Daniel_Cheung
12-02-2008, 01:40 PM
http://christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=5921
Resurrection: The power of God for Christians and Jews
by Kevin Madigan and Jon D. Levenson
Yale University Press, 304 pp., $30.00
The authors expound on the provocative claim that Judaism and Christianity share a common faith in the resurrection.
Original Sin: A Cultural History
by Alan Jacobs
HarperOne, 304 pp., $24.95
One wouldn't expect a book about original sin to be entertaining, but Jacobs makes it so with deft prose and a touch of humor.
Race: A Theological Account
by J. Kameron Carter
Oxford University Press, $35.00
Carter argues that Christians formed their identity early on by racializing Jews and turning them into Semites.
Dostoevsky: Language, Faith and Fiction
by Rowan Williams
Baylor University Press, 285 pp., $24.95
Williams is interested in how contradictory ideas can be held in one framework, one story and one person--and perhaps in one church.
Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible
by Ellen F. Davis
Cambridge University Press, 252 pp., $23.99 paperback
The biblical writers were familiar with disputes over land use and land care, and the economics of food production were critical to their perspective.
Martin Luther's Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation
by Oswald Bayer, translated by Thomas H. Trapp
Eerdmans, 384 pp., $32.00 paperback
On topic after topic, Bayer discerns the heart of Luther's faith in the promises of Christ.
Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor
by Amos Yong
Orbis, 169 pp., $25.00 paperback
Taking exception to the usual options--exclusivist, inclusivist and pluralist--for Christian approaches to other religions, Yong maps out what he calls a pneumatological theology of hospitality.
The Discipleship Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version Including Apocrypha
edited by Bruce C. Birch, Brian K. Blount, Thomas G. Long, Gail R. O'Day and W. Sibley Towner
Westminster John Knox, 2,198 pp., $39.95
Besides offering the usual features of a study Bible, this volume aims to "help readers recognize that Christian faith makes claims upon every aspect of our lives."
Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
by Eugene H. Peterson
Eerdmans, 264 pp., $24.00
Peterson, a master with language himself, looks at Jesus' use of language, which was often metaphorical and indirect, and invited listeners to use their imagination.
Resurrection: The power of God for Christians and Jews
by Kevin Madigan and Jon D. Levenson
Yale University Press, 304 pp., $30.00
The authors expound on the provocative claim that Judaism and Christianity share a common faith in the resurrection.
Original Sin: A Cultural History
by Alan Jacobs
HarperOne, 304 pp., $24.95
One wouldn't expect a book about original sin to be entertaining, but Jacobs makes it so with deft prose and a touch of humor.
Race: A Theological Account
by J. Kameron Carter
Oxford University Press, $35.00
Carter argues that Christians formed their identity early on by racializing Jews and turning them into Semites.
Dostoevsky: Language, Faith and Fiction
by Rowan Williams
Baylor University Press, 285 pp., $24.95
Williams is interested in how contradictory ideas can be held in one framework, one story and one person--and perhaps in one church.
Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible
by Ellen F. Davis
Cambridge University Press, 252 pp., $23.99 paperback
The biblical writers were familiar with disputes over land use and land care, and the economics of food production were critical to their perspective.
Martin Luther's Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation
by Oswald Bayer, translated by Thomas H. Trapp
Eerdmans, 384 pp., $32.00 paperback
On topic after topic, Bayer discerns the heart of Luther's faith in the promises of Christ.
Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor
by Amos Yong
Orbis, 169 pp., $25.00 paperback
Taking exception to the usual options--exclusivist, inclusivist and pluralist--for Christian approaches to other religions, Yong maps out what he calls a pneumatological theology of hospitality.
The Discipleship Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version Including Apocrypha
edited by Bruce C. Birch, Brian K. Blount, Thomas G. Long, Gail R. O'Day and W. Sibley Towner
Westminster John Knox, 2,198 pp., $39.95
Besides offering the usual features of a study Bible, this volume aims to "help readers recognize that Christian faith makes claims upon every aspect of our lives."
Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
by Eugene H. Peterson
Eerdmans, 264 pp., $24.00
Peterson, a master with language himself, looks at Jesus' use of language, which was often metaphorical and indirect, and invited listeners to use their imagination.