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The Spirit and the Church celebrates the life and legacy of Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv., who for the past six decades has carried the torch of the Franciscan theological and philosophical vision in the fields of ecclesiology, pneumatology, Mariology, and anthropology. Articles by colleagues, former students, and associates fall into three broad categories, corresponding with several of the main areas in which Fehlner has made a longstanding scholarly contribution: the Church's Magisterium and development of doctrine, anthropology,comma and creation; the relation between Mariology, pneumatology, and ecclesiology; and scholarly seeds planted by Fehlner now being cultivated and harvested by younger scholars. All of the essays in this volume engage with Fehlner, evaluate his contributions, and build upon and expand in new directions the contributions of our honoree. The essays in this volume manifest the contemporary relevance of Fehlner's Franciscan vision in terms of his invitation to renew the theology of the Church in a Marian mode in the light of Vatican II.""The theology of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner is a little-known gem of brilliance that deserves a much wider readership. This volume with its wonderful mixture of well-known senior scholars and soon-to-be-known junior scholars will go a long way towards achieving this end! Fehlner provides a magnificent reawakening of the Franciscan charism in theology, inspired equally by St. Bonaventure and Vatican II, under the inspiration of Fehlner's own unique genius.""--John Cavadini, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame""This is a collection of essays worthy of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, a profound theologian whose interests and expertise ranged widely. As much as anyone alive, he explored the relations of the Holy Spirit to the Catholic Church and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this he followed his Franciscan confreres Sts. Bonaventure and Maximilian Kolbe, and with his sanctified intellect developed their thought in new and fascinating ways.""--Scott Hahn, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and author of The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages (2016)J. Isaac Goff is an instructor in theology at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary. His recent publications include: Caritas in Primo: A Study of Bonaventure's Disputed Questions on the Mystery of the Trinity (2015) and, as co-editor, A Companion to Bonaventure (2014).Fr. Edward J. Ondrako, OFM Conv., is currently Research Fellow at the Pontifical Faculty of St. Bonaventure, Rome, and Visiting Scholar at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. He edited and contributed to ita published in 2015.Fr. Christiaan W. Kappes is academic dean of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary. His latest publications include ""Gregorios Palamas' Reception of Augustine's Doctrine of the Original Sin and Nicholas Kabasilas' Rejection of Aquinas' Maculism as the Background to Scholarios' Immaculism,"" ita (2017), and ""A New Narrative for the Reception of Seven Sacraments into Orthodoxy: Peter Lombard's Sentences in Nicholas Cabasilas and Symeon of Thessalonica and the Utilization of John Duns Scotus by the Holy Synaxis,"" italiciz (2017).

This collection of essays by British Baptists honors the work of John Colwell amongst the Baptist community, recognizing in particular the contribution he has made to Christian doctrine and ethics and more recently his involvement in the formation of The Order for Baptist Ministry (OBM). The book explores what we are doing in morning prayer and what it is to allow the seasons and festivals of the Christian year to shape our lives.""Few theologians display the distinctive witness of contemporary British Baptists so luminously as the life and work of John Colwell. This snapshot of a larger than life figure lets us glimpse an especially winning period of British Baptist theology, beautifully displayed by the volume's orientation around a theme dear to John's heart--the great daily liturgy of the church catholic.""--Brian Brock, King's College, Aberdeen""Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It's the greatest merit of these closely observed and finely argued essays that they not only draw deeply on the substance of John Colwell's admirable work but also follow its trajectory. In these pages one senses not just wisdom, or insight--but love.""--Sam Wells, Vicar, St Martin-in-the-Fields""This is a theological gem: Liturgy, spirituality, doctrine, and biblical hermeneutics are beautifully woven together here. The authors do great justice to the creativity and integrity of John Colewell--a unique Baptist teacher and preacher. Moreover, like John Colewell, they push the boundaries of contemporary Baptist theology in ways that will inspire and equip Christian leaders in all traditions of the Church.""--Myra Blyth, Regent's Park College, OxfordAndy Goodliff is the Minister of Belle Vue Baptist Church, Southend-on-Sea, UK. Paul Goodliff is a Baptist minister and current General Secretary of Churches Together In England.

