, including Cloud of Ink, Interloper, and the recent Saint with a Peacock Voice, and the winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize and the Juniper Prize.

“Poems, personal stories, and threads of theory offer readers rich food for thought, incentives to return to beloved poets, introductions to new ones, and ample reason to rejoice.”

—MARILYN MCENTYRE, Author of Caring

for Words in a Culture of

Lies

“Wonderfully oblique, bringing their poetic verve to prose, these essays are moving testimonies (the first paragraph of George David Clark’s contribution made me weep). Wander in their words and rekindle–or find–a devotion to poetry.”

—JAMES K. A. SMITH, Calvin University

New Poems

Rainer Maria Rilke

Translated by John Greening

A century and a half after his birth, Rainer Maria Rilke remains woven into English-speaking culture in ways unexpected for a difficult modern poet, and especially one writing in German. Many readers will know individual titles from the two volumes of New Poems (Neue Gedichte), presented here in full. But the vast majority of these poems are little known in the English-speaking world. These poems look both inward and outward, and their variety is considerable—there are tour-de-force works as well as simple, quietly affective pieces.

In John Greening’s fresh, lively translation, the tidal pull of Rilke’s internal music and astonishing imagery comes to the surface alongside the poems’ elaborate rhyme and meter. As Greening claims, these disparate pieces coalesce to reveal something we didn’t know we were waiting to find.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2354-3

$27.99 | Paperback

272 pages

6 x 9

November 2025

RAINER MARIA RILKE was an Austrian poet and novelist.

JOHN GREENING is an English poet, critic, playwright, and teacher.

“In this ambitious new translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s New Poems, John Greening gives English speakers a rare chance to appreciate this great poet at the moment when he entered maturity. Greening engages enthusiastically with the exceptional range of Rilke’s form and subject. With empathy and poetic skill, Greening allows us to enter Rilke’s world and understand his importance to German, and indeed European, poetry.”

—HILARY DAVIES, Poet and Translator, Royal Literary Fund Fellow and Fellow of the Temenos Academy

Also of Interest:

At the Garden’s Dark Edge: Selected Poems by Anthony Thwaite 978-1-4813-2183-9, $18.99

The Interpretation of Owls: Selected Poems, 1977–2022 by John Greening 978-1-4813-1734-4, $24.99

Radical Dependence

Anthropology, Ethics, and Disability

Mary Jo Iozzio

While persons with disability may seem to epitomize dependency, they are neither more nor less dependent than those without disabilities. With Radical Dependence, Mary Jo Iozzio approaches concerns of and for disabled persons by presenting a Trinitarian theological anthropology of relationality and the radical dependence that such a reality presumes. Iozzio demonstrates the influence such a theology can have on the ways that institutions—healthcare, schools, social services, civic organizations, and churches—can practice solidarity and subsidiarity alongside people with disability who have been too long oppressed, sequestered, and forgotten. This is an ethical vision for people with disability and the nondisabled alike, for all who wish to embrace the radical fullness of human existence.

ISBN 978-1-4813-1953-9

$59.99 | Hardback

334 pages 6 x 9

November 2025

MARY JO IOZZIO is Professor of Moral Theology and Professora Ordinaria at the Gloria L. and Charles I. Clough School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College.

“Iozzio deftly weaves together theological anthropology, Christian ethics, and disability experience to argue forcefully that dependence—indeed radical dependence—is an ordinary and celebrated state of being human.”

—DARLA SCHUMM, Hollins University

“This wide ranging and insightful work from a senior scholar in the field is destined to become the new benchmark for Roman Catholic theology of disability.”

—BRIAN BROCK, University of Aberdeen

Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability

Making an Impact

For the ministry practitioner and scholar alike, few resources reflect both the depth and breadth of work at the intersection of faith and disability quite like the Religion, Theology, and Disability series. Academic-oriented volumes are written with the practitioner in mind, and those with a more practical bent are sufficiently rigorous for any seminary classroom. Perhaps what I appreciate most of all about this series is its clear intention to approach disability not as an abstract other, but as a personal us. Through first-hand insights stemming from personal experience and vocational dedication, these authors write about that with which they are intimately familiar. As a member of the disabled community myself, this is a true gift.

Rev. Jason Le Shana, Ph.D., M.Div. Program Director Baylor Collaborative on Faith and Disability

Other Titles in the Series:

Revelations of Divine Care: Disability, Spirituality, and Mutual Flourishing by Melody V. Escobar 978-1-4813-2055-9, $59.99

Held in the Love of God: Discipleship and Disability by Phil Letizia 978-1-4813-2116-7, $59.99

Perfect in Weakness: Disability and Human Flourishing in the New Creation by Maja I. Whitaker 978-1-4813-1915-7, $54.99

Madness: American Protestant Responses to Mental Illness by Heather H. Vacek 978-1-4813-0058-2, $44.99

ISBN 978-1-4813-2471-7

$27.99 | Hardback

172 pages

5 x 8

October 2025

Seeking Sanctuary, Finding Shalom

Toward a Deeper Practical Theology of Mental Health John Swinton

Angela H. Reed, editor

Seeking Sanctuary, Finding Shalom proposes that we think theologically about mental health as a matter of the collective body of human beings and the welfare of creation. Swinton contends that the ways in which we structure creation—relational, social, cultural, political, spiritual—has a profound impact on our mental health. Failing to recognize the broader dimensions of the task of mental healthcare, we might only ease the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause and so never offer genuine healing that brings about peaceable connection with God, self, others, and creation.

Guided by the biblical concept of shalom—a form of peace crucial for our understanding of mental health(care)—Swinton takes into consideration the complex and creational roots of human psychological suffering and offers a model of human flourishing defined not by the absence of pain, suffering, and distress, but rather by the presence of God. Such a model seeks not only to deal with the immediacy of the human plight but also to view it within the context of Jesus’s cosmic mission to reconcile himself with all things. And so, Swinton contends, as we broaden our conception of mental wholeness to encompass creation at large—the land under our feet, the air in our lungs, the geographical places in which we live and love, as well as the spheres of politics, economics, and culture—we begin the hard and necessary work of repairing dissonance, instability, and mental ill-health. This book does not offer a comprehensive strategy but it does gesture toward a more holistic, more Christoform theology of mental health.

JOHN SWINTON is Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, King’s College, University of Aberdeen.

ANGELA H. REED is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, and Director of Spiritual Formation at Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University.

“In a time when mental health concerns and therapeutic pursuits are everywhere—like our social media feeds—we need a faithful and wise guide. There is no one more fit to lead us than John Swinton. With his usual depth, creativity, and pastoral sensitivity, Seeking Sanctuary, Finding Shalom adds to Swinton’s important corpus. The pastoral and theological insights of this book will form and direct you.”

