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Luther On The Hidden God, Steven D. Paulson Oct 1999

Luther On The Hidden God, Steven D. Paulson

Faculty Publications

It is not so much that God cannot be seen that concerns Luther, but that God actually and actively hides. God hides in order not to be found where humans want to find God. But God also hides in order to be found where God wills to be found.


Daunting, Indeed! A Critical Conversation With The Promise Of Lutheran Ethics, Gary M. Simpson Apr 1999

Daunting, Indeed! A Critical Conversation With The Promise Of Lutheran Ethics, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

The seven essayists in The Promise of Lutheran Ethics provide material for a fruitful conversation with the reviewer, which in turn provides food for thought for readers of the volume and the review.


Unwelcome Words From The Lord: Isaiah's Messages, Rolf A. Jacobson Apr 1999

Unwelcome Words From The Lord: Isaiah's Messages, Rolf A. Jacobson

Faculty Publications

Isaiah’s word of the Lord, even a positive word, often received an unwelcome reception. God’s promises, then and now, can be unwelcome because they warn against trusting any other promise.


Author's Response To James J. Buckley, Henry H. Knight Iii Jan 1999

Author's Response To James J. Buckley, Henry H. Knight Iii

Journal for Christian Theological Research

A response to James J. Buckley's review of A Future for Truth: Evangelical Theology in a Postmodern World.


Beyond Evangelical Theology's Scholasticism And Pietism? A Review Of A Future For Truth: Evangelical Theology In A Postmodern World, By Henry H. Knight Iii, James J. Buckley Jan 1999

Beyond Evangelical Theology's Scholasticism And Pietism? A Review Of A Future For Truth: Evangelical Theology In A Postmodern World, By Henry H. Knight Iii, James J. Buckley

Journal for Christian Theological Research

A review of A Future for Truth: Evangelical Theology in a Postmodern World by Henry H. Knight III.


Have We Need Of Invoking Postmodernity? Identity And Difference In Theological Discourse, Jeffrey Bloechl Jan 1999

Have We Need Of Invoking Postmodernity? Identity And Difference In Theological Discourse, Jeffrey Bloechl

Journal for Christian Theological Research

While the term "postmodernity" remains vague or equivocal, theologians increasingly concede that it is one which they can not avoid trying to understand and deal with. One definition of the term proceeds by way of sharp contrast with specific features of modernity, thus clearly distinguishing postmodernity from even late modernity. The key to this distinction seems to be a particular conception of "difference" which is worked out rigorously in Heidegger's, "The Principle of Identity." Proceeding from Heidegger's claim to think difference anterior to identity, postmodernity is then presented here as the source of considerable difficulty to a theology which would …