IntroductionStephen J. ChesterYou Become What You Worship: Theosis and the Story of the BibleBen C. BlackwellResponse to BlackwellCynthia Peters AndersonThe Old Testament and Participation with God (and/in Christ?): (Re-)Reading the Life of Moses with Some Help from Gregory of NyssaBrent StrawnResponse to StrawnJ. Nathan ClaytonCruciform or Resurrectiform? Paul''s Paradoxical Practice of Participation in ChristMichael J. GormanResponse to GormanMarkus NikkanenUnion(s) with Christ: Colossians 1:15-20Grant MacaskillResponse to MacaskillConstantine R. CampbellWhy Bother with Participation? An Early Lutheran PerspectiveOlli-Pekka VainioResponse to Vainio Stephen J. Chester The Geography of Participation: In Christ is Location. Location, Location Julie Canlis Response to Canlis Mary Patton Baker Jews and Gentiles together in Christ? The Jerusalem Council on Racial Reconciliation Ashish Varma Response to Varma Hauna Ondrey Letting the Music Play (Matthew 22:34-40) Cynthia Peters Anderson

Post-Christendom Studies publishes research on the nature of Christian identity and mission in the contexts of post-Christendom. Post-Christendom refers to places, both now and in the past, where Christianity was once a significant cultural presence, though not necessarily the dominant religion. Sometimes ""Christendom"" refers to the official link between church and state. The term ""post-Christendom"" is often associated with the rise of secularization, religious pluralism, and multiculturalism in western countries over the past sixty years. Our use of the term is broader than that however. Egypt for example can be considered a post-Christendom context. It was once a leading center of Christianity. ""Christendom"" moreover does not necessarily mean official public and dominant religion. For example, under Saddam Hussein, Christianity was probably a minority religion, but, for the most part, Christians were left alone. After America deposed Saddam, Christians began to flee because they became a persecuted minority. In that sense, post-Saddam Iraq is an experience of post-Christendom--it is a shift from a cultural context in which Christians have more or less freedom to exercise their faith to one where they are persecuted and/or marginalized for doing so.

Theological Issues in Christian-Muslim Dialogue addresses the main theological topics of discussion that appear in Christian-Muslim engagement. Many of these topics originate in the medieval period and the earliest encounters between Christians and Muslims. Even so, the topics persist in contemporary contexts of dialogue and engagement. Christians and Muslims still discuss whether or not God should be understood as strictly one or as a Trinity-in-Unity, and debates over the nature of revelation or prophethood remain. Theological reflection, therefore, must continue to be brought to bear on these topics in light of their history and in view of their applicability to growing contexts of inter-religious engagement. Theological Issues in Christian-Muslim Dialogue is a comprehensive theological sourcebook for students learning about Christian-Muslim relations and practitioners engaged in Christian-Muslim dialogue."Readers in search of a superb overview of theological themes essential to understanding and fostering serious Muslim-Christian intellectual engagement will find this new collection helpful and encouraging. Contributors of richly diverse backgrounds and scholarly interests forthrightly address a full spectrum of historically contentious issues, neither oversimplifying nor exaggerating the challenges they continue to present. Along the way, readers also get a sense of the multiple perspectives that emerge from within both larger Muslim and Christian constituencies over the ages."--John Renard, Saint Louis University"Driven to win at any cost, encounters between Christians and Muslims typically ignore the central aim of both religions to find truth and apply it. These essays look again at well-known points of disagreement, assess them objectively, and offer refreshing new approaches to them. The book holds out the promise of an end to past polemical scheming, and more honesty and respect in the future. It is a distinctive and original contribution to Christian-Muslim relations."--David Thomas, University of Birmingham, UKCharles Tieszen is SIS Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and an editor of the Christian-Muslim Relations: A Thematic History volumes for the ongoing project Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. He is the author of Cross Veneration in the Medieval Islamic World (2017), A Textual History of Christian-Muslim Relations (2015), and Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain (2013).