—ANDREW ROOT, Luther Seminary

“John Swinton’s new text offers readers a well-researched and beautifully written synthesis of theological insight and cutting-edge theory in psychology. His work provides a vision for mental health based upon a biblical understanding of shalom, as it is manifest in peace with oneself, with others, with creation, and with God. His work is theory-rich and grounded in eschatological hope, at the same time offering practical responses to the challenge of understanding mental health in a Western context.”

—MARCIA WEBB, Seattle Pacific University

“With characteristic insight, Swinton connects the dots between the personal, interpersonal, political, economic, and ecological causes of mental illness. In so doing, he shows how moving from an understanding of mental health as the absence of mental illness to the idea of mental health as shalom overcomes alienating dichotomies, allowing us to see more clearly the systemic causes of mental illness and help us to overcome them.”

—TASIA SCRUTTON, University of Leeds

Also from the Parchman Lectures Series:

By the Word Worked: Encountering the Power of Biblical Preaching by Fleming Rutledge, edited by Kimlyn Bender 978-1-4813-2175-4, $19.99

ISBN 978-1-4813-2280-5

$24.99 | Paperback

256 pages

5.5 x 8.5

October 2025

We Follow Christ

Helping Women to Discern God’s Call Tara Beth Leach, Patricia M. Batten, and Matthew D. Kim, editors

Foreword by Linda A. Livingstone

Afterword by Nijay K. Gupta

This book is a clarion call to proclaim that, in all things, women and men follow Christ and pursue the callings that God alone invites us to. We all alike go where Jesus sends and serve how he instructs. If women were prohibited from participating in all parts of kingdom work, why would God equip women with so many gifts and talents in those roles? Why would he so often grant greater gifts to women than men—as pastors, preachers, teachers, and leaders?

The unique and gifted contributors to this volume are leaders in their respective fields in the church, theological education, and society. Through their personal accounts of vocational identity, they share collective wisdom and experiences in being called by God and exercising that call. Reflecting on their journeys, these extraordinary women disclose transparent stories of heartache and yet offer hope in the one whom they have chosen to follow, the Lord Jesus Christ.

TARA BETH LEACH is a pastor, preacher, speaker, and writer. She is the senior pastor at Good Shepherd Church in Naperville, Illinois.

PATRICIA M. BATTEN is Assistant Professor of Preaching and Associate Director of the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

MATTHEW D. KIM is Professor of Preaching and Pastoral Leadership and holder of the George W. Truett Endowed Chair in Preaching and Evangelism at Baylor University.

“This book fills me with hope—more hope than I have felt in a long time. Instead of talking about what women can or cannot do, it is a book of women doing. Pastoring, teaching, mothering, leading, administrating, learning. Women who have heard and followed the voice of God on their lives and now stand, as a great cloud of witnesses, encouraging us to join them and showing us, through their testimonies, that we have never been alone. Take up and read!”

—BETH ALLISON BARR, Baylor University, and New York Times Bestselling Author

“This book is an enjoyable, encouraging and edifying read. It is not just a book about women’s voices or ministry but a book of women’s voices that is itself ministry to us who read it. We can hear in these essays devotion to Christ and his calling; and through the diverse callings exemplified, we hear the consistent faithfulness of Jesus.”

—CRAIG S. KEENER, Asbury Theological Seminary

“I trust this wide-ranging, fascinating treasure trove of testimonials from women who are actively engaged in a splendid variety of ministries in and alongside Christ’s Church will result in further cultivation and celebration of women in ministry as well as the full embrace and free exercise of their God-given gifts. Not only am I indebted to the editors, contributors, and publisher of this volume, but I am also indebted to scores of women ministers, including a number in the collection, who have positively impacted my life in and love for Christ. May we increasingly and enthusiastically ‘Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work’ (1 Thessalonians 5:13a).”

—TODD D. STILL, Truett Seminary

ISBN 978-1-4813-2302-4

$29.99 | Paperback with french flaps

154 pages

5.5 x 8.5

October 2025

ISBN 978-1-4813-2424-3

$44.99 | Printed Case

154 pages

5.5 x 8.5

October 2025

Proclamation Beyond the Pulpit

The Expansive Homiletical Practice of Black Women

Chelsea Brooke Yarborough

Studies of preaching are often filtered through the lens of the pulpit, with Black women rarely positioned as central figures in this discourse. Proclamation Beyond the Pulpit lifts up Sojourner Truth, Nannie Helen Burroughs, and Fannie Lou Hamer as crucial sources for homiletic theory. Chelsea Yarborough introduces a methodology for preaching arising from the witness and practices of these three Black women non-pulpit preachers, expanding our understanding of proclamation beyond traditional notions of its nature and purpose. This shift away from the limitations of the pulpit into the public sphere and beyond has deep roots in the preaching legacy of Black women. Often denied places of authority in the church, Black women have carved out spheres for their proclamation, teaching us that the essence and purpose of preaching is less about place and more about impact and practice.

CHELSEA BROOKE YARBOROUGH is the Associate Director of Leadership Programming at the Association of Theological Schools. She is also an ordained Baptist Minister.

“Through attention to the lives of black women who did not have formal pulpits but nonetheless preached, Yarborough provides us with a vital reminder of what is possible in a world that tries to deny some their voice.”

—BRIAN BANTUM, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

“There is so much at stake in Chelsea Yarborough’s description of Black women preachers. Often, books on preaching method are leveraged for gatekeeping. Yarborough leverages her astute methodological insights to throw wide preaching’s gate to God’s expansive Word.”

—JERUSHA MATSEN NEAL, Duke Divinity School

I Heard the Preaching of the Elder

The Life, Proclamation, and Protest of Kelly Miller Smith, Sr. Tyshawn Gardner

Foreword by J. Alfred Smith, Sr.

Kelly Miller Smith, Sr. is noted as preacher extraordinaire, civil rights leader, theology professor and assistant dean, and pastor. In I Heard the Preaching of the Elder, Tyshawn Gardner examines Smith’s ethical development, preaching, and ministry as one of America’s most distinguished leaders and one of Christianity’s most effective gospel proclaimers. Gardner provides an in-depth analysis of the understudied profile of this pastor-activist to present Smith as a unique leader who leveraged three platforms in shepherding a city to overcome its racially unjust past. Smith’s platforms as preaching pastor of First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill (Nashville), professor and assistant dean at Vanderbilt Divinity School, and local champion of civil rights proved a rare combination and marked him as one of the nation’s most admired leaders.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2212-6

$32.99 | Hardback

200 pages

5 x 8

May 2026

TYSHAWN GARDNER holds the David E. Garland Chair of Preaching at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary and is assistant director of the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching.

