Deo titles by
James Atkinson
Understanding the Incarnation
'A Candle of Understanding'
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 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. His
publications include
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. James Atkinson died in 2011 at the age
of 97.
Theological Seminar Series
ISBN 9781905679089 viii + 176pp. Pbk UK £19.95/
Europe £20.95/ ROW £22.95
James Atkinson
Faith Lost: Faith Regained
Rediscovering a Transforming Christian Belief
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 was
Professor
Emeritus, University of Sheffield, and Director of the Centre for
Reformation Studies. His publications include several books on Luther and the
Reformation. (See on his Understanding the Incarnation.)
Theological Seminar Series
ISBN 9789058540270 viii
+ 176pp. Pbk.
UK £25.95/ Europe £26.95/ ROW £28.95