Irish Anglican clergymen played an important role in the creation of a nineteenth-century ""Greater Ireland,"" a term denoting a diasporic movement in which the Irish transformed into a global people, actively participating in British imperial expansion and colonial nation building. These essays address the formative influences and circumstances that informed the mental world and disposition of Irish Anglicans, particularly clergy who were graduates of Trinity College Dublin (TCD), an institution pivotal in the formation of attitudes among the Irish Anglican elite. TCD was the gathering point for Anglicans of different backgrounds, and as such acted as a great leveler and formative center where laity and aspirant clergy were educated together under a common curriculum. In common with the Irish as a whole, TCD graduate clergy exerted an influence on colonial life in the religious, cultural, intellectual, and political spheres out of all proportion to their numbers. Faced with its dismantling in the old world, adherents of the Church of Ireland availed of opportunities for its reconstruction in the new and in the process bequeathed an important legacy in the colonial church.""This collective volume is a fine example of the virtues of particularism. The essays are tightly focused, well documented, and clearly presented. No big history is on display here, just admirably solid scholarship that is much to be admired.""--D. H. Akenson, Queen''s University, Kingston, Ontario""Thomas Power has assembled here an outstanding collection of essays which combine to reveal the crucial role played by Trinity College Dublin''s Divinity School in supplying clergy for the Anglican Church worldwide for nearly a century, not least to Canada, and they unravel the rich evangelical strands within that diaspora. Ireland''s sectarian hostilities were exported with them, but the contributors illuminate the sheer variety of emigre stories, each with a distinctive sense of mission.""--David Dickson, Trinity College Dublin""As this volume brings to light, Anglicanism has exercised an important influence on Irish religious culture, as well as on those cultures touched by the wider Irish diaspora of the nineteenth century. This stimulating and welcomed study will be of interest to a wide range of scholars, including those exploring the history of Anglicanism, Irish, Canadian, and Australian religion and culture, and the religious and cultural impact of immigration in the modern age."" --Grayson Carter, Fuller Theological Seminary""Thomas Power must be congratulated in bringing together these essays by a number of leading scholars in the fields of Irish and religious history . . . This book casts valuable light on hitherto neglected aspects of the history of the Irish diaspora and worldwide Anglicanism."" --Brian M. Walker, Queen''s University, BelfastThomas P. Power is adjunct professor of church history and graduate studies coordinator, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. He is the author of Minister and Mines: Religious Conflict in an Irish Mining Community, 1847-1858 (2014).

Are all governments--east and west, Muslim and secular, authoritarian and constitutional, Republican and Democratic--fundamentally the same, all of them under the extraordinary, growing power of ""technique"" and bureaucracy? Is all politics, then, just an illusory affair of lies, deception, propaganda, partisan passions, and chaos on the surface of government and party? In his vast and penetrating writings, Bordeaux sociologist Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) points in those directions.Political Illusion and Reality is a collection of twenty-three essays on Ellul's political thought. Veteran as well as younger Ellul scholars, political leaders, activists, and pastors, discuss aspects of Ellul's thought as they relate to their own fields of study and political experience. Beginning with his 1936 essay ""Fascism, Son of Liberalism,"" translated and published here in English for the first time, Ellul and these authors will provoke readers to think some new thoughts about politics and government, and think more deeply about the main issues we face in our politically divided and troubled times.""If for Jacques Ellul 'La Technique' was already 'the wager of the century' in 1954, when he wrote his famous book, in the 21st century it has become a nightmare! More than ever, the thought of Ellul helps us to analyze, understand, and act in the face of the propaganda for efficiency at any price, the political illusion, and the ecological and climate change threats. By their contributions, the authors in this collection allow a new generation to discover what for me was an awakening of conscience and a guide for my activism.""--Jose Bove, ecologist, social activist, and former student of Jacques Ellul""No two readers understand an author in exactly the same way. A few authors, like Jacques Ellul, who write existentially, push us to confront our various beliefs, ideas, and lives. This stimulating collection of essays demonstrates this point. No one will agree with each essay, but everyone will discover new insights into and new applications of Ellul's thought.""--Richard Stivers, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Illinois State University""The essays in this international collection can only help Jacques Ellul to be recognized, at last, as one of the great thinkers of our time. They do real justice to someone who anticipated the political and philosophical crises today ranging across the so-called developed world . . . This book, from an International Jacques Ellul Society colloquium at Berkeley, California, will help everyone to better grasp the universal relevance of Ellul's thought.""--Noel Mamere, Former mayor of Begles, France, Former student of Jacques Ellul""Once Ellul teaches you to see, you can never see the world the same again. We are, therefore, fortunate to have Political Illusion & Reality to help us see Ellul for the extraordinary sociological and theological thinker he was. Be warned, however--seeing the way Ellul sees will not make your life easy.""--Stanley Hauerwas, Emeritus Professor of Ethics, Duke UniversityDavid W. Gill recently retired after forty years as a business school and seminary professor of ethics. He is the author of seven books and the founding president of the International Jacques Ellul Society.David Lovekin is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Hastings College (Nebraska). He is author of Technique, Discourse, and Consciousness: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Jacques Ellul.

Jesus teaches that regardless of one's profession, if one does not demonstrate a changed life produced by God, one will not enter into heaven. Such a judgment will be made when Jesus returns and judges every person according to his or her ""works."" While this may seem contradictory to some more well-known passages ruling out the role of works in salvation (e.g., Rom 3:21-4:25; Gal 2:16-21; Eph 2:8-9), there is every good reason to understand that Jesus' teachings complement such passages. The works that admit one into heaven are not works produced by the flesh before conversion but works produced by God after conversion. They will fundamentally be characterized by a life of discipleship, love for others, and endurance in faith and obedience, and will therefore serve to confirm that one indeed did have a relationship with God during one's life.""A New Testament study that is worth pondering . . . Stanley's study shows how . . . God's grace is even greater than we have imagined, covering not only our justification, but our sanctification as well. Any work that shows the depth of God's great grace is worth commending. This is such a book."" --Darrell L. Bock, from the foreword""This study is notable for its nuance, scope, and timeliness. Stanley's study commends itself to us not only because it is sound and wise, but also because its conclusions are currently urgent.""--Robert W. YarbroughTrinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolAlan P. Stanley teaches at Mueller College of Ministries in Queensland, Australia.