“Tyshawn Gardner gives us much-needed historical and homiletical insights on Kelly Miller Smith, Sr. Dr. Gardner has given a gift to the church and the academy that will bless both communities for years to come.”

—JARED E. ALCÁNTARA, Professor of Preaching, Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University

“Through his analysis of the ministry of Kelly Miller Smith, Sr., Gardner makes discernible both the theological and sociological responsibilities of the preacher. I encourage preachers, seminarians, and church leaders to read, study, and amplify the insights in this timely and pivotal work.”

—REGINALD W. CALVERT, New Jerusalem Baptist Church and Beeson Divinity School at Samford University

ISBN 978-1-4813-2340-6 / $34.99 / Paperback / 225 pages / 6 x 9 / November 2025

Worship in Conversation

Dialogues with Leading Liturgical Theologians Hwarang Moon

Drawing from a series of structured conversations, Hwarang Moon curates and analyzes key insights from leading scholars in liturgical studies, placing them within a broader framework that highlights both the diversity and the common threads of Christian worship. Rather than merely presenting interviews, Worship in Conversation offers a critical exploration of the liturgical task. What emerges is a unifying vision that transcends denominational boundaries while honoring the richness of liturgical diversity.

HWARANG MOON is Professor of Worship at Korea Theological Seminary (Kosin University) in South Korea.

“Students should encounter this text early, scholars should cite it often, and anyone involved in Christian worship should consider listening in on these conversations for the sake of the church and the life of the world. ”

—MATTHEW AUGHTRY, Truett Seminary

Why We Gather

Psychology, Theology, and Liturgical Practice

Joshua Cockayne and Gideon Salter

In Why We Gather, Joshua Cockayne and Gideon Salter focus on gatherings in the context of Christian worship. They demonstrate that, whether reciting words of formal liturgy, participating in extemporary prayer, or simply sitting in silence with others, we are being asked to attend to something with someone. This is the basis of all liturgy; the shared nature of worship is essential to the Christian tradition. Why We Gather encourages leaders of public worship to reflect more deeply on the shared nature of the practice, thereby understanding how vital it is not to give up meeting together.

JOSHUA COCKAYNE is Lecturer of Mission and Evangelism and Director of the Bede Centre for Church Planting Theology at Cranmer Hall, Durham University.

GIDEON SALTER is Research Associate at the Department of Psychology, University of York.

“Why We Gather is interdisciplinary work at its very finest.”

—JOANNA LEIDENHAG, University of Leeds

ISBN 978-1-4813-2291-1 / $39.99 / Paperback / 231 pages / 6 x 9 / August 2025

Planting the Word

Missional Ecclesiology in Twenty-First-Century America

Erin Crider

Why did church planting become so popular in late twentieth-century America? What exactly do American church planters understand themselves to be planting? How has the practice of planting churches impacted common, operant beliefs about church and mission? Planting the Word addresses these questions, complementing existing qualitative studies of congregations while exploring—for the first time—elements of a shared religious culture at work across a range of planted American churches. With an eye to increasingly post-Christian, twenty-first-century American communities, Planting the Word offers theological and practical resources to those who hope to understand, evaluate, and/or plant sustainable missional churches. Crider’s careful study thus begins an important academic conversation, inviting Christians in the United States to think theologically and contextually about contemporary church-planting ministries.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2287-4

$39.99 | Paperback

276 pages

6 x 9

September 2025

ISBN 978-1-4813-2422-9

$54.99 | Printed Case

276 pages

6 x 9

September 2025

ERIN CRIDER is the Director of Church Planting at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and the author of Writing Spiritual Autobiography: Discerning God in Your Personal Story

“This is a work of great historical, sociological, and theological value. With subtlety and tremendous insight, Erin Crider explores the phenomenon of church planting in the United States. In service of the church and its mission, she seeks to bring a clarity, honesty, and practical vision to bear on the topic. This book is a must for theologians, church people, and missioners alike.”

—TOM GREGGS, The Center of Theological Inquiry

“Erin Crider has provided us with a sensitive, critical, and well-researched guide to the story of modern church planting in the United States, examining the cultural context that shaped the movement, the convictions that drive it, and the theology that underlies it.”

—BISHOP

GRAHAM

TOMLIN, Centre for Cultural Witness

ISBN 978-1-4813-1415-2

$64.99 | Paperback

710 pages

6 x 9

1 b&w illus.

15 b&w photos November 2025

A Handbook to SecondCentury Christianity

Michael F. Bird and Scott Harrower, editors

The second century of the Common Era was a time of significant transition, innovation, and upheaval for the Greco-Roman world. This formative era for the church has unfortunately received little attention from a comprehensive scholarly perspective. A Handbook to Second-Century Christianity aims to fill that gap and provide a wide-ranging guide to the key features of the early church in the context of the Roman Empire at its height. Leading international scholars bring to light material evidence, neglected sources, apologists and theologians, heretical groups, apocryphal writings, persecution and martyrdom traditions, formation of the biblical canon, and ecclesiastical growth. A Handbook to Second-Century Christianity will prove an authoritative resource for researchers as well as teachers of Christian history and historical theology.

MICHAEL F. BIRD is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College.

SCOTT HARROWER is Lecturer in Christian Thought at Ridley College.

“In essay after well-chosen essay, this handbook showcases the diversity, innovation, and productivity of Christians during this period, as well as the deep bench of excellent scholarship available on the second century. This volume is a welcome and necessary resource in the study of early Christianity.”

—AMY BROWN HUGHES, Gordon College

“An outstanding volume that is thoughtfully conceived and organized, expansive in its coverage, and wellexecuted by an impressive team of contributors. These essays capture well the dynamism and diversity of the emerging Christian movement.”

—MICHAEL HOLMES, Bethel University

“This handbook not only collects expert knowledge and insight on this neglected period, but itself inspires more familiarity and study about a fascinating era of Christian history.”

—NIJAY K. GUPTA, Northern Seminary

The Materiality of Early Christ Devotion

Artistic Innovation at Four Archaeological Sites Bruce W. Longenecker

To what extent did Christ followers of the first three centuries leave their mark on the material record of the Roman world? This is the question Bruce Longenecker explores in The Materiality of Early Christ Devotion. An array of evidence from around the Mediterranean basin testifies to some fascinating ways that Christ followers expressed themselves in artistic media—gravestones, rings and gemstones, amulets, wall plaster, and mosaics. In particular, four archaeological sites allow us to see Christ followers giving life to their theological convictions in ways shaped by their localized situations. Building on the findings of archaeologists and historians, Longenecker’s innovative interpretations offer fresh opportunities to see the diversity of localized forms of Christ devotion through the artistic ingenuity of pre-Constantinian Christ followers.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2163-1

$49.99 | Hardback

349 pages 6 x 9

29 b&w illus., 5 maps, 52 b&w photos October 2025

BRUCE W. LONGENECKER is W. W. Melton Professor of Christian Origins at the Department of Religion, Baylor University.

