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  • A Subversive Gospel: Flannery O'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth, By Michael Mears Bruner
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    A Subversive Gospel

    Flannery O'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

    Studies in Theology and the Arts Series

    by Michael Mears Bruner

    Conference on Christianity and Literature (CCL) Book of the Year - Literary Criticism

    The good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act.

    These notions were embodied in the literary work of American author Flannery O'Connor, whose writing was deeply informed by both her Southern context and her Christian faith. ...

  • God at War: The Bible and Spiritual Conflict, By Gregory A. Boyd
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    God at War

    The Bible and Spiritual Conflict

    by Gregory A. Boyd

    In this bold and compelling work, Gregory Boyd undertakes to reframe the central issues of Christian theodicy. By Boyd's estimate, theologians still draw too heavily on Augustine's response to the problem of evil, attributing pain and suffering to the mysterious "good" purposes of God. Accordingly, modern Christians are inclined not to expect evil and so are baffled but resigned when it occurs. ...

  • Evolution and Holiness: Sociobiology, Altruism and the Quest for Wesleyan Perfection, By Matthew Nelson Hill
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    Evolution and Holiness

    Sociobiology, Altruism and the Quest for Wesleyan Perfection

    Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology

    by Matthew Nelson Hill
    Foreword by Darrel R. Falk

    Theology needs to engage what recent developments in the study of evolution mean for how we understand moral behavior. How does the theological concept of holiness connect to contemporary understandings of evolution? If genetic explanations of altruism fall short, what role should we give to environmental explanations and free will? Likewise, how do genetic explanations relate to theological accounts ...

  • Piercing Leviathan: God's Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job, By Eric Ortlund
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    Piercing Leviathan

    God's Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Eric Ortlund
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist

    One of the most challenging passages in the Old Testament book of Job comes in the Lord's second speech (40–41). The characters and the reader have waited a long time for the Lord to speak—only to read what is traditionally interpreted as a long description of a hippopotamus and crocodile (Behemoth and Leviathan). ...

  • Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity, By Robert Chao Romero
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    Brown Church

    Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity

    by Robert Chao Romero

    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist

    Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith is growing. But it is not new.

    For five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo, whether in opposition ...

  • Bonhoeffer, Christ and Culture, Edited byKeith L. Johnson and Timothy Larsen
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    Bonhoeffer, Christ and Culture

    Wheaton Theology Conference Series

    Edited by Keith L. Johnson and Timothy Larsen

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was one of the most compelling theologians of the twentieth century. A complex mix of scholarship and passion, his life and writings continue to fascinate and challenge Christians worldwide. He was a pastor and profound teacher and writer on Christian theology and ethics, yet was also involved in the resistance against Hitler which plotted his assassination. Bonhoeffer ...

  • Bound for the Promised Land, By Oren Martin
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    Bound for the Promised Land

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Oren Martin
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Just as the Old Testament book of Genesis begins with creation, where humans live in the presence of their Lord, so the New Testament book of Revelation ends with an even more glorious new creation where all of the redeemed dwell with the Lord and his Christ. The historical development between the beginning and the end is crucial, for the journey from Eden to the new Jerusalem proceeds through ...

  • The Eternal Generation of the Son: Maintaining Orthodoxy in Trinitarian Theology, By Kevin Giles
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    The Eternal Generation of the Son

    Maintaining Orthodoxy in Trinitarian Theology

    by Kevin Giles

    Should all Christians, especially evangelicals, hold on to the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son? What is lost if we don't? Theologian Kevin Giles defends the historically orthodox and ecumenical doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son of God. He argues on biblical, historical and theological bases that, given its fundamental meaning, this formulation is indispensable, irreplaceable ...

  • The Providence of God, By Paul Helm
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    The Providence of God

    Contours of Christian Theology

    by Paul Helm

    In this concise and accessible introduction, Paul Helm outlines for students and interested readers the doctrine of divine providence. Unlike many doctrinal treatments, his approach is not historically oriented. Instead Helm focuses on the underlying metaphysical and moral aspects of God's providence, paying particular attention to the ideas of divine control, providence and evil, and the role of ...