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Justice as a Virtue: A Thomistic Perspective
By Jean Porter. 2016
“Aquinas,” says Jean Porter, “gets justice right.” In this book she shows that Aquinas offers us a cogent and illuminating…
account of justice as a personal virtue rather than a virtue of social institutions, as John Rawls and his interlocutors have described it — and as most people think of it today. Porter presents a thoughtful interpretation of Aquinas’s account of the complex virtue of justice as set forth in the Summa theologiae, focusing on his key claim that justice is a perfection of the will. Building on her interpretation of Aquinas on justice, Porter also develops a constructive expansion of his work, illuminating major aspects of Aquinas’s views and resolving tensions in his thought so as to draw out contemporary implications of his account of justice that he could not have anticipated.Justice as a Virtue: A Thomistic Perspective
By Jean Porter. 2016
&“Aquinas,&” says Jean Porter, &“gets justice right.&” In this book she shows that Aquinas offers us a cogent and illuminating…
account of justice as a personal virtue rather than a virtue of social institutions, as John Rawls and his interlocutors have described it — and as most people think of it today. Porter presents a thoughtful interpretation of Aquinas&’s account of the complex virtue of justice as set forth in the Summa theologiae, focusing on his key claim that justice is a perfection of the will. Building on her interpretation of Aquinas on justice, Porter also develops a constructive expansion of his work, illuminating major aspects of Aquinas&’s views and resolving tensions in his thought so as to draw out contemporary implications of his account of justice that he could not have anticipated.Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy
By Luke Bretherton. 2019
In Christ and the Common Life Luke Bretherton provides an introduction to historical and contemporary theological reflection on politics and opens up…
a compelling vision for a Christian commitment to democracy.In dialogue with Scripture and various traditions, Bretherton examines the dynamic relationship between who we are in relation to God and who we are as moral and political animals. He addresses fundamental political questions about poverty and injustice, forming a common life with strangers, and handling power constructively. And through his analysis of debates concerning, among other things, race, class, economics, the environment, and interfaith relations, he develops an innovative political theology of democracy as a way through which Christians can speak and act faithfully within our current context.Read as a whole, or as stand-alone chapters, the book guides readers through the political landscape and identifies the primary vocabulary, ideas, and schools of thought that shape Christian reflection on politics in the West. Ideal for the classroom, Christ and the Common Life equips students to understand politics and its positive and negative role in fostering neighbor love.Jesus, King of Strangers: What the Bible Really Says about Immigration
By Mark W. Hamilton. 2019
Recovering the church&’s native language for migrantsNationalistic tribalism is on the rise around the world. How we treat strangers (foreigners,…
immigrants, migrants) is a prominent political, economic, and religious issue. Drawing on his personal experiences and expertise as a biblical scholar, Mark Hamilton argues that Scripture describes God&’s people as strangers who are called to show grace and hospitality to others.The church has often identified itself as a community of strangers. This was the story of the church during much of its early history. In many parts of the world, it still is. In a world in which 240 million persons are voluntary immigrants and another 60 to 70 million are refugees, the urgency of the church&’s recovery of its native language on immigration remains vital. Jesus, King of Strangers examines the Bible&’s key ideas about human movement and the relationship between migrants and their hosts. Hamilton argues that reclaiming the biblical language will free the church from hypernationalism and fear-driven demagoguery.Politics for a Pilgrim Church: A Thomistic Theory of Civic Virtue
By Thomas J. Bushlack. 2015
Presents an innovative, constructive alternative to Christian involvement in the "culture wars" Church leaders and scholars have long wrestled with…
what should provide a guiding vision for Christian engagement in culture and politics. In this book Thomas Bushlack argues that a retrieval of Thomas Aquinas's understanding of civic virtue provides important resources for guiding this engagement today. Bushlack suggests that Aquinas's vision of the pilgrim church provides a fitting model for seeking the earthly common good of the political community, and he notes the features of a Thomistic account of justice and civic virtue that remain particularly salient for the twenty-first century. The book concludes with suggestions for cultivating a Christian rhetoric of the common good as an alternative to the predominant forms of discourse fostered within the culture wars that have been so divisive.The Battle for Bonhoeffer: Debating Discipleship In The Age Of Trump
By Stephen R. Haynes. 2018
The figure of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) has become a clay puppet in modern American politics. Secular, radical, liberal, and evangelical…
interpreters variously shape and mold the martyr&’s legacy to suit their own pet agendas.Stephen Haynes offers an incisive and clarifying perspective. A recognized Bonhoeffer expert, Haynes examines &“populist&” readings of Bonhoeffer, including the acclaimed biography by Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. In his analysis Haynes treats, among other things, the November 2016 election of Donald Trump and the &“Bonhoeffer moment&” announced by evangelicals in response to the US Supreme Court&’s 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage.The Battle for Bonhoeffer includes an open letter from Haynes pointedly addressing Christians who still support Trump. Bonhoeffer&’s legacy matters. Haynes redeems the life and the man.Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the United States wonder why they are being forced…