“A gemstone here, a fresco there, a graffito, a mosaic, an inscription—from all these elements, Bruce Longenecker conjures four Christian social worlds in all their vigorous variety. In his pages, ‘lived religion’ truly comes alive. The Materiality of Early Christ Devotion is a bravura performance of disciplined imagination and innovative scholarship.”

—PAULA FREDRIKSEN

, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

“This book reveals the ingenuity that early Christ followers put into expressing their devotion and how wide the spectrum of intensity and exclusivity of their commitment can be. Longenecker’s well-informed use of archaeology and material culture, as well as a great sensibility to artistic imagination, makes this new book a captivating read and a great contribution to the field.”

—ÉRIC REBILLARD, Cornell University

ISBN 978-1-4813-1986-7

$49.99 | Paperback

620 pages

8.5 x 11

December 2025

ISBN 978-1-4813-2350-5

$69.99 | Printed Case

620 pages

8.5 x 11

December 2025

The Faith Factor and Social Welfare

Evidence, Practice, Policy

Byron R. Johnson, Alfreda Alvarez Wubbenhorst, and William Wubbenhorst

The Faith Factor and Social Welfare comprises case studies and impact evaluations on the important work done by faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the United States to address a wide range of issues, including prisoner reentry, high-risk youth behaviors, family fragmentation, and homelessness. This textbook is designed as a learning tool and framework for understanding key components of FBO programs and ministries. The setting of each featured FBO initiative and the social impact made within its community is examined, followed by a description of the organization, future possibilities for collaboration among government agencies, philanthropic organizations, and FBOs, and recommendations on how these partnerships could be developed. Discussion points and research topics are also included.

BYRON R. JOHNSON is the Director of the Institute for Studies of Religion and Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University.

ALFREDA ALVAREZ WUBBENHORST is a nonresident fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, and cofounder of Harvest Home Institute, LLC.

WILLIAM WUBBENHORST is the former Associate Commissioner for the Family and Youth Services Bureau and currently a nonresident scholar at the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University.

“Though the faith community is a vital part of on-the-ground social service provision in America, academic analysis of its role (from churches and synagogues to faith-based nonprofits) has been sorely lacking. In The Faith Factor and Social Welfare, scholar-practitioner Byron Johnson, along with Alfreda and William Wubbenhorst, have filled this gap in public policy education with a book that is both practical and deeply researched.”

—PETE PETERSON, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

ISBN 978-1-4813-2346-8 / $59.99 / Paperback / 338 pages / 6 x 9 / March 2025

ISBN 978-1-4813-2423-6 / $74.99 / Printed Case / 338 pages / 6 x 9 / March 2025

The Wesleyan Theological Heritage

Past, Present, and Future

Jason E. Vickers, Steven T. Hoskins, and Laura Dahl, editors

Since 1965, the Wesleyan Theological Society and Wesleyan Theological Journal have played a decisive role in stewarding the Wesleyan-Methodist tradition’s rich theological inheritance, with some of the most influential essays of the past sixty years appearing in WTJ’s pages. The Wesleyan Theological Heritage brings these landmark essays together in a single volume for the first time. Together, these essays give voice to the past, present, and future of the Wesleyan theological tradition.

JASON E. VICKERS is at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University. STEVEN T. HOSKINS is at Trevecca Nazarene University. LAURA DAHL is at Calvin Theological Seminary

“Between these two covers is the best of us.”

—JENNIFER WOODRUFF TAIT, Wesleyan Theological Society and Christian History Magazine

Justo L. González

Missionary of Hispanic Theology in the United States Angel D. Santiago-Vendrell

Foreword by Zaida Maldonado Pérez

Justo L. González’s works continue to be used as primary textbooks in undergraduate and seminary programs throughout the United States. But few of his admirers know the details of his biography, in particular the significance of his contribution to the emergence of Hispanic theology in the United States. In this biography, Angel Santiago-Vendrell gives fresh attention to González’s role in a rapidly changing theological landscape. Santiago-Vendrell presents González’s life and work as embodying a missional passion rooted in the gospel of incarnation, of God’s work in history.

ANGEL D. SANTIAGO-VENDRELL is Associate Professor of World Christianity at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University.

“Beautifully and masterfully written, showing the author’s deep admiration and affection for Justo González, a genuine and beloved ‘father’ of our church today.”

—STEPHEN BEVANS , SVD, Catholic Theological Union

ISBN 978-1-4813-2401-4 / $44.99 / Hardback / 270 pages / 6 x 9 / May 2026

ISBN 978-1-4813-2038-2

$49.99 | Hardcover

200 pages

6 x 9

25 color illus.

3 b&w illus.

October 2025

Medieval Spirituality

An Introduction Volker Leppin

Translated by Samuel Brandt

In Medieval Spirituality, Volker Leppin lays out the tapestry of how Christians in the Middle Ages encountered God. Attention is given to the particular objects thought to represent God; anyone could interact with the creator by approaching these objects through all their senses. Even human performance made God present through reenactment, either in real life, like Francis of Assisi who became a sort of “second Christ,” or on stage, as in passion plays. Guided by these concepts of representation and reenactment, Leppin launches a journey not only through late medieval religious practice but through the entirety of European culture from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century, particularly literature and the arts. This volume gives a helpful overview of how medieval spiritual culture experienced God’s descent to the world.

VOLKER LEPPIN is Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology, Yale Divinity School.

“Leppin carries the impulse of Heiko Oberman, who stressed the close ties of late medieval and Reformation thought, into a new historiographic era. This book, however brief, is monumental.”

—SUSAN C. KARANT-NUNN, University of Arizona

“In this important book, Volker Leppin invites the reader to go on an adventure with him into the foreign lands of the Middle Ages, attending especially to the spirituality of the period in all its manifold and intriguing forms.”

—RONALD K. RITTGERS, Duke Divinity School

Denominations

A Cultural History of Anglo-American Christianity David W. Bebbington

Many studies have appeared over the past two centuries on the proliferation of denominations in the Anglophone world. David Bebbington builds on this trajectory and offers a distinctive approach to the question of Christian diversity. Denominations differs from other writings in the field because of its approach. Instead of a straightforward survey of the state of the contemporary church, Bebbington presents a historical analysis of how the various families of churches have come to be as they are. Because it offers a twenty-first-century perspective, Denominations considers several religious organizations not discussed in earlier works: while some denominations have vanished in recent decades, still more have arisen. Bebbington emphasizes the cultural situation of the denominations, in both the remote and the recent past, in order to highlight the distinguishing ethos of each.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2439-7

$32.99 | Paperback

220 pages 6 x 9 February 2026

DAVID W. BEBBINGTON is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Stirling in Scotland, a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, and a former fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

“The sharp focus of the book’s historical account of Christian denominations is matched by its perceptive description of the denominations against major cultural trends. This fine book serves as an informative introduction, but also with much for those of us who consider ourselves experts.”

