Praise Seeking Understanding

Praise Seeking Understanding
Author: Jason Byassee
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2007-11-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0802840124

Praise Seeking Understanding sits at the intersection of three important fields in theology: theological exegesis, Augustinian studies, and contemporary church practice. Jason Byassee deftly brings the three together, revealing an important symbiotic relationship between them -- a relationship hitherto largely ignored. Though current exegetical methods have swung away from a Christological reading of the Old Testament -- rejecting in particular Augustine's treatment of the text -- Byassee believes that is a mistake we must remedy. Using a recent translation of Augustine's Enarrationes in Psalmos, Byassee describes in depth Augustine's psalm hermeneutic and his approach to scripture generally, offering a defense of these views in conversation with recent work in theological exegesis.

Praise Seeking Understanding

Praise Seeking Understanding
Author: Jason Byassee
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2007-11-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467427772

Praise Seeking Understanding sits at the intersection of three important fields in theology: theological exegesis, Augustinian studies, and contemporary church practice. Jason Byassee deftly brings the three together, revealing an important symbiotic relationship between them -- a relationship hitherto largely ignored. Though current exegetical methods have swung away from a Christological reading of the Old Testament -- rejecting in particular Augustine's treatment of the text -- Byassee believes that is a mistake we must remedy. Using a recent translation of Augustine's Enarrationes in Psalmos, Byassee describes in depth Augustine's psalm hermeneutic and his approach to scripture generally, offering a defense of these views in conversation with recent work in theological exegesis.

Faith Seeking Understanding

Faith Seeking Understanding
Author: Daniel L. Migliore
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2004-06-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802827876

Daniel Migliore's Faith Seeking Understanding has been a standard introduction to Christian theology for more than a decade. The book's presentation of traditional doctrine in freshly contemporary ways, its concern to hear and critically engage new voices in theology, and its creative and accessible style have kept it one of the most stimulating, balanced, and readable guides to theology available. This second edition of Faith Seeking Understanding features improvements from cover to cover. Besides updating and expanding the entire text of the book, Migliore has added two completely new chapters. The first, "Confessing Jesus Christ in Context," explores the unique contributions to Christian theology made by recent theologians working in the African American, Asian American, Latin American, Hispanic, feminist, womanist, and mujerista traditions. The second new chapter, "The Finality of Jesus Christ and Religious Pluralism," addresses the growing interest in the relationship of Christianity to other religions and their adherents. Migliore's three delightful theological dialogues are followed by a new appendix, an extensive glossary of theological terms, making the book even more useful to students seeking to understand the history, themes, and challenges of Christian belief.

Worship Seeking Understanding

Worship Seeking Understanding
Author: John D. Witvliet
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2003-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441207007

What exactly is worship? How can we account for its power? In Worship Seeking Understanding, noted worship expert John Witvliet mines the riches of the Bible, theology, history, music, and pastoral research to provide windows into the practice of Christian worship. With this work, Witvliet attempts to build bridges between theory and practice, among various worship-related disciplines, and across denominational lines. If worship renewal is to occur, each bridge must be formed. His hope is that this work will not only articulate questions about worship but also enrich the practice of worship in congregations today. Witvliet's broad scope and insightful advice will be welcomed by pastors, worship leaders, church leaders, and students.

Seeking Understanding

Seeking Understanding
Author: Dr. Jan Visser
Publisher: Brill
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN: 9789004416796

Seeking Understanding: The Lifelong Pursuit to Build the Scientific Mind explores the multiple ways in which the human mind grows in understanding of the self and the world as an essential dimension of transformative learning along the lifespan.

Reading Wisdom and Psalms as Christian Scripture (Reading Christian Scripture)

Reading Wisdom and Psalms as Christian Scripture (Reading Christian Scripture)
Author: Christopher B. Ansberry
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2024-07-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493445812

This survey textbook offers an accessible introduction to the Wisdom books and the Psalter in their literary, theological, and canonical contexts. Written by an expert in the Old Testament wisdom tradition and Psalms, this book pays particular attention to theological themes in Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, and the Psalter. Christopher Ansberry skillfully connects these themes to comparable themes in the other books discussed in the volume and to the broader biblical canon. He also integrates philosophical concerns and questions. This addition to the Reading Christian Scripture series is an ideal faith-friendly introduction for students of the Old Testament, Wisdom literature, and Psalms. It features a beautiful full-color design with an abundance of sidebars, images, and other visual aids to enhance the reading experience and facilitate learning. Additional resources for instructors and students are available through Textbook eSources.

In Praise of Wisdom

In Praise of Wisdom
Author: Kim Paffenroth
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780826416032

Examines the ways that our rich literary tradition in the West deals with the questions of reason and faith.

Yesteryear's Faith Seeking Understanding

Yesteryear's Faith Seeking Understanding
Author: Philip John Fisk
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2022-06-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666734055

The voices of yesteryear’s scholastics are silenced. Scholastic distinctions discarded. Faith seeking understanding cancelled. This book turns to university professors who brought classical, medieval, Reformation, and Renaissance thought to bear on the teaching of the doctrine of providence at the early New England Colleges. Their ultimate purpose was to exonerate God from the charge that he was the author, even actor, of evil. Their scholastic method drew from a long and surprisingly ecumenical and philosophical enterprise in the history of the church. This book’s aim is to let the scholastic approaches to the mystery of divine providence speak for themselves. Part One introduces the reader to the art of disputation and provides a guided historical-theological tour of scholastic distinctions that were used by doctors of the church to explain issues related to the doctrine of divine providence. Part Two invites the reader to follow the author on his journeys to Harvard, Yale, the College of New Jersey, and the College of Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations’ commencement-day disputations as he engages in Platonic-like dialogues with presidents, rectors, and students of the New England Colleges. While the dialogues are imagined, the characters, times, locations, and quoted texts are real.

Augustine’s Preaching and the Healing of Desire in the Enarrationes in Psalmos

Augustine’s Preaching and the Healing of Desire in the Enarrationes in Psalmos
Author: Mark J. Boone
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2023-02-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 179361203X

In Augustine’s Preaching and the Healing of Desire in the Enarrationes in Psalmos, Mark J. Boone shows how Augustine expressed a Platonically informed yet distinctively Christian theology of desire, focused on the unity of Christ and the church, in these remarkable sermons and commentaries on the Psalms.