Neal Presa reviews Adam Neder’s Theology as a away of Life.
Bavinck: A Critical Biography | James Eglinton
The Idea of "Israel" in Second Temple Judaism | Jason A. Staples
The Mind in Another Place: My Life as a Scholar | Luke Timothy Johnson
Liturgical Mysticism | David W. Fagerberg
The Breadth of Salvation: Rediscovering the Fullness of God's Saving Work | Tom Greggs
Diary of a Pastor's Soul: The Holy Moments in a Life of Ministry | M. Craig Barnes
Preaching to People in Pain: How Suffering Can Shape Your Sermons and Connect with Your Congregation | Matthew D. Kim
The End of Interpretation: Reclaiming the Priority of Ecclesial Exegesis | R. R. Reno
God, Race, and History: Liberating Providence | Matt R. Jantzen
Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church | Katelyn Beaty
Participation and Atonement: An Analytic and Constructive Account | Oliver D. Crisp
Augustine's Preached Theology: Living as the Body of Christ
Rethinking the Atonement: New Perspectives on Jesus's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension | David Moffitt
Three Books on Marriage | Driscoll; Keller; and Tripp
The Song of Solomon | Douglas Sean O'Donnell
Biblical Reasoning: Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis | R. B. Jamieson and Tyler Wittman
With this work Jamieson and Wittman help answer the question concerning the relationship between exegesis and theology. They demonstrate, through careful exegesis, that the conclusions of systematic theology are not some superstructure forced upon the witness of Scripture, but are in fact the very foundation which provides it’s coherence.
The History of Sexuality: An Introduction, Volume 1 | Michel Foucault
In the world after Foucault, believers might seize the possibilities for loving, humble ministry that does not treat same-sex temptation as any more identity-defining than other Biblically prohibited desires and, in the process, present a more winsomely Christ-like witness.
Can a “Biblical” Script Turn Toxic? A Review of Nancy Pearcey’s The Toxic War on Masculinity
In The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, best-selling author and apologist Nancy Pearcey traces the American cultural crisis of masculinity to the secularization of Western society since the Industrial Revolution––and offers what she sees as the biblical solution to the problem. Pearcey’s treatment of masculinity weaves together many theological, sociological, exegetical, and historical threads. And while the scope and ambition of the project is impressive, the results are mixed.
The Cross in Context: Reconsidering Biblical Metaphors for Atonement | Brad Vaughn
In this work, Jackson W.—a pseudonym—seeks to demonstrate the way metaphors used to articulate atonement theology often conflate the biblical data. After defending the assumption that both the biblical horizon and our own are contextualized, the author performs a detailed analysis of atonement in the OT in its relationship to the purity laws and observes that atonement affects a variety of objects, ranging from people to things like the altar. Key to the argument being advanced, though, is that atonement is not always achieved with the death of an animal but can also be achieved through compensatory gifts (like jewelry in Num 31:48–5). When describing the general purpose for sacrifices, the author summarizes them by saying they “enable people to draw near to God” (p. 66) and achieve this effect “by vindicating God’s honor” (p. 88, italics removed).
