Ancient Faith for the Church's Future [Paperback]

Mark Husbands (Editor), Jeffrey P. Greenman (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 24, 2008

Mark Husbands and Jeffrey P. Greenman bring together select essays from the 2007 Wheaton Theology Conference, Ancient Faith for the Church's Future demonstrates the vitality and significance of the early church for contemporary Christian witness and practice. These fourteen essays provide for a significant evangelical ressourcement by considering the importance of the thought and practice of the patristic church especially for our (1) interpreting Scripture, (2) engaging in missional witness through hospitality, social justice and evangelism, (3) renewing our worship and prayer, (4) grasping afresh our salvation through Jesus Christ, and (5) authentically engaging our surrounding culture. Fresh and forward-looking, this book leads the way toward a deeply rooted church that points beyond contemporary evangelical accommodation to civil religion, privatism and enlightenment methodologies toward its true vocation to bear vital witness to God's present and coming kingdom. Contributors include

• Christopher A. Hall
• Brian E. Daley, S.J.
• D. H. Williams
• Michael Graves
• Peter J. Leithart
• Nicholas Perrin
• Christine Pohl
• George Kalantzis
• Alan Kreider
• John Witvliet
• Paul I. Kim
• D. Stephen Long
• Jason Byassee

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Editors:

Mark Husbands (Ph.D., University of St. Michael's College) is Leonard and Marjorie Maas Associate Professor of Reformed Theology at Hope College. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA, and at Tyndale College and Seminary and Sheridan College in Toronto. While a Masters student at Wycliffe College at the Toronto School of Theology, he was senior editor of Prolegomena, an academic journal in theology.

Professor Husband's academic work demonstrates a serious engagement with the work of Barth, Calvin, Luther and Jungel and extends to a consideration of reconciliation, theological anthropology and political theology. He is the author of the monograph Barth's Ethics of Prayer and Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals. He and Daniel J. Treier are editors of Justification: What's at Stake in the Recent Debates recently published by IVP. He is also editor of Theology and the End of Modernity: Essays in Conversation with Reginald Stackhouse and with Philip G. Ziegler co-edited Essays Catholic and Critical.. Husbands is also the editor of The Community of the Word. IVP Books by Mark Husbands

Jeffrey Greenman (Ph.D., University of Virginia) is Associate Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies and Professor of Christian Ethics at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is a co-author with George Sumner of Unwearied Praises: Exploring Christian Faith through Classic Hymns and is a co-editor for the books The Sermon on the Mount through the Centuries, Reading Romans through the Centuries: From the Early Church to Karl Barth and Teach Me Your Paths: Studies in Old Testament Literature and Theology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: IVP Academic (March 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830828818
• ISBN-13: 978-0830828814
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)