T T Clark imprint: 345 books
by Dr Sigurd Grindheim
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
How do the different books of the Christian bible contribute to telling the story of God's salvation in Jesus Christ? How can the diverse and sometimes confusing range of perspectives in the bible join together in one picture?
Sigurd Grindheim shows students how this picture can be seen as...
Archetypes and the Fourth Gospel
Literature and Theology in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Employing Northrop Frye's system of archetypal literary criticism - the use of romance, tragedy, irony and satire, and comedy - Brian Larsen offers a compelling summary of the essential governing framework and means of exchange between literature and theology. Characters in the Fourth Gospel are examined...
The Letters of Jude and Second Peter: An Introduction and Study Guide
Paranoia and the Slaves of Christ
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
This Guide surveys the more important historical, socio-cultural, theological, and literary factors we must grapple with in understanding the two letters of Jude and Second Peter, between which there are very strong similarities. It appears that the letter of Jude was almost entirely 'plagiarized'...
Philippians: An Introduction and Study Guide
Historical Problems, Hierarchical Visions, Hysterical Anxieties
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Relatively brief and seemingly unassuming, Philippians is frequently underestimated by its readers and users. This guide shows that what lies within this letter is much more complicated and dynamic than many expect.
After surveying the major historical problems and the methods scholars use...
by Dr Guido de Graaff
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Guido de Graaff explores the political dimension and significance of friendship, arguing that its specific contribution lies not only in its theological approach, but also in its particular focus distinguishing the 'political' from the 'social' and/or 'civic'. The book's explorations are framed around...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
This volume considers the New Testament in the light of anthropological study, in particular the current trend towards theological anthropology. The book begins with three essays that survey the context in which the New Testament was written, covering the Old Testament, early Jewish writings and the...
Karl Barth and the Incarnation
Christology and the Humility of God
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
This work demonstrates the significance of Karl Barth's Christology by examining it in the context of his orientation toward the classical tradition - an orientation that was both critical and sympathetic. To compare this Christology with the doctrine's history, Sumner suggests first that the Chalcedonian...
by Susanne Scholz
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
This book introduces readers to the diverse field of feminist studies on the Hebrew Bible. Not organized as a traditional introduction to the "Old Testament," the manuscript does not follow a biblical book-by-book structure, but provides an introductory survey of the history and issues as...
Vulnerability and Care
Christian Reflections on the Philosophy of Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Medical and bioethical issues have spawned a great deal of debate in both public and academic contexts. Little has been done, however, to engage with the underlying issues of the nature of medicine and its role in human community. This book seeks to fill that gap by providing Christian philosophical...
Paul's Critique of Theocracy
A/Theocracy in Corinthians and Galatians
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Paul's Critique of Theocracy offers an interpretation of select texts in Corinthians and Galatians concerned with the establishment of legitimate authority in the Christian community. Odell-Scott argues that for Paul, no one may boast that they are selected by God, and no one has the authority to...
The Persistence of God's Endangered Promises
The Bible's Unified Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Using a thorough, integrated biblical theology to make sense of the 'master story' of Scripture, Allan J. McNicol explores the nature and importance of the Bible's abiding narrative of the persistence of God's promises to his people, and their hope of final triumph. Special attention is given to the...
The Acts of The Apostles: An Introduction and Study Guide
Taming the Tongues of Fire
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
The book of Acts opens with the dramatic story of tongues of flame descending upon believers at Pentecost and the prophecy of an egalitarian dispensation of the Spirit being fulfilled. Yet, as the narrative unfolds, we become aware of a tension between the socially egalitarian promise of the Pentecost...
Samuel, Kings and Chronicles I
Texts @ Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
In this volume scholarly voices from diverse contexts and social locations are gathered together to bring new or unfamiliar facets of biblical texts to light, focusing on issues of intertextuality. Samuel, Kings and Chronicles I sheds light from new perspectives on themes in these so-called historical...
by Dr Ashley Cocksworth
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Ashley Cocksworth presents Karl Barth as a theologian who not only produces a strong and vibrant theology of prayer, but also grounds theology itself in the practice of prayer. Prayer and theology are revealed to be integrally related in Barth's understanding of the dogmatic task. Cocksworth provides...