to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago faced very similar challenges. Picking up poet T. S. Eliot&’s World War II–era thesis that the future of the West would be determined by a contest between Christianity and &“modern paganism,&” Smith argues in this book that today&’s culture wars can be seen as a reprise of the basic antagonism that pitted pagans against Christians in the Roman Empire. Smith&’s Pagans and Christians in the City looks at that historical conflict and explores how the same competing ideas continue to clash today. All of us, Smith shows, have much to learn by observing how patterns from ancient history are reemerging in today&’s most controversial issues.God and Guns in America
By Michael W. Austin. 2020
What if Christians did more than offer thoughts and prayers in response to gun violence? Ethicist Michael Austin argues—from a…
biblical but nonpacifist perspective—that we can impose firearms restrictions to make our society safer and less fearful while still respecting the rights of gun owners. God and Guns in America is a thoughtful, measured, and articulate treatment of a polarizing topic that is too often treated with more heat than light.Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump
By John Fea. 2018
A historian&’s discerning, critical take on current American politics&“Believe me&” may be the most commonly used phrase in Donald Trump&’s…
lexicon. Whether about building a wall or protecting a Christian heritage, the refrain has been constant. And to the surprise of many, a good 80 percent of white evangelicals have believed Trump—at least enough to help propel him into the White House. Historian John Fea is not surprised, however—and in these pages he explains how we have arrived at this unprecedented moment in American politics. An evangelical Christian himself, Fea argues that the embrace of Donald Trump is the logical outcome of a long-standing evangelical approach to public life defined by the politics of fear, the pursuit of worldly power, and a nostalgic longing for an American past. As insightful as it is timely, Fea&’s Believe Me challenges Christians to replace fear with hope, the pursuit of power with humility, and nostalgia with history.Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks
By Walter Brueggemann. 2014
Walter Brueggemann is one of the most highly regarded Old Testament scholars of our time; talk-show host Krista Tippett has…
even called him "a kind of theological rock star." In this new book Brueggemann incisively probes our society-in-crisis from the ground up.Pointing out striking correlations between the catastrophe of 9/11 and the destruction of ancient Jerusalem, Brueggemann shows how the prophetic biblical response to that crisis was truth-telling in the face of ideology, grief in the face of denial, and hope in the face of despair. He argues that the same prophetic responses are urgently required from us now if we are to escape the deathliness of denial and despair.Brueggemann’s Reality, Grief, Hope boldly confronts the dominant forces of our time, taking on principalities and powers that vie for our souls, and calls the church to courageous action.Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships
By Karen R. Keen. 2018
WHEN IT COMES TO SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS, this book by Karen Keen contains the most thoughtful, balanced, biblically grounded discussion you&’re…
likely to encounter anywhere. With pastoral sensitivity and respect for biblical authority, Keen breaks through current stalemates in the debate surrounding faith and sexual identity.The fresh, evenhanded reevaluation of Scripture, Christian tradition, theology, and science in Keen&’s Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships will appeal to both traditionalist and progressive church leaders and parishioners, students of ethics and biblical studies, and gay and lesbian people who often feel painfully torn between faith and sexuality.The Bible and the Ballot: Using Scripture in Political Decisions
By Tremper Longman III. 2020
How to read the Bible on matters of public policyChristians affirm the Bible as our standard of faith and practice.…
We turn to it to hear God&’s voice. But what relevance does the Bible have for the contentious public policy issues we face today? Although the Bible does not always speak explicitly to modern issues, it does give us guiding principles as we think about how we might vote or act as political figures ourselves. The Bible and the Ballot demonstrates the proper use of Scripture in contemporary political discussions. Christians regularly invoke the Bible to support their positions on many controversial political topics—gay marriage, poverty, war, religious liberty, immigration, the environment, taxes, etc.—and this book will help facilitate those conversations. Tremper Longman provides a hermeneutical approach to using the Bible in this manner, then proceeds topic by topic, citing important Scriptures to be taken into consideration in each case and offering an evangelical interpretation. Longman is careful to suggest levels of confidence in interpretation and acknowledges that often there are a range of possible applications. Each chapter includes questions to provoke further thought in individuals&’ minds or for group discussion. The Bible and the Ballot is a ready guide to understanding the Bible on issues that American Christians face today as we live within a pluralistic society.A Political Theology of Climate Change
By Michael S. Northcott. 2013
Much current commentary on climate change, both secular and theological, focuses on the duties of individual citizens to reduce their…
consumption of fossil fuels. In A Political Theology of Climate Change, however, Michael Northcott discusses nations as key agents in the climate crisis.Against the anti-national trend of contemporary political theology, Northcott renarrates the origins of the nations in the divine ordering of history. In dialogue with Giambattista Vico, Carl Schmitt, Alasdair MacIntyre, and other writers, he argues that nations have legal and moral responsibilities to rule over limited terrains and to guard a just and fair distribution of the fruits of the earth within the ecological limits of those terrains.As part of his study, Northcott brilliantly reveals how the prevalent nature-culture divide in Western culture, including its notion of nature as "private property," has contributed to the global ecological crisis. While addressing real difficulties and global controversies surrounding climate change, Northcott presents substantial and persuasive fare in his Political Theology of Climate Change.The story of a significant British church leader who fought for justice and freedom during World War IIIt was to…
