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Just in case you have missed it this morning: BBC Radio 4 had an interesting discussion on Saint Paul in their "In our Time" programme this morning. It will on air again at 9.30pm this evening.
Melvyn Bragg is joined by two T&T Clark authors: Helen Bond and John Barclay.
You can also listen to the programme online.
Enjoy!
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Dear all,
there has been some discussion going on in the blogosphere about the new Study Edition of the Church Dogmatics. Ben Myers had a very friendly post on his blog about the new set. The main criticism was that the prefaces and forewords both by the editors of the old set and by Karl Barth himself were not included in the new Study Edition.
In response to this we will make all prefaces available as pdf-files to all who have bought the Study Edition. In order to get access to the website, please send the postcard back to us which you had in the set or go to www.continuumbooks.com/dogmatics to register for the update service. You will then receive an email with a password which will give you access to the forewords (and eventually to the indexes for all individual volumes).
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The International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church has published a review of Gordon Jeanes' book on Thomas Cranmer, Signs of God's Promise by Bridget Nichols:
"This book has been impatiently awaited by those who have encountered it at earlier stages of its evolution. Their reward is a study of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer’s developing sacramental theology that is likely to take its place as a definitive account, if it is legitimate to speak in those terms of such a fiercely contested subject.
Through much of his career, Cranmer seems to have been engaged in a quest to define the nature of a sacrament and what it signifies. Jeanes picks up the trail in the late 1530s, drawing on an awe-inspiring range of material. Discussion of contemporary documents, including the anonymous, but probably Cranmerian treatise, De Sacramentis (which the author has edited), ancient sources, a large corpus of secondary literature (some of it usefully re-examined) and very recent publications ensures an invaluable presentation of the current state of research. Here, we see the beginnings of the Archbishop’s commitment to a sacramental theology that keeps both dominical sacraments in view. Indeed, it is Jeanes’s contention throughout that Cranmer’s thinking on baptism and the Eucharist was closely interlinked. In particular, his understanding of consecration, sacramental grace and growth in the Christian life involve parity between the major symbolic components – bread, wine and water – as well as between eating and drinking at the Eucharist, and the application of water in baptism.
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Although this volume has already been mentioned on our blog, I think it would be good to draw your attention to it once again. One of the reasons for me writing about Jennifer Cooper’s work is its publication date – yes, it will be out this summer. The second reason for my mentioning Humanity in the Mystery of God is an attempt to whet your appetites with endorsements it has received.
Herwi Rikhof, Mary Catherine Hilkert and Fergus Kerr, figures well known to all interested in Systematic Theology, have written very commendable reviews of this volume:
‘Stories of the part that Edward Schillebeeckx played as a backroom theologian at the Second Vatican Council, and then his equally controversial reconstruction of Christology on the basis of recent biblical studies, have overshadowed the first phase of his work, which culminated in his book 'Christ the Sacrament', now brought to light and back on to the agenda in this lucidly written and scholarly book by Dr Jennifer Cooper: a very welcome contribution.’ – Fergus Kerr, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, UK.
‘Jennifer Cooper’s book is a pleasant surprise. It provides us with the anthropology Schillebeeckx never wrote. And, perhaps more importantly, it challenges the picture, often encountered in the secondary literature, of rupture and discontinuity in Schillebeeckx’ thinking before and after the Second Vatican Council. While rereading after some years Christ the Sacrament, I was struck by the deep similarity with Jesus: an experiment. Cooper’s analyses of questions of method and content have confirmed my impression. Precisely this continuity may well force us to rethink the easy and lazy distinction between conservative and progressive.’ – Herwi Rikhof, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
‘In an astute analysis of the early writings of Edward Schillebeeckx on revelation, grace, incarnation, and resurrection, Jennifer Cooper identifies an important recurring anthropological theme: at the core of the mystery of human lives and relationships is the mystery of God. This volume makes a valuable contribution not only to an understanding of Schillebeeckx’s thought and to the history of theology in the twentieth century, but also to the field of theological anthropology.’ - Mary Catherine Hilkert, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
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