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‘Paul and the Second Century’ another guest post

A month or so ago, I introduced to you two authors’ posts about new LNTS volumes. I have now received another post, which I hope you’ll find informative. This very interesting collection of essays is already published in the UK and will be ready for readers in the US at the beginning of July 2011. So, without further ado here it is:

The second century was a tumultuous time for the church who had to wrestle with deviations of belief influenced by hyper-Hellenism, spasmodic persecution by Roman authorities, criticism from pagan intellectuals, and occasional departures from an assumed moral framework by certain figures in the church. It was in the midst of such difficulties that a great many voices came forward to define the doctrines and guiding characteristics of what they considered “genuine” Christianity. The interest of Paul and the Second Century is to explore how great an impact Paul made on the minds engaged in this endeavor.

Therefore, “this volume represents cutting edge research that combines experts in Pauline studies with experts in Second Century Christianity to identify the formative influence that Paul had on Second Century Christian groups and writings."

The Month of May

We are now in the heart of May, the month traditionally dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

So what better reading than 'Mary: A Complete Resource' or 'Studying Mary'... two excellent backlist titles which focus on the figure of Mary. Jeremy Corely's 'New Perspectives on the Nativity' might also prove interesting.

More recent publications to rouse a May interest might be Sister Wendy's book 'Encounters with God' which looks at ancient icons of the Virgin.

 

Ben Myers' Types of Reading

Ben has put two videos on his blog about types of reading wich you can find here and here.

He mentions two of our titles in his videos:

 

Friday Harvest

New books arrive from the printers on a Friday, but today I was particularly blessed when four of them hit my desk. Share the joy and have a look:

Letters of the Divine Word by Robert Price

Methodist Theology by Kenneth Wilson

The Established Church by Mark Chapman

 

Karl Barth's 125th Birthday

Today is Karl Barth's 125th birthday. German Radio (Deutschlandfunk) commemorated the event with a short programme today, which you can find here:

Deutschlandfunk Kalenderblatt

I liked the quote from Zuckmayer about Barth's pipe:

"Gott sei gedankt, dass er Ihnen in Ihrem hohen Alter noch die 'Freudigkeit' zur kämpferischen Frage und zur Lebensliebe verliehen hat. Möge Ihnen die glühende Pfeife noch lange nicht ausgehen!"

Newman and His Contemporaries launch in New York City

We are so pleased to be celebrating the launch of our new title Newman and His Contemporaries by Edward Short this week in New York City.

Wednesday, May 11 at 6:30pm
in the Undercroft of Church of Our Saviour
38^th Street and Park Avenue

If you will be in New York, we invite you to join us for refreshments and a talk by the author. You’ll also have an opportunity to buy the book at 35% off. Hope to see you there!