—MARK NOLL, University of

Notre Dame

“There is no better guide to the history of churches and culture than David Bebbington, so I heartily recommend this book.”

—THOMAS S. KIDD, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

ISBN 978-1-4813-2343-7

$49.99 | Paperback

254 pages

6 x 9

July 2025

Baptist Hymnody in America

A Documentary History

David W. Music

Baptist Hymnody in America is a collection of primary documents on congregational singing among Baptists in the United States from the eighteenth through the early twenty-first centuries. These documents—many of which are not readily available and are gathered here for the first time— record the struggles and triumphs of Baptists seeking to provide acceptable sung forms of worship, suggest how certain types of song became identified particularly as “Baptist,” demonstrate the varying philosophies of hymnody expressed among Baptists for the past four hundred years, and reveal the historic diversity of Baptist worship practices. The documents included are not only of intrinsic interest but also provide a foundation for engaging current and future issues regarding congregational song within Baptist life.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2349-9

$64.99 | Printed Case

254 pages

6 x 9

July 2025

DAVID W. MUSIC is Professor Emeritus of Church Music at Baylor University.

“Serious students and casual readers of church history are well-served by this anthology of primary sources, which presents the thoughts of many who shaped the development of congregational song among Baptists.”

—PAUL A. RICHARDSON, Samford University

“David Music knows what he’s writing about. He studies, compiles, and writes from within the subject, looking outward, not from outside the subject peering inward. Dr. Music’s work shows that hymnody is flexible, durable, and inevitable.”

—TERRY W. YORK, Truett Seminary

ISBN 978-1-4813-2259-1 / $24.99 / Paperback / 240 pages / 5.5 x 8.5 / March 2026

Black at Baylor

Vital Voices of the First Generation

Kara E. Nelson, editor

Black at Baylor: Vital Voices of the First Generation explores the stories of thirteen of the first Black students to enroll at Baylor University in the 1960s and early 1970s. Readers of all backgrounds will be inspired and challenged as these Baylor alumni tell their stories in their own words. Drawn from oral histories in the collections of Baylor’s Institute for Oral History, the narratives in this volume offer intimate glimpses into Black students’ lives at Baylor and shine a critical light on an important period in the university’s development.

KARA E. NELSON is Research Fellow at Baptist Women in Ministry and a graduate of Baylor University in religion and history.

“Take an opportunity to walk alongside Baylor’s first Black students, internalize their experiences, and with their guidance, seek to live lives that eradicate unjust discrimination and marginalization!”

—REV. MALCOLM FOLEY, Baylor University

The Immortal Ten

The Definitive Account of the 1927 Tragedy and Its Legacy at Baylor University

SECOND EDITION

Todd Copeland

On the morning of January 22, 1927, Baylor University’s basketball team set out by bus for Austin to play the University of Texas that night. Ten of the twenty-two passengers died when a train hit the team’s bus at a crossing in Round Rock—the worst such accident in Texas history at the time. The students who died soon became known as “The Immortal Ten,” eulogized across the state and nation. This is their story. In this new edition, readers will discover more about the lives and families of the young Baylor students who died, as well as those of the twelve men who survived the accident.

TODD COPELAND graduated from Baylor University in 1990 and holds a PhD in English from Texas A&M University. He has served for more than thirty years in institutional advancement at Baylor.

“Todd Copeland shows how the men who died in the accident have become immortal keepers of the Baylor spirit and how the survivors didn’t let this tragedy become the defining moment of their lives. ”

—ALAN J. LEFEVER, Texas Baptist Historical Collection

ISBN 978-1-4813-2339-0 / $22.99 / Paperback / 126 pages / 5 x 8 / 33 b&w photos / December 2025

ISBN 978-1-4813-2358-1

$59.99 | Hardback

359 pages

6 x 9

October 2025

BEVERLY ROBERTS GAVENTA is Helen

H. P. Manson Professor Emerita of New Testament Literature and Exegesis, Princeton Theological Seminary. Following her retirement at Princeton, she served as Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Baylor University

Readings

in Romans

Interpreting Paul’s Apocalyptic Gospel

Beverly Roberts Gaventa

Readings in Romans brings together representative studies from Beverly Roberts Gaventa’s years of committed relationship with Romans. From the programmatic to specifically exegetical, from those wrestling with the consequences of exegesis— questions of divine power, human freedom, and the identity of Israel vis-á-vis the church—to selfconscious engagement with theologians and writers in conversation with Romans such as Karl Barth and Simone Weil, these essays highlight the contours of Gaventa’s extensive and thoughtful work on the apostle and especially his most influential letter. In this way they serve as an encapsulation of her scholarly contributions on Romans and, at the same time, a testimony of devotion to the radical understanding of God to which Paul himself witnesses.

An essential companion to Gaventa’s definitive commentary on Romans, this volume will assist scholars and students of the New Testament and Christian theology by gathering into one place writings scattered across myriad publications, including journals, conference proceedings, and edited works. More than that, Readings in Romans invites all students of Paul to explore the deep coherence, rich texture, and enduring challenge of one of Christianity’s most defining documents.

Edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa:

Apocalyptic Paul: Cosmos and Anthropos in Romans 5-8

ISBN 978-1-60258-970-4, $34.99

“Beverly Gaventa is one of our greatest living exegetes, and she has spent the past twenty years living up close to the Greek text of Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Her 2024 commentary on Romans treats every word of every verse of every chapter of the letter. But this wonderful new volume of her twenty essays on Romans contains all the cutting edges, all of Gaventa’s rereadings of sin, law, grace, God, Christ, Israel, power, glory, and much more in Romans from 2007 to the present. The best book of its kind by a country mile.”

—MATTHEW V. NOVENSON, Princeton Theological Seminary

“This magisterial collection brings together the fruit of several decades’ study of Romans by a leading Pauline scholar. Abounding in fresh insights and new contributions to classic debates, and shaped throughout by Gaventa’s distinctive voice, this is at once a companion to her commentary on Romans and an indispensable volume in its own right.”

