Freedom and Sin
Seeing God
The Self-Emptying of Christ in Scripture and Theology Edited by Paul T. Nimmo and Keith L. Johnson
Evil in a World Created by God Ross McCullough
The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition Hans Boersma
Foreword by John E. Hare
Foreword by Andrew Louth
A fresh argument for a venerable but recently neglected solution to the problem of human freedom and divine sovereignty.
Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award in Theology/Ethics.
Seventeen distinguished scholars from the fields of biblical studies, historical theology, and systematic theology engage with the past and present significance of the doctrine of kenosis—Paul’s extraordinary claim in Philippians 2 that Jesus Christ emptied and humbled himself in obedience on his way to death upon the cross. CONTRIBUTORS
John M. G. Barclay, Matthew J. Aragon Bruce, David Fergusson, Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Kevin W. Hector, Keith L. Johnson, Cambria Kaltwasser, Han-luen Kantzer Komline, Grant Macaskill, John A. McGuckin, Paul T. Nimmo, Georg Pfleiderer, Rinse H. Reeling Brouwer, Hanna Reichel, Christoph Schwöbel, Katherine Sonderegger, and Thomas Joseph White. Paul T. Nimmo holds the King’s Chair of Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen. His many other books include Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision, which won a 2009 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise. Keith L. Johnson is professor of theology at Wheaton College, where he is also the codirector of the Wheaton Center for Faith and Innovation. His other books include Theology as Discipleship and The Essential Karl Barth: A Reader and Commentary. 978-0-8028-7920-2 • Jacketed Hardcover • 368 pages $65.00 US • $87.99 CAN • £52.99 UK
“Why does God permit sin? Is there anything fresh to be said into contemporary discussions of the problem of evil? I would have thought not, but McCullough’s learned and lucid book has made me think again. It is an important contribution to the field, unusual in matching rigor and clarity of argument with a deep engagement with theological tradition.” — KAREN KILBY
Durham University
“Amazing as it sounds, this study may well offer a fresh floor for ‘philosophical theology’—a hybrid discipline as conversant in contemporary conceptual maneuvers as in rich inquiries into ‘God and the things of God.’ Ross McCullough provides a thorough canvas of the traditions involved, displaying both a learned and a light touch. The model for the book is not a summary ‘systematic theology,’ but rather the dialectical pilgrimage of Maimonides’s Guide for the Perplexed. Bravo!”
— DAVID B. BURRELL, CSC
University of Notre Dame
“This is both a retrieval of classical theological positions and a bold new effort to address the question of God’s involvement in our free choice to sin. The results are as analytically precise as they are theologically rich.” — KATHRYN TANNER
Yale Divinity School
“No theologian interested in the intricate question of divine and human freedom, divine causality and human sin (indeed every theologian worthy of the name should be deeply interested in these topics), can afford to ignore Freedom and Sin.”
In Seeing God, Hans Boersma explores the doctrine of the beatific vision—how the invisible God becomes visible to us. Boersma begins by examining what Christian thinkers throughout history have written about the beatific vision and then moves into a dogmatic articulation of the doctrine for Christians today. “This is theological reflection of the most illuminating kind.” — DAVID BENTLEY HART
author of Atheist Delusions and The Beauty of the Infinite
“A profound and important work.”
— SIMON OLIVER
Durham University
“An energizing book from one of today’s best theologians.”
— JANET SOSKICE
University of Cambridge
“A richly comprehensive historical account of theologies of the beatific vision.”
— JOHN MILBANK
University of Nottingham
“A striking manifesto, in the form of a gentle, subtle, moving, and encyclopedic tour through the church’s long reflection on our final destiny of gazing upon God’s face given in Christ.”
— EPHRAIM RADNER
Wycliffe College
“A wonderful and supremely worthwhile feat.” — LYDIA SCHUMACHER
King’s College London
Ross McCullough is assistant professor of philosophy at George Fox University and a faculty fellow in the George Fox Honors Program.
Hans Boersma is the Saint Benedict Servants of Christ Chair in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary, Wisconsin. His other books include Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry and Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church.
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