MA (Edinburgh), MA, BSc, DPhil (Oxford)
Sources of the Christian Self: A Cultural History of Christian Identity
Edited by James M. Houston & Jenns Zimmermann
Publisher : Eerdmans; 1st edition (May 1 2018)
Language : English
Hardcover : 694 pages
ISBN-10 : 0802876277
ISBN-13 : 978-0802876270
Item weight : 1.16 kg
Dimensions : 16 x 5.08 x 23.62 cm
About the Book
Using Charles Taylor’s magisterial Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity as a springboard, this interdisciplinary book explores lived Christian identity through the ages.
Beginning with such Old Testament figures as Abraham, Moses, and David and moving through the New Testament, the early church, the Middle Ages, and onward, the forty-two biographical chapters in Sources of the Christian Self illustrate how believers historically have defined their selfhood based on their relation to God/Jesus.
Among the many historical subjects are Justin Martyr, Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Julian of Norwich, Dante, John Calvin, Teresa of Ávila, John Bunyan, Jonathan Edwards, Christina Rossetti, Blaise Pascal, Søren Kierkegaard, C. S. Lewis, and Flannery O’Connor―all of whom boldly lived out their Christian identities in their varied cultural contexts. In showing how Christian identity has evolved over time, Sources of the Christian Self offers deep insight into our own Christian selves today.
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CONTRIBUTORS:
Markus Bockmuehl, Keith Bodner, Gerald P. Boersma, Hans Boersma, Robert H. Bork, Paul C. Burns, Julie Canlis, Victor I. Ezigbo, Craig M. Gay, Yonghua Ge, Christopher Hall, Ross Hastings, Bruce Hindmarsh, James M. Houston, Sharon Jebb Smith, Robert A. Kitchen, Marian Kamell Kovalishyn, Pak-Wah Lai, Jay Langdale, Bo Karen Lee, Jonathan Sing-cheung Li, V. Phillips Long, Howard Louthan, Elizabeth Ludlow, Eleanor McCullough, Stephen Ney, Ryan S. Olson, Steve L. Porter, Iain Provan, Murray Rae, Jonathan Reimer, Ronald T. Rittgers, Sven Soderlund, Janet Martin Soskice, Mikael Tellbe, Colin Thompson, Bruce K. Waltke, Steven Watts, Robyn Wrigley-Carr, Jens Zimmermann.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations xi
Editors' Introduction xv
Acknowledgments xxv
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Part 1 Identity In The Old Testament
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1 Abraham: Friend of God, Father of the Faithful V. Phillips Long 3
2 Moses: Man of God Iain Provan 21
3 David: The Anointed Israelite Keith Bodner 36
4 Jeremiah: How the Prophet Self-Identified Bruce K. Waltke 54
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Part 2 Identity In The New Testament
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5 Simon Peter: The Transformation of the Apostle Markus Bockmuehl 69
6 James and Jude: Brothers of Jesus Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn 84
7 Paul: The Christian as an "In-Christ" Person Sven Soderlund 100
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Part 3 Identity in the Early Church
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8 Justin Martyr: Christian Identity-Formation in the Second Century CE Mikael Tellbe 119
9 Origen: Exegete, Theologian, Disciple Christopher Hall 133
10 Gregory of Nyssa: Becoming Human in the Face of God Hans Boersma 146
11 Ambrose: Baptismal Identity and Human Identity Gerald P. Boersma 168
12 John Chrysostom: Vision of the Angelic Life Pak-Wah Lai 192
13 Augustine of Hippo: The Christian Life, Then and Now Paul C. Burns 209
14 Gregory the Great: Conversionis Gratia-Ipse Becoming Idem Ryan S. Olson 223
15 Captives in Late Antiquity: Christian Identity under Foreign Rule Andrea Sterk 241
16 Timothy I of Baghdad: A Stranger in His Own Land Robert A. Kitchen 257
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Part 4 Identity in the Middle Ages
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17 Anselm: The Integrated Theologian Steven L. Porter 277
18 Bernard of Clairvaux: Lover of God as the Lover of Jesus James M. Houston 294
19 Dominic of Caleruega (d. 1221), Jordan of Saxony (d. 1237): The Formation of Dominican Identity Steven Watts 312
20 Aquinas: Participating in Christ's Poverty, Mission, and Life Yonghua Ge 328
21 Julian of Norwich: The Inclusive Christian Eleanor McCullough 341
22 Dante: The Path of the Pilgrim Janet Martin Soskice 353
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Part 5 Identity in the Age of Reform
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23 Thomas More: For Our Season Robert Bork 369
24 Martin Luther: The Self-less Christian Ronald K. Rittgers 379
25 John Calvin: Knowing the Self in God's Presence Julie Canlis 392
26 Thomas Becon: Popular Devotional Writer Jonathan Reimer 411
27 Teresa of Avila: The Christian Mystic Robyn Wrigley-Carr 423
28 Fray Luis de León (1527-1591): "The Imprisoned Self" Colin Thompson 441
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Part 6 Christian Identity In The Emergence Of The Modern World
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29 John Amos Comenius: A Life of Loss, a Theologian of Hope Howard Louthan 455
30 Anna Maria van Schurman and Madame Jeanne Guyon: The Oblation of Self Bo Karen Lee 469
31 John Bunyan: The Bible and the Individual Life Narrative in Pilgrim's Progress Stephen Ney 494
32 Jonathan Edwards: From Him, Through Him, and To Him Jonathan Sing-Cheung Li 506
33 Charles Wesley: Christian Identity in the Enlightenment Bruce Hindmarsh 524
34 Christina Rossetti: Identity in the Communion of Saints Elizabeth Ludlow 543
35 Blaise Pascal: Perpetual Contemporary Richard V. Honey 554
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Part 7 Christian Identity in the Upheavals of the Twentieth Century
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36 Søren Kierkegaard: Becornmg a Self Murray Rae 569
37 Karl Barth: Human Identity and the Freedom of God in Christ Ross Hastings 584
38 C. S. Lewis: From Self-Obsession to Plerosis Sharon Jebb Smith 603
39 Flannery O'Connor: Novelist and Believer Jay Langdale 618
40 Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Question of Christin Identity Jens Zimmermann
41 Jacques Ellul: Christian Identity in the Technological Society Craig M. Gay 648
42 African Christian or Christian African? Identity Relations in African Christianity Victor I. Ezigbo 664
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Contributors 683
Index 691