With ETS and SBL rapidly approaching, we thought it would be fun to keep everyone informed by way of twitter! So find us on twitter and we'll keep you up to date about our events, observations, and what's going on. You'll also be able to learn when the editors are at the booth if you haven't already emailed us to schedule a meeting.
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Hopefully, the fail whale will not show up too often...
We are delighted to have just received advance copies of the new paperback edition of Contending for Justice from the printer. Look out for it at SBL!
Contending for Justice analyses texts on social justice in the Old Testament as the rhetoric of interested parties in specific social situations, and argues that despite their ideological character they may still assist in shaping a Christian theological approach to social and global injustice.
This new paperback edition is fully revised and updated throughout with chapter two having been completely re-written to take account of more recent debates.
Hans Küng, one of the great living theologians and one of our authors, will be giving a lecture at Riverside Church here in New York City this Thursday. The lecture is offered by Columbia University's Earth Institute and is part of their Distinguished Lectures Series.
You can Register Here, but seating is first come, first served.
Challenges to Islam, Christianity and Judaism in Today’s Global Crisis
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Science and Religion
Hans Küng, President, Global Ethic Foundation
Welcome by Reverend Brad Braxton, Senior Minister, The Riverside Church
Introduction by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Discussion moderated by Robert Pollack, Director, Center for the Study of Science and Religion
Thursday, November 13, 2008
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
The Riverside Church, South Hall, 490 Riverside Drive
http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/about/?directions
We hope to see you there!
Here are some of Kung's works published by Continuum:
Disputed Truth: Memoirs Volume 2
Hans Küng
Pub Date: 10 May 2008
ISBN13: 9780826499103
hardcover 576 Pages $34.95
Great Christian Thinkers: Paul, Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Schleiermacher, Barth
Hans Küng
Pub Date: 01 May 1994
ISBN13: 9780826408488
paperback 236 Pages $34.95
We are very pleased to announce that our sibling-in-arms, Continuum Philosophy, now has a blog up and running! It goes without saying that both theology and biblical studies have a rather deep (and often convoluted) relationship with philosophy. Now you can get your philosophy fix more easily.
Be sure to go visit for all the latest and upcoming titles in our philosophy catalog. Sarah Campbell, our Philosophy Editor, not only posts about her own books, but also interesting articles about philosophy and the going-ons in the field. There's even information about how to submit a proposal. Be sure to check her out!
If you check out our left hand column, you'll see a link to Continuum Philosophy so you can easily get there from here. Go visit and say hello!
With the remembrance of Armistice Day, coincides the anniversary of Søren Aabye Kierkegaard's death on November 11, 1855.
Today, we feature our catalog of books about one of the most influential thinkers in theology and Continental philosophy. I am sure that many of our readers are indebted to him in some way, shape or form. Perhaps, it wouldn't be out of place to read a few passages of Fear and Trembling or The Concept of Anxiety in the course of the day...
Diary of a Seducer, translated by Gerd Gilhoff $13.95/£10.99
From Either/Or, this famous work records Johannes’s
discovery of a girl with the Shakespearean name Cordelia, whom he sets
out to control. Intricately, meticulously, cunningly, the seduction
proceeds. No detail is too small to escape Johannes. Less
erotic than an intellectual depiction of seduction, Diary of a Seducer
shows the casuist Kierkegaard in what he characterized as the aesthetic
mode. A new introduction by Michael Dirda puts this influential novella
into high relief.
Kierkegaard: A Guide For the Perplexed
By Clare Carlisle $19.95/£12.99
This work offers a cogent, comprehensive and
authoritative account of Kierkegaard's philosophy, ideal for students
and readers coming to his work for the first time and who want to reach
a full and detailed understanding of this major thinker and writer. The
book explores the relationship - particularly important in
Kierkegaard's case - between his life and work. It covers the literary
and philosophical challenges raised by Kierkegaard's 'direct' and
'indirect' forms of communication; considers Kierkegaard's important
critique of Hegel; opens up his ideas on subjectivity and truth; and
provides illuminating commentaries on both Fear and Trembling and Philosophical Fragments.
Valuably, the guide shows how Kierkegaard's philosophical, religious,
social, literary and personal concerns are integrated and unified in
his works. It also assesses his influence on later philosophers,
including Heidegger, Wittgenstein and Sartre.
Kierkegaard on Ethics and Religion: From Either/Or to Philosophical Fragments by W. Glenn Kirkconnell $130/£65
Søren Kierkegaard is simultaneously one of the
most obscure philosophers of the Western world and one of the most
influential. His writings have influenced atheists and faithful alike.
Yet there is still widespread disagreement on many of the most
important aspects of his thought. Kierkegaard was deliberately obscure
in his writings, forcing the reader to interpret and reflect as
Socrates did with incessant questioning. But at the same time that
Kierkegaard was producing his esoteric, pseudonymous philosophical
writings, he was also producing simpler, direct religious writings.
Kierkegaard always claimed that he was, despite appearances, a
religious writer. This important book accepts that claim and tests it.
By using Kierkegaard’s direct writings as he suggests, as the key to
understanding the more obscure, indirect works, W. Glenn Kirkconnell
aims to develop a coherent understanding of Kierkegaard’s authorship
and his theories.