This collection of essays by British Baptists honors the work of John Colwell amongst the Baptist community, recognizing in particular the contribution he has made to Christian doctrine and ethics and more recently his involvement in the formation of The Order for Baptist Ministry (OBM). The book explores what we are doing in morning prayer and what it is to allow the seasons and festivals of the Christian year to shape our lives.

Jonathan's Loves, David's Laments uses early modern musical interpretations of David's Lament over Saul and Jonathan to deepen the historicist foundations of contemporary feminist and gay relational theologies. After laying out how gay theologian Gary David Comstock connects the story of David and Jonathan to the theology of lesbian theologian Carter Heyward, the argument interrogates both theological and exegetical problems in making those connections, which include contradictory theological stances with regard to modernity and history as well as the indeterminacy of the biblical text. Early modern musical interpretations of the text allow for a double move of engaging the texts through a sensual medium, thus reinforcing queer possibilities for meaning-making from the biblical text, and staying attuned to the fact that the history of interpretation reinforces the indeterminacy of the text, thus keeping queer interpretations aware of the relativizing function of historical difference.""Providing a veritable feast for discerning readers, Dirk von der Horst deftly and masterfully weaves theological insights and musicological analysis, biblical exegesis and cultural critique, historicizing perspective and liberative summons in his tantalizing and immensely satisfying first book. Jonathan's Loves, David's Laments draws from each of these approaches but transcends them all, beckoning readers to pursue promising and audacious new directions for relational, queer theology."" --Brent A. R. Hege, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana ""This book is an interdisciplinary tour de force. Van der Horst mines theology, musicology, historicist vs. essentialist debates over biblical meaning and sexual identity, and the dialogical dynamics of musical experience to elucidate how musical afterlives of the David-Jonathan story inhabit 'irrefutable' spaces for homoerotic desire and queer identification within the biblical text. These musico-aesthetic riches redefine biblical authority and will allow theologians and activists to deploy 'Jonathan loved David' with even more intellectual integrity."" --Heidi Epstein, Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Culture, St. Thomas More College, University of SaskatchewanDirk von der Horst is Instructor of Religious Studies at Mount St. Mary's University, Los Angeles. He is a coeditor of Voices of Feminist Liberation: Writings in Celebration of Rosemary Radford Ruether (2012).

Volume 13 2017This is the thirteenth volume of the hard-copy edition of a journal that has been published online (www.jgrchj.net) since 2000. As they appear, the hard-copy editions replace the online materials. The scope of JGRChJ is the texts, language and cultures of the Greco-Roman world of early Christianity and Judaism. The papers published in JGRChJ are designed to pay special attention to the larger picture of politics, culture, religion and language, engaging as well with modern theoretical approaches. 

Catholic PeacemakingEdited by Jason KingMilitary Sexual Assault as Political Violence and Challenge to Christian EthicsMeghan J. ClarkDomestic Violence in the Domestic Church: An Argument for Greater Attention to Intimate Partner Abuse in Catholic Health CareLauren L. BakerStudies in Scripture for Moral TheologiansJeffrey L. MorrowFrom Strangers to Neighbors: Toward an Ethics of Sanctuary CitiesGary SlaterRound Table Discussion: Just PeacemakingA ""Manual"" for Escaping Our Vicious CyclesGerald W. SchlabachA Virtue-Based Just Peace EthicEli S. McCarthyThe Changing Vision of ""Just Peace"" in Catholic Social TraditionLisa Sowle CahillContributors

IntroductionStephen J. ChesterYou Become What You Worship: Theosis and the Story of the BibleBen C. BlackwellResponse to BlackwellCynthia Peters AndersonThe Old Testament and Participation with God (and/in Christ?): (Re-)Reading the Life of Moses with Some Help from Gregory of NyssaBrent StrawnResponse to StrawnJ. Nathan ClaytonCruciform or Resurrectiform? Paul''s Paradoxical Practice of Participation in ChristMichael J. GormanResponse to GormanMarkus NikkanenUnion(s) with Christ: Colossians 1:15-20Grant MacaskillResponse to MacaskillConstantine R. CampbellWhy Bother with Participation? An Early Lutheran PerspectiveOlli-Pekka VainioResponse to Vainio Stephen J. Chester The Geography of Participation: In Christ is Location. Location, Location Julie Canlis Response to Canlis Mary Patton Baker Jews and Gentiles together in Christ? The Jerusalem Council on Racial Reconciliation Ashish Varma Response to Varma Hauna Ondrey Letting the Music Play (Matthew 22:34-40) Cynthia Peters Anderson

