Bøger af Patrick Oden

Seminary is difficult and, at first, it can be disorienting. Oftentimes students are thrown into the deep end of study, expected to write a research paper, analyze theological movements, read a massive amount of books, all while somehow maintaining sanity and sanctity in the midst of all this challenge. Add to this the problem so many students face in being exposed to new ideas, different approaches to Scripture, complex and thoughtful descriptions of God's nature and work. It can really mess a person up. This book was written as a guide and as encouragement for those who are new to seminary studies. It provides helpful hints for practical tasks like writing and research as well as moral and spiritual support for the personal challenges students face. Originally compiled for a Introduction to Theological Studies course at Fuller Theological Seminary.

The wilderness in the biblical book of Exodus was not just a geographic place. It was also an experience that involved both the human and the divine. The wilderness was an experience of confusion, doubt, and even rebellion.When a 21st-century Christian community faces its own wilderness, it wrestles with the same issues and joins the children of Israel in crying "How long?" As was the case with IT'S A DANCE (Patrick Oden's first book), HOW LONG? puts theology into an enjoyable, accessible narrative form.

In Hope for the Oppressor, Patrick Oden examines the topic of liberation from the perspective of the oppressor, arguing that oppressors need to be and indeed can be liberated from oppressing. Oden points to community as a hope that brings change, inviting people into a new expression of life together.

Throughout the course of his theological career, Jrgen Moltmann has been interested in the ecclesial and societal consequences of systematic theology and what each doctrine means for our life in this world. The Transformative Church explores these concerns in Moltmanns major texts and highlighting themes relevant for a transformative ecclesiology. Patrick Oden constructs a substantive transformative ecclesiology embedded in this world: we are to become in the church who we are to be in this world, whole in Christ so as to be a messianic people in any context.