—TERESA MORGAN, Yale Divinity School

“In this rich collection of essays, Beverly Gaventa once again articulates Paul’s expansive gospel message that heralds God’s cosmic victory over the anti-god powers and liberates the whole creation from its bondage to sin and death. Combining her academic acumen with her pastoral wisdom, Gaventa again proves herself to be a trustworthy guide in navigating the rich waters of Romans. ”

—ERIN HEIM, University of Oxford

ISBN 978-1-4813-2450-2

$42.99 | Hardback

254 pages

6 x 9

November 2025

JAMIE DAVIES is Tutor in New Testament and Director of Postgraduate Research at Trinity College, Bristol.

SUSAN EASTMAN is Associate Research Professor Emerita of New Testament, Duke Divinity School.

Theology on the Run

Apocalyptic Pastoral Theology in Paul’s Thessalonian Letters

Jamie Davies Foreword by Susan Eastman

Writing a study in apocalyptic pastoral theology may sound like an exercise in “performative self-contradiction.” But such an endeavor reminds us that the imminent expectation of the Lord’s return, a pervasive hope in the first generation of the Jesus movement, is not an embarrassing, superfluous doctrine of little value to ordinary Christian life. Against the assumptions of many in the guild of New Testament studies, it was not Paul but Jesus himself who first gave Christian theology its apocalyptic urgency. From its very beginnings, then, Christian theology was “theology on the run.”

This was true for Paul, who penned his correspondence to Thessalonica while literally “on the run” from the city. Joining a long line of readers of these letters, Jamie Davies explores how Paul’s eschatological conviction, together with convictions about epistemology and cosmology, constituted his “apocalyptic DNA,” shaping every aspect of his thinking and practice. Through study of these contours of Paul’s apocalyptic thought, Theology on the Run brings forward Paul in pastoral mode as he addresses the challenges of life in the “real world” of the fledgling Thessalonian church. A consideration of what Paul’s apocalyptic thought might mean for his work as a practical and pastoral theologian in first-century Macedonia, concerned with planting and sustaining faithful churches in tumultuous times, presents a compelling argument for how and why those engaged in the ministry of the church today, and those who teach them, need an appreciation of Paul’s apocalyptic pastoral theology in our own efforts to do “theology on the run.”

“Written with verve, and positioned at the intersection of exegesis, theology, and pastoral care, this much-needed exploration of the Thessalonian letters is a highly significant contribution to scholarship. Fresh dimensions of the ‘apocalyptic’ Paul emerge here with new conceptual clarity, equipped with a sharp critique of inadequate conceptions of pastoral theology.”

—JOHN M. G. BARCLAY, Durham University

“Theology on the Run makes important contributions on several fronts, including Davies’s rich discussion of Paul’s ‘apocalyptic DNA,’ his probing readings of the often-sidelined Thessalonian correspondence, and his insistence that genuine pastoral theology begins with God’s disclosure of that ‘realer’ world. While required reading for specialists, pastors will find much here that instructs and encourages.”

—BEVERLY ROBERTS GAVENTA, Princeton Theological Seminary

“With exegetical skill, theological acumen, and pastoral sensitivity, Davies brings together areas not commonly linked—apocalyptic theology, pastoral theology, and scriptural interpretation, and in doing so demonstrates the ‘intersections of Paul’s apocalyptic gospel with real lives.’ This book is an important interdisciplinary contribution to the field of Pauline studies.”

—LISA BOWENS, Princeton Theological Seminary

ISBN 978-1-4813-2378-9

$54.99 | Hardback

280 pages

6 x 9

October 2025

Negotiating Jewishness

Paul’s Ethnicity Between Continuity and Discontinuity

Ruben A. Bühner

How can Paul’s relationship with Judaism be positively articulated? With Negotiating Jewishness, Ruben Bühner addresses this question and offers a different, more balanced approach. Drawing from studies in cultural science and ethnology, Bühner shows that ancient Jewish identity can be characterized as “mesomorphic” as it integrated diverse— even divergent—parameters in ethnic construction. With a focus on passages from the Pauline Epistles crucial for understanding Paul’s Jewishness, alongside a thorough excavation of the realities of Jewish life in the Greco-Roman diaspora, the book aims to bridge the gap between English-speaking and continental European scholarship, with a particular emphasis on underrepresented German perspectives. Bühner contributes to the scholarly conversation with a new definition of what it means to read Paul (or any New Testament text) “within Judaism.”

RUBEN A. BÜHNER is a postdoctoral researcher for New Testament Studies at the University of Zurich and the University of Tübingen.

“In this excellent book, not only does Ruben Bühner argue for his own subtle solution to the classic problem of ‘Paul and Judaism,’ he also mediates skillfully between German-language and English-language New Testament research.”

—MATTHEW V. NOVENSON, Princeton Theological Seminary

“Ruben Bühner provides both a panoramic view of the varieties of Late Second Temple Judaism and a methodologically sophisticated argument about Paul’s place within it. Negotiating Jewishness offers keen insights into the issues of identity and ethnicity, challenging aspects of the ‘Paul within Judaism’ Schule while advancing its arguments. Bühner’s discerning contribution represents a new phase in current Pauline research.”

—PAULA FREDRIKSEN, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Aramaic Jesus

Tradition, Identity, and Christianity’s Mother Tongue

Bruce D. Chilton

Usage of Aramaic within Jesus’s movement helped provide the fledgling community with a cultural as well as linguistic identity. Bruce Chilton’s Aramaic Jesus is a groundbreaking study in pursuit of this “Aramaic Jesus.” This work includes analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls and related materials to access forms of Aramaic current during the first century CE. Since the depiction of Jesus in the Gospels involves various intersections with Aramaic, tracing its impact on the New Testament entails several investigative categories: specific cases in which Aramaic is identifiably transliterated within the Greek Gospels; analysis that accounts for the cultural settings of Aramaic through the technique of retroversion (involving translation back into Aramaic); and assessment of noticeable overlaps between the New Testament and contemporaneous Aramaic literature. Chilton’s analysis illuminates the Aramaic Jesus and the people and processes that conveyed his memory.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2223-2

$52.99 | Hardback

336 pages 6 x 9

October 2025

BRUCE D. CHILTON is the Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion and the Director of the Institute of Advanced Technology at Bard College.

“Bruce Chilton’s Aramaic Jesus immerses readers in the linguistic and cultural world that shaped Jesus and his mission. With meticulous scholarship, it uncovers the Aramaic roots of the Jesus movement and the emergence of Christianity. It is a vital resource for anyone exploring the origins and texture of the New Testament— a book I wholeheartedly commend.”

—ALBERDINA HOUTMAN, Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands

“Chilton’s book on the Aramaic dimension of Jesus’s memory represents the summation of the author’s longstanding scholarship in this area, and a rarely attained high point in Aramaic studies generally. It is vitally important reading for students of the gospel traditions.”