Kierkegaard's Analysis of Radical Evil by David A. Roberts $156/£70
For thousands of years philosophers
and theologians have grappled with the problem of evil. Traditionally,
evil has been seen as a weakness of sorts: the evil person is either
ignorant (does not know the wrong being done), or weak-willed (is
incapable of doing the right thing). There has never been a better time to re-open this
most difficult of questions, and to inquire whether any helpful
resources exist within our intellectual legacy.
David Roberts has done just this. In taking up the
problem of evil as it is uniquely found in the work of the Danish
philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, Roberts has uncovered a framework that
at last allows the notion of radical evil to be properly articulated.
His book traces the sources of Kierkegaard's conception from its
background in the work of Kant and Schelling, and painstakingly details
the matrix of issues that evolved into Kierkegaard's own solution.
Kierkegaard's psychological understanding of evil is that it arises out
of despair - a despair that can become so vehement and ferocious that
it lashes out at existence itself. Starting from this recognition, and
drawing on Kierkegaard's view of the self, Roberts shows how the
despairing self can become strengthened and intensified through a
conscious and free choice against the Good. This type of radical evil
is neither ignorant nor weak.
The Reverend Doctor Robert D. Hughes, III, author of Continuum's recently released Beloved Dust: Tides of the Spirit in the Christian Life, has accepted our offer to contribute to our occasional Author's Circle and has written a timely sermon for the American electorate. Please enjoy!
SERMON FOR Chapel of the Apostles, School of Theology, Sewanee: The University of the South,
Oct. 22 2008 PROPER RCL 24A TRACK 2
Texts: Isaiah 45:1-7; Ps. 96: 1-9; I Thess. 1:1-10; Mt. 22:15-22
Robert D. Hughes, III, Ph.D. Norma and Olan Mills professor of Divinity
School of Theology Sewanee: The University of the South
“Cyrus and Caesar, What in God’s Name is Going on Here?
A Sermon about Politics, but not a “Political Sermon.”
“Render to Caesar,” Caesar, please, not “the Emperor.” That was one of those changes the NRSV seemed to need to make because it needed to make changes. It is not, I think, felicitous. Well, a preacher in this place needs a lot of chutzpah to preach on that text, given Fr. Dr. Bryan’s learned book on the subject [Christopher Bryan, Render to Caesar: Jesus, the Early Church, and the Roman Superpower (Oxford U.P.: 2005). And what a time to preach a sermon about texts that really cannot avoid politics, so close to an important election. No, I do not intend to put the 501(c)3 tax exempt status of either the University or the Church at risk. But our lessons today require us to ask what in God’s name is going on if Cyrus and Caesar can be seen as instruments of the divine providence, and what that might mean for us.
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Paul Avis' critically acclaimed work is now out in paperback, priced at £25:
'Avis gives a forceful and convincing demonstration of the relevance of the conciliar tradition for the contemporary church; he raises precisely the issues we need to be discussing concerning authority, reception, and role of the entire community in the decision-making of the church. His ecumenical insights are rooted in a thorough grasp of the historical realities; he presents an eminently readable introduction to a portion of our past we ignore at our loss. This is a book I will return to regularly in the future.'
Michael Root, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, USA
'Paul Avis’s study is a timely reminder of the importance of the late–medieval conciliar tradition for questions about the reformation and reunification of the Western church. A historian and a practical ecumenist, he shows us the pervasive influence of conciliarist constitutional principles through the intervening centuries, as well as their continuing relevance to our contemporary search for Christian unity. There is much to be learned here by those who concern themselves with the church in our times and its roots in the past.'
Oliver O’Donovan and Joan Lockwood O’Donovan, Edinburgh University, UK
'This timely study of the historical debates between conciliarists and monarchists/papalists throws light on the catholicity of the Church. It shows the continuing relevance of conciliarism and the necessity of an ecumenical balance between the two principles of collegiality and of primacy. It will be an excellent introduction to contemporary dialogues on the structure of the Church.'
The Late George H. Tavard, Professor Emeritus, Methodist Theological School, Ohio, USA
'Avis presents a careful, descriptive analysis of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century conciliarism and then proceeds to an examination in the light of the conciliarist legacy of the ecclesiological preoccupations and practices of the churches of the Reformation. The account he gives is solid and informative.'
Francis Oakley, The Catholic Historical Review
I am delighted to announce the publication of A Brief History of Theology by Derek Johnston. The book is published under the Continuum imprint and provides a concise introduction to theology for the uninitiated. Whilst readers of this blog are unlikely to have need of it themselves, it should prove perfect fodder for the very start of undergraduate reading lists [over the summer before going up to university] or first term/semester light reading.
It is also an excellent book to recommend to A-level/High school students considering taking Religious Studies or Theology as a degree or for general readers interested in knowing a bit more about theology.
It, no doubt, would make a charming Christmas Present priced at less than a tenner.
Chicago, the Windy City! It's that time again: conference time! And we'll most certainly be at AAR in full force this weekend. Come visit us at Booth 115 to check out our books and to meet our editors! We're easy to find. From the entrance of the exhibit hall, we're in the furthermost left-hand aisle towards the back.
We've brought a ton of stuff with plenty of new releases and all of our books will be at discounts up to 55%!
Thomas Kraft, our Theology Editor, and Kirsty Schaper, our Religious Studies Editor will be available to meet with anyone who wants to discuss book ideas.
If you're already one of our authors, be sure to drop by! We always love to catch up with you.
Don't forget that we'll also be at the Evangelical Theological Society in Providence and SBL in Boston right after that. Be sure to let us know if you want to meet with our biblical studies editors.
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