Preachers often think of prophetic preaching in the caricature of the prophet as the lonely outsider confronting the congregation, often angrily, with the congregation''s complicity in social injustice and with a bracing call for repentance. The twenty-seven essays and sermons in this book offer a different perspective by viewing prophetic preaching specifically--and ministry, practical theology, and theological education more broadly--as pastoral care for the community in prophetic perspective. Such preaching does indeed bring a critical theological analysis of justice concerns to the center of the sermon, but in such a way as to invite the congregation to consider how the move toward justice is a pastoral move-- that is, a move that seeks to build up community. Rather than contributing to the polarization so rampant in today''s social world, the preacher seeks to help the congregation build bridges along which concern for justice can travel. The contributions honor the work of the late Dale Andrews, a scholar of preaching and practical theology at the Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, whose seminal work inspires the notions of prophetic care and building bridges to justice.""This collection of essays is a deep and richly nuanced testimony to homiletician Dale Andrews, his scholarly work and personal witness. I especially appreciate the conversations regarding the bridges between the pastoral and the prophetic in preaching, between personal piety and social justice in the life of congregations, and the ways in which these bridges can be manifest both in the practice of preaching as well as its pedagogy. Undergirding the entire volume is Andrews''s own deep commitment to racial and social justice in all its forms. This is a great resource for thoughtful pastors, scholars, and teachers of preaching.""--Leonora Tubbs Tisdale, Clement-Muehl Professor of Homiletics, Yale Divinity SchoolPhillis-Isabella Sheppard is Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology and Culture at the Divinity School, and Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm is Brightbill Professor of Preaching and Worship at Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, Indiana.Ronald J. Allen is Professor of Preaching and Gospel and Letters at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Irish Anglican clergymen played an important role in the creation of a nineteenth-century "Greater Ireland," a term denoting a diasporic movement in which the Irish transformed into a global people, actively participating in British imperial expansion and colonial nation building. These essays address the formative influences and circumstances that informed the mental world and disposition of Irish Anglicans, particularly clergy who were graduates of Trinity College Dublin (TCD), an institution pivotal in the formation of attitudes among the Irish Anglican elite. TCD was the gathering point for Anglicans of different backgrounds, and as such acted as a great leveler and formative center where laity and aspirant clergy were educated together under a common curriculum. In common with the Irish as a whole, TCD graduate clergy exerted an influence on colonial life in the religious, cultural, intellectual, and political spheres out of all proportion to their numbers. Faced with its dismantling in the old world, adherents of the Church of Ireland availed of opportunities for its reconstruction in the new and in the process bequeathed an important legacy in the colonial church."This collective volume is a fine example of the virtues of particularism. The essays are tightly focused, well documented, and clearly presented. No big history is on display here, just admirably solid scholarship that is much to be admired."--D. H. Akenson, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario"Thomas Power has assembled here an outstanding collection of essays which combine to reveal the crucial role played by Trinity College Dublin's Divinity School in supplying clergy for the Anglican Church worldwide for nearly a century, not least to Canada, and they unravel the rich evangelical strands within that diaspora. Ireland's sectarian hostilities were exported with them, but the contributors illuminate the sheer variety of emigre stories, each with a distinctive sense of mission."--David Dickson, Trinity College Dublin"As this volume brings to light, Anglicanism has exercised an important influence on Irish religious culture, as well as on those cultures touched by the wider Irish diaspora of the nineteenth century. This stimulating and welcomed study will be of interest to a wide range of scholars, including those exploring the history of Anglicanism, Irish, Canadian, and Australian religion and culture, and the religious and cultural impact of immigration in the modern age."--Grayson Carter, Fuller Theological Seminary"Thomas Power must be congratulated in bringing together these essays by a number of leading scholars in the fields of Irish and religious history . . . This book casts valuable light on hitherto neglected aspects of the history of the Irish diaspora and worldwide Anglicanism." --Brian M. Walker, Queen's University, BelfastThomas P. Power is adjunct professor of church history and graduate studies coordinator, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. He is the author of Minister and Mines: Religious Conflict in an Irish Mining Community, 1847-1858 (2014).