—WERNER H. KELBER, Rice University

ISBN 978-1-4813-2334-5 / $54.99 / Hardback / 280 pages / 6 x 9 / October 2025

Truth’s Consuming Ecstasy

Literary and Philosophical Investigations of the Apocalypse of John Sean M. McDonough

Sean McDonough accounts for the strangeness of the book of Revelation by placing John in dialogue with a wide-ranging group of thinkers. Comparisons with Plato and Wittgenstein reveal a sweeping vision that is philosophically defensible, but not totalizing. Yeats is shown to be a poet who functions in a gnostic direction. Tolkien, by contrast, remains rooted in Catholic doctrine while refusing sermonizing. For Sergius Bulgakov and Hans Urs von Balthasar, Revelation opens up the imaginative space in which they pursue the grand themes of theology. Revelation thus offers us the reach, but not the grasp, of the depths of reality.

SEAN M. MCDONOUGH is the Mary French Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

“This is an extraordinarily important and timely book.”

—JEREMY

BEGBIE, Duke University

Adam’s Wisdom and

Israel’s Law

Paul, Early Judaism, and Natural Law Tradition

Rony Kozman

The concept of natural law—universal moral knowledge—is often associated with Stoic philosophers, Thomas Aquinas, or the medieval Jewish rabbis. But Jews in the Second Temple period had their own model of natural law. Rony Kozman offers a careful reading of three early Jewish writings and shows that Jews coordinated Adam’s wisdom and the torah of Moses. Adam’s Wisdom and Israel’s Law recontextualizes the Apostle Paul within his Jewish milieu and emphasizes the importance of attending to both the common and diverse interpretations of the figure of Adam in the Second Temple period.

RONY KOZMAN is Assistant Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Samford University. He is also cohost of the podcast The Two Testaments.

“This is by far the best treatment of natural law in Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament. An outstanding contribution!”

—JOHN J. COLLINS, Yale Divinity School

ISBN 978-1-4813-2018-4 / $54.99 / Hardback / 320 pages / 6 x 9 / 1 color plate / October 2025

Jesus and Other Sons of God

Luke’s Christology and Mediterranean Myth

Daniel B. Glover

In a world full of demigods, heroes, daimones, and Olympians, how did early Christians conceptualize Jesus’s divinity? Daniel B. Glover takes up this important question by focusing on the author of Luke and Acts, situating him firmly within his historical, social, and literary contexts. This important study offers at once a more precise picture of Luke’s social location, religious engagement, and literary procedure as well as a thorough and historically coherent reading of Luke’s Christology in its ancient Mediterranean setting.

DANIEL B. GLOVER is Assistant Professor of New Testament at the School of Theology and Ministry, Lee University.

“Jesus and Other Sons of God is simply divine, must-reading for all who want to understand the Gospel of Luke and early Christology better.”

—MATTHEW THIESSEN, McMaster University

ISBN 978-1-4813-2060-3 / $34.99 / Paperback / 270 pages / 5.5 x 8.5 / November 2025

ISBN 978-1-4813-2421-2 / $49.99 / Printed Case / 270 pages / 5.5 x 8.5 / November 2025

ISBN 978-1-4813-2208-9 / $64.99 / Hardback / 314 pages / 6 x 9 / August 2025

Gospel Birth Narratives and Historiography

Reopening a Closed Case Caleb T. Friedeman

Scholars today tend to view the birth narratives of Jesus as substantially less reliable than the rest of the canonical Gospel accounts. Caleb Friedeman challenges this skepticism and argues that ancient birth narratives—including the accounts of Matthew and Luke—were intended to be historical. The overarching aim is not so much to argue that the Gospel birth narratives are historically true as that they are meant to be historically true. Friedeman thus reframes the discussion of Gospel birth narratives, opening a previously closed horizon for historical Jesus scholarship.

CALEB T. FRIEDEMAN is David A. Case Chair of Biblical Studies and associate research professor of New Testament at Ohio Christian University.

“Unlike most books today, this one actually breaks new ground.”

—CRAIG S. KEENER, Asbury Theological Seminary

The Visible Word of the Unseen God

Reading John among Rivals Old and New Steven M. Bryan

The Visible Word of the Unseen God argues that John wrote his Gospel for readers inclined to regard Christian claims about an incarnate Messiah as an illicit intermingling of the invisible reality of God with the visible creation. As such, the Gospel is best read as an act of scriptural reasoning that portrays the incarnation as a recapitulation of Israel’s encounter with God at Sinai, where the visible appearance of God in his Word formed the basis for proscribing any attempt to contain God’s presence in images. John designs his narrative to enable readers to hear the words spoken at Sinai as the life-giving words of the Logos and to see the incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection as the definitive repudiation of idolatry—the climactic revelation of God’s visible glory as his presence in his Word.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2314-7

$59.99 | Hardback

356 pages

6 x 9

November 2025

STEVEN M. BRYAN is Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Trinity International University.

“Bryan has delivered a masterpiece with wide-ranging implications. This engaging study provides a fresh and compelling reading of John’s Gospel as a scriptural and narrative apology for the incarnation to instruct both Jews and pagans on how an invisible God engages the material world.”

—CORNELIS BENNEMA, London School of Theology

“This is a marvelous book that is about a lot more than John’s Gospel. Bryan writes with verve and exegetical insight, but also with a constant eye for the text’s contemporary theological relevance for the church and the world.”

—SIMON GATHERCOLE, University of Cambridge

The Predestinate

Ecclesiastes and the Man Who Outshone the Sun King

Christopher R. Seitz

This is, foremost, a book about Ecclesiastes—not another scholarly monograph, but rather a guide to understanding the angle of vision of the text: how to live our lives within proper limits, to surrender ourselves to God, and finally to learn to die. Seitz moves between Kohelet and an illustrious figure of the seventeenth century—Nicolas Fouquet. He was the purported author of a volume of sayings from Solomon, and the rapidity and severity of his fall is the stuff of legend. Fouquet’s life mirrors Solomon’s as that legendary king voiced in the book of Ecclesiastes. And as with Ecclesiastes, the contested issue of Fouquet’s authorship of the book associated with him relativizes authorship as a determinative category for interpretation. He and the Solomon referred to endure similar circumstances and share a landscape of penitential confession and surrender to God’s purposes.

ISBN 978-1-4813-2446-5

$24.99 | Hardback

144 pages

1 color plate

5.5 x 8.5

September 2025

CHRISTOPHER R. SEITZ is Senior Research Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Toronto School of Theology, Wycliffe College.

