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Deo Titles - James Atkinson
James Atkinson
Human
beings have always struggled to find their place in the universe and
sought understanding and contact with the divine. In contrast to the
many failures and dead-ends the historically rooted but timeless
Christian message looks radically different. Precisely the reverse
dynamic has created the way: In the Incarnation the divine has come to
humanity, making a bridge through the life and redeeming death of Jesus. As the author shows, the multiple witnesses of the New Testament and generations of Christian writers have grasped this and expounded it in their different ways. The philosophers and the scientists down to the present day have sought and are seeking a Theory of Everything. In the light of the candle of understanding, it is there to be discovered by all in the Incarnation.
Suddenly,
Christmas, Easter, and much besides, make sense.
James
Atkinson (Dr. Theol.,
Münster; DD h.c., Hull), Founder and Director of the Centre for
Reformation Studies and Honorary Fellow, St John’s College, Durham, was
formerly Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. A
leading evangelical, he has held a variety of prominent positions in the
university and the church, including service as member of the General
Synod of the Church of England, theological adviser to the Archbishop of
Canterbury, President of the Society for the Study of Theology and
Membre de l’Académie des Sciences Religieuses. He is the author of
Martin Luther: Prophet to the Church Catholic and many other books on
Luther and the Reformation. His book Faith Lost: Faith Regained (2005)
is also published in this series. ISBN 978 1 905679 089 viii + 176pp Pbk £19.95/ $29.95/ €25 2008
available
James Atkinson A holistic, positive answer to modernist and post-modernist challenges to Christian faith. Recent trends in theology have adapted to what has been assumed to be universally valid scientific thinking, thereby contributing to the erosion of traditional protestant belief. Pointing to parable as a tool of understanding and appealing to aesthetic appreciation as an analogy, the author makes an impassioned call for a return to an assured biblical faith. The answer lies in a fuller epistemology and a profounder ontology to explain the universe and man’s place in it. "His review of the causes of the decline of the Christian faith is masterly ... makes compelling reading" Canon George Tolley, Faith and Worship, 2006 James Atkinson is Professor Emeritus, University of Sheffield, and Director of the Centre for Reformation Studies. He is the author of several books on Luther and the Reformation. ISBN 90 5854 027 8 viii + 176pp Pbk. £19.95/ $29.95/ €30 2005 available
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