George Bell, an English bishop, that Dietrich Bonhoeffer sent his last words before he was executed at the Flossenbürg concentration camp in April 1945. Why he did so becomes clear from Andrew Chandler's new biography of George Kennedy Allen Bell (1883–1958).As he traces the arc of Bell's life, Chandler reshapes our perspective on Bonhoeffer's life and times. In addition to serving as bishop of Chichester, Bell was an internationalist and ecumenical leader, one of the great Christian humanists of the twentieth century, a tenacious critic of the obliteration bombing of enemy cities during World War II, and a key ally of those who struggled for years to resist Hitler in Germany itself.This inspiring biography raises important questions that still haunt the moral imagination today: When should the word of protest be spoken? When should nations go to war, and how should they fight? What are our obligations to the victims of dictators and international conflict?Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa
By Emmanuel Katongole. 2017
There is no more urgent theological task than to provide an account of hope in Africa, given its endless cycles…
of violence, war, poverty, and displacement. So claims Emmanuel Katongole, an innovative theological voice from Africa. In the midst of suffering, Katongole says, hope takes the form of "arguing" and "wrestling" with God. Such lament is not merely a cry of pain—it is a way of mourning, protesting, and appealing to God. As he unpacks the rich theological and social dimensions of the practice of lament in Africa, Katongole tells the stories of courageous Christian activists working for change in East Africa and invites readers to enter into lament along with them.Ghosts in the Bedroom: A Guide for Partners of Incest Survivors
By Ken Graber. 1991
Although the impact of incest or sexual abuse can destroy relationships and test long-standing commitments, the information in this book…
may be the key to holding your relationship together through the journey to recovery. It provides comfort and guidance for partners in the process of recovery. Graber draws from personal experience to show how partners can accept responsibility for their own issues, support the recovery of the incest or sexual abuse survivor and work toward solving relationship problems together.Political Trauma and Healing: Biblical Ethics for a Postcolonial World
By Mark G. Brett. 2016
How can Scripture address the crucial justice issues of our time? In this book Mark Brett offers a careful reading…
of biblical texts that speak to such pressing public issues as the legacies of colonialism, the demands of asylum seekers, the challenges of climate change, and the shaping of redemptive economies. Brett argues that the Hebrew Bible can be read as a series of reflections on political trauma and healing — the long saga of successive ancient empires violently asserting their sovereignty over Israel and of the Israelites forced to live out new pathways toward restoration. Brett retrieves the prophetic voice of Scripture and applies it to our contemporary world, addressing current justice issues in a relevant, constructive, compelling manner.Political Trauma and Healing: Biblical Ethics for a Postcolonial World
By Mark G. Brett. 2016
How can Scripture address the crucial justice issues of our time? In this book Mark Brett offers a careful reading…
of biblical texts that speak to such pressing public issues as the legacies of colonialism, the demands of asylum seekers, the challenges of climate change, and the shaping of redemptive economies. Brett argues that the Hebrew Bible can be read as a series of reflections on political trauma and healing — the long saga of successive ancient empires violently asserting their sovereignty over Israel and of the Israelites forced to live out new pathways toward restoration. Brett retrieves the prophetic voice of Scripture and applies it to our contemporary world, addressing current justice issues in a relevant, constructive, compelling manner.Hearts of Fire
By The Voice of the Martyrs. 2003
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus - Volume 5
By Michael L. Brown. 2009
Michael Brown provides a comprehensive refutation of the traditional [orthodox] Jewish concept that there is a binding, authoritative Oral Law…
going back to Moses. While showing great respect for his people's traditions, Brown dispels the idea that only traditional Jews can rightly understand the Hebrew Scriptures. He demonstrates that the written Word alone carries absolute authority, and when there is a conflict between the Bible and tradition, Jews are called to follow the Bible. This study will revolutionize the lives of both Jewish and Christian readers. Brown discusses other topics besides problems with the Oral Law such as showing how Jesus is the Jewish Messiah. Brown supports his ideas with extensive documentation from Christian, Jewish, and Messianic Jewish scholars, and from other sources. Even for those readers who do not practice Judaism, Christianity, or Messianic Judaism, this book will enlighten their understanding of what Traditional Jewish people believe about Jesus and Christianity. Michael L. Brown (Ph.D., New York University) is a Jewish believer in Jesus who has been active in dialogue, debate, and interaction with rabbis and countermissionaries for more than thirty-five years. He is the founder and president of FIRE School of Ministry in Concord, North Carolina, and has served as a visiting or adjunct professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Denver Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (Charlotte), The King's Seminary, Southern Evangelical Seminary, and Regent University School of Divinity. He is the author of twenty books, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he is a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of Jewish Religion, the Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, and other scholarly dictionaries and journals. He has spoken in twenty-four nations and throughout America, and he is the host of the weekly TV show 'Think It Thru,' which airs on the INSP network, and the daily live talk radio show, 'The Line of Fire.'