Contemplating God with the Great Tradition
Title | Contemplating God with the Great Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Craig A. Carter |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2021-04-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1493429698 |
Southwestern Journal of Theology 2021 Book of the Year Award (Theological Studies) 2021 Book Award, The Gospel Coalition (Honorable Mention, Academic Theology) Following his well-received Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition, Craig Carter presents the biblical and theological foundations of trinitarian classical theism. Carter, a leading Christian theologian known for his provocative defenses of classical approaches to doctrine, critiques the recent trend toward modifying or rejecting classical theism in favor of modern "relational" understandings of God. The book includes a short history of trinitarian theology from its patristic origins to the modern period, and a concluding appendix provides a brief summary of classical trinitarian theology. Foreword by Carl R. Trueman.
Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition
Title | Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Craig A. Carter |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 2018-04-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1493413295 |
The rise of modernity, especially the European Enlightenment and its aftermath, has negatively impacted the way we understand the nature and interpretation of Christian Scripture. In this introduction to biblical interpretation, Craig Carter evaluates the problems of post-Enlightenment hermeneutics and offers an alternative approach: exegesis in harmony with the Great Tradition. Carter argues for the validity of patristic christological exegesis, showing that we must recover the Nicene theological tradition as the context for contemporary exegesis, and seeks to root both the nature and interpretation of Scripture firmly in trinitarian orthodoxy.
Contemplating Christ
Title | Contemplating Christ PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent Pizzuto |
Publisher | Liturgical Press |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2018-03-26 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0814647294 |
The incarnation has made mystics of us all. What if we read the gospels as if that were true? In his book Contemplating Christ,Vincent Pizzuto offers an exploration of the interior life for modern contemplatives that is as beautiful as it is compelling. With an emphasis on the gospels and Christian mystical tradition, his book explores ancient themes in new and surprising ways. Drawing on his rich experience as an academic and priest, Pizzuto gradually unfolds the Christian mystery of deification to which the whole of biblical revelation and the Christian contemplative life are ordered: through the incarnation, we have all been made “other Christs” in the world.
Meditation and Communion with God
Title | Meditation and Communion with God PDF eBook |
Author | John Jefferson Davis |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2012-09-13 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830839763 |
John Jefferson Davis summons the resources of traditional biblical meditation for a culture lost in the cloud. He establishes the trinitarian view of God's real presence in Scripture and then ushers readers through three successive stages of meditation--consummating in a method for deep assimilation of the Christian worldview.
The Thirst of God
Title | The Thirst of God PDF eBook |
Author | Wendy Farley |
Publisher | Presbyterian Publishing Corp |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2015-09-04 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0664259863 |
"There is a rich tradition of wonderful women and other contemplatives who are great resources for thinking differently about Christianity. They emphasized divine love, human compassion, and the radical possibilities of contemplative practices. They were not afraid to criticize the church and indeed thought of their challenge as crucial to their faith. We do not have to lose faith with the beautiful wisdom of this story of intimate and compassionate love, dwelling among us and within us, if we do not want to." —from the acknowledgments and note to readers To those seeking a more open, progressive approach to Christian faith, the Christian past can sometimes seem like a desert, an empty space devoid of encouragement or example. Yet in the latter years of the Middle Ages a quiet flowering of a more accessible, positive approach to Christian belief took place among a group of female mystics, those who emphasized an immediate, nonhierarchical experience of the divine. In this enlightening volume, Wendy Farley eloquently brings the work of three female mystics—Marguerite Porete, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Julian of Norwich—into creative conversation with contemporary Christian life and thought. From alternatives to the standard, violent understandings of the atonement, to new forms of contemplation and prayer, these figures offer us relevant insights through a theology centered on God's love and compassion. Farley demonstrates how these women can help to refresh and expand our awareness of the depth of divine love that encompasses all creation and dwells in the cavern of every human heart.
Rethinking Christ and Culture
Title | Rethinking Christ and Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Craig A. Carter |
Publisher | Brazos Press |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 144120122X |
In 1951, theologian H. Richard Niebuhr published Christ and Culture, a hugely influential book that set the agenda for the church and cultural engagement for the next several decades. But Niebuhr's model was devised in and for a predominantly Christian cultural setting. How do we best understand the church and its writers in a world that is less and less Christian? Craig Carter critiques Niebuhr's still pervasive models and proposes a typology better suited to mission after Christendom.
Divine Attributes
Title | Divine Attributes PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Peckham |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2021-05-04 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1493429418 |
This book offers a clear and constructive account of the nature and attributes of God. It addresses the doctrine of God from exegetical, historical, and constructive-theological perspectives, bringing the biblical portrayal of God in relationship to the world into dialogue with prominent philosophical and theological questions. The book engages questions such as: Does God change? Does God have emotions? Does God know the future? Is God entirely good and loving? How can God be one and three? Chapters correspond to the major metaphysical and moral attributes of God.