Eerdmans

This book contains a collection of essays which introduce Barth with clarity and depth. It also provides ministers and other serious readers with an overview of Barth’s views on Scripture.

In this new book; 'Reality, Grief, Hope' Walter Brueggemann probes the tasks performed by the ancient prophets of Israel and points out striking correlations between the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BCE and the catastrophic crisis of 9/11 in AD 2001.

A 'how-to' book on theology from a world-renowned theologian. In this book Stanley Hauerwas returns to the basics of 'doing' theology. Revisiting some of his earliest philosophical and theological views to better understand and clarify what he has said before, Hauerwas explores how theological reflection can be understood as an exercise in practical reason.Hauerwas includes chapters on a wide array of topics, including 'How I Think I Learned to Think Theologically,' 'How the Holy Spirit Works,' 'How to Write a Theological Sentence,' and 'How to Be Theologically Funny.'

SCRIPTURE. We can study it carefully. We can listen to sermons on it and read what the experts say about it. But in the end, says Anna Carter Florence, Scripture needs to be rehearsed and encountered—and we can do that best in community with others.

Scot McKnight and Joseph B. Modica have assembled this stellar one-stop guide exploring four major interpretive perspectives on the apostle Paul: Reformational, New, Apocalyptic, and Participationist. First elucidated by a scholarly essay, each perspective is then illuminated by three sermons expositing various passages from Paul's magisterial letter to the Romans.

James Dunn’s Jesus according to the New Testament constantly points back to the wonder of those first witnesses and greatly enriches our understanding of Jesus.