“A catastrophic reversal of fortune meant that Nicolas Fouquet spent the last two decades of his life imprisoned in the Alpine fortress of Pignerol. Christopher Seitz offers a thought-provoking and poignant account of the fate and circumstances that made Nicolas the ideal person to understand and comment on the book of Ecclesiastes.”

—CHARLES DRAZIN, Author of The Man Who Outshone the Sun King

“This book moves backward and forward between two intriguing figures, the Solomon-like narrator of Ecclesiastes and an early modern French courtier (Nicolas Fouquet). Light is shed on one mystery by another. These resemblances are uncanny and help make this a magical and mysterious book.”

—MARK ELLIOTT, Highland Theological College and Wycliffe College

Series Highlight: Explorations in Theological Interpretation

From the Editor:

We are thrilled to introduce a groundbreaking new series dedicated to exploring and advancing theological readings of the Bible. Theological reading—sometimes called reading the Bible as Christian Scripture—is not a single methodology but a vibrant and evolving field. Our series embraces diverse approaches, all seeking to illuminate how Scripture speaks to today’s pressing theological questions, particularly as they arise within faith communities. While most volumes will engage deeply with the Bible’s ancient contexts, they will do so with a strong theological and hermeneutical focus. This series will shape the future of theological reading—establishing itself as a leading influence at the intersection of biblical studies and Christian theology.

Darren Sarisky Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University

ISBN 978-1-4813-2330-7 / $42.99 / Hardback / 140 pages / 5.5 x 8.5 / September 2025

Exodus and Exile

A

Concise Biblical Theology

Karel Deurloo

Translated by David E. Orton

Introduction by Collin Cornell and Joep Dubbink

Exodus and Exile is a masterpiece of biblical theology, newly available in English. The capstone work of legendary Dutch teacher Karel Deurloo, the book makes a brief and accessible argument: that the themes of exodus and exile constitute the dual center of all Scripture. These events disclose the person of God, the One who is powerful to liberate and merciful to restore. Intended for a wide readership of scholars, pastors, pastors-intraining, and interested Christians, the bold and distinctive vision of Exodus and Exile will provoke and inspire biblical theology and theological interpretation of Scripture.

KAREL DEURLOO was Professor of Old Testament and later Biblical Theology at the University of Amsterdam.

DAVID E. ORTON is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and an academic translator and editor.

“What a gift to have Karel Deurloo’s Exodus and Exile available in English! ”

—BRENT A. STRAWN, Duke University

Psalms 90–100

A Handbook on the Hebrew Text

John Screnock

In this volume, John Screnock provides a foundational examination of the Hebrew text of Psalms 90–100. The analysis is distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to the text. The author’s exposition is a convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, engages important text-critical debates, and addresses questions relating to the Hebrew text that are frequently overlooked or ignored by standard commentaries.

JOHN SCRENOCK is Tutorial Fellow in Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford.

“A gift that performs a great pedagogical service.”

—WILLIAM P. BROWN, Columbia Theological Seminary

ISBN 978-1-4813-1905-8 / $64.99 / Paperback / 210 pages / 5.25 x 8 / March 2026

ISBN 978-1-4813-1022-2 / $54.99 / Paperback / 352 pages / 5.25 x 8 / September 2025

Ruth

A Handbook on the Greek Text

William A. Ross

In Ruth, William Ross provides a foundational examination of the Greek text of the book. The analysis is distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to the text. Beyond serving as a succinct and accessible analytic key, Ruth also reflects recent advances in scholarship on Greek grammar and linguistics and is informed by current discussions within Septuagint studies. These handbooks prove themselves indispensable tools for anyone committed to a deep reading of the Greek text of the Septuagint.

WILLIAM A. ROSS is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC.

“With a firm grasp of the most recent research, Ross offers a fresh, clear, and rigorous guide to the Greek translation of the book of Ruth.”

—ANNA ANGELINI, University of Siena

ISBN 978-1-4813-2063-4

$29.99 | Hardback

152 pages

5.5 x 8.5

September 2025

Abraham, Father of Many

Portraits of a Patriarch

Daniel Maier

Abraham fascinates. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all claim him, drawing on different aspects of his figure and facets of his memory for their respective theological ends. In Abraham, Father of Many, Daniel Maier delves into this storied heritage, examining Abraham’s multifaceted identity across ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and the beginnings of Islam. Rather than a chronological collection of passages, Maier offers engaging and manageable chapters on topics such as the Abrahamic faith, his remarkable friendship with God, different understandings of the controversial binding of his son, his steadfast obedience, and his characteristic happiness, which bring to life the diverse perspectives on the patriarch. This approach provides new insights into the opportunities and challenges of interreligious dialogue and what it means to walk in the footsteps of the primogenitor in the twenty-first century.

DANIEL MAIER is Assistant Professor of New Testament at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Research Associate in the Department of New Testament and Related Literature at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

“This engaging study shows how Jews, Christians, and Muslims have all adapted the biblical story of Abraham selectively and elaborated it to support their values and agendas. Maier suggests that it can still be adapted for our own time, by focusing on aspects of the story that are especially relevant today—Abraham’s migration to foreign land, the theme of hospitality, and trust in God.”

—JOHN J. COLLINS, Yale Divinity School

“Abraham, Father of Many demonstrates traditions of understanding Abraham across canonical and noncanonical works of the three monotheistic faiths. Shared interpretations of Abraham bring the three faiths together in hope, hospitality, and conversation. This book combines the highest scholarly expertise with profound conviction of faith.”

—HINDY

NAJMAN, University of Oxford

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Image credits: (catalog front cover and pp. 12–13) Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, north coast near Semarang, 1854 | (p. 1) George Inness, Olive Trees at Tivoli, 1873, The Met Museum | (pp. 2–3) Rembrandt van Rijn, sketch of the devil, 1640–1642 | (p. 5) Thomas Rowlandson and Auguste Charles Pugin, Covent Garden Market, Westminster Election, 1808 | (p. 9) Félix Bracquemond, “Grand plat rond [hortensia],” 1866–1878, NYPL | (p. 10) USGS/Randolph Femmer | (pp. 14–15) Pexels/Rodolfo Quirós | (p. 16) photos of Nannie Helen Burroughs and Sojourner Truth from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; photo of Fannie Lou Hamer from the Library of Congress | (p. 18) Pexels/Luis Quintero | (p. 19) rehabilitation client and county supervisor discuss planting problems, Cherokee County, Kansas, 1936, NYPL | (p. 24) Ghent Altarpiece, 1432, Wikimedia | (p. 25) Pexels/Uğurcan Özmen and Wikimedia Commons/Joe Mabel | (p. 31) Gustave Doré, St. Paul Preaching To The Thessalonians | (p. 40) André Jacques Victor Orsel, Sarah Presents Agar a Abraham, 1820.