Religion
Religion
Law and the Rule of God A Christian Engagement with Shari’a Joshua Ralston | University of Edinburgh
Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism From Thanksgiving to Communion Kimberly Hope Belcher | University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Discussions between Christians from different traditions often focus on doctrine, but for many Christians, differences in practice and worship are much more central and important. By looking at the eucharist as thanksgiving, this book bridges Catholic and Protestant practice and theology and shows a new approach to Christian unity. • Receptive ecumenism is a relatively new approach to dialogue between Christians from different denominations.; this book is both an exercise in the method and a demonstration of scholarly humility in action • The historical context of theological development, especially what Christians were doing and what they thought they ought to be doing, is used to contextualize contentious doctrines and debates like transubstantiation and sacrifice • The author’s approach both expands our understanding of the eucharist and illuminates the role of thanksgiving in our daily and spiritual life September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-83956-3 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99
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Aspects of Truth A New Religious Metaphysics Catherine Pickstock | University of Cambridge
This bold new work offers a discussion of the topic of truth from simultaneously philosophical and theological perspectives. It argues for the value of a metaphysical approach to truth. This approach defends the notion that truth cannot be separated from what the author calls ‘the reality of the thinking soul’. • Advances a daring and original new argument about truth that unites philosophy and theology as well as premodern and postmodern perspectives • The author, an originator of the controversial Radical Orthodoxy movement, is one of the most creative and best known theological thinkers at work today • Moves towards a notion of truth that gets beyond the limitations of epistemological argument, and as such will be of great interest to theologians and philosophers alike October 2020 228 x 152 mm c.275pp 978-1-108-84032-3 Hardback £29.99 / US$39.99
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Ambrose, Augustine, and the Pursuit of Greatness J. Warren Smith | Duke University, North Carolina
Two important theologians of early Christianity were Ambrose of Milan and Augustine of Hippo. Both were intellectually formed by philosophers, such as Cicero, who taught that virtue was the way to greatness. Yet they saw contradictions between Roman and Christian ethical ideals. Could these competing visions of greatness be reconciled? • Examines the Classical and Hellenistic cultural backgrounds for the development of Christian theology and ethics in late antiquity • Examines how two major Latin theologians, Ambrose and Augustine, used the language of greatness to distinguish Christian virtue from pagan virtue • Provides an account of the development of the idea of greatness and the ideal of the great-souled man after Aristotle October 2020 228 x 152 mm c.350pp 978-1-108-49074-0 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99
This book presents a new comparative approach to the relationship between law, politics, secularism, and religion in Christianity and Islam. Academics and students in theology, Islamic Studies, religion and politics, and law will benefit from this study of how sharī’a and Christian theology have been debated across the centuries. • This is the first book length academic study of sharī’a and law in Christian-Muslim dialogue • Proposes a new method of comparative political theology to engage Christian, Muslim, and secular debates on law, religion, and politics • Advances a theological account of public law that is both particular to the Christian tradition and open to dialogue with Islamic political theology Current Issues in Theology, 15
September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.350pp 978-1-108-48982-9 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99
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Human Anguish and God’s Power David Kelsey | Yale University, Connecticut
This book is for seminary and doctrinal students in theology, theologically reflective clergy, and anyone else who is troubled by the suggestion that because God is unrestricted power, God must be the explanation of ‘why’ horrendous suffering happens. • Uses traditional Christian Trinitarian terms to characterize God’s power • Addresses the suggestion that because God is unrestricted power, God must be the explanation of ‘why’ horrendous suffering happens • Opens up space to legitimize an avowed ‘faithful agnosticism’ about ‘why’ we experience both profound suffering and the Triune God’s grace Current Issues in Theology, 16
November 2020 216 x 138 mm c.350pp 978-1-108-83697-5 Hardback c. £29.99 / c. US$39.99
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The Origins of Early Christian Literature Contextualizing the New Testament within Greco-Roman Literary Culture Robyn Faith Walsh | University of Miami, Coral Gables
Conventional approaches to the Synoptic gospels argue that the gospel authors acted as literate spokespersons for religious communities, akin to the Romantic poet speaking for the common folk. This book argues that they were written by educated elites in dialogue with Greco-Roman literature, not exclusively by and for Christian communities. • Offers an interdisciplinary approach to the Synoptic gospels using methods from classics and literary theory, as well as religious studies • Demonstrates how the field of New Testament studies remains indebted to methods practiced since the era of German Romanticism • Offers novel readings of the Synoptic gospels, comparing them with allied Greek and Latin literature November 2020 228 x 152 mm c.325pp 978-1-108-83530-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99
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