Ancient & Postmodern Christianity: Paleo-Orthodoxy in the 21St Century

The consensual understanding of the faith among the early church fathers can and should be the foundation on which today's church is built. Created in honour of Thomas Oden, this collection of essays spans theological and ecclesiastical perspectives that emphasise what the various Christian traditions hold in common.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. With No Qualifications: The Christological Maximalism of the Christian East*--Robert W. Jenson*
2. Nature Wild & Tame in St. John Chrysostom's On the Providence of God--Christopher A. Hall
3. God's Household of Grace: Hospitality in Early Christianity*--Amy Oden*
4. Antiochene Theoria in John Chrysostom's Exegesis--Bradley Nassif
5. Learning How to Die Well: Lessons from the Ancient Church*--Vigen Guroian*
6. What Are You, O Man? Theo-Anthropological Similarities in Classical Pentecostalism & Eastern Orthodoxy*--Edmund J. Rybarczyk*
7. Necessary Doctrines: Why Dogma Is Needed & Why Substitutes Fail*--David Mills*
8. A Stunted Ecclesiology?--J. I. Packer
9. Recognizing the Church: A Personal Pilgrimage & the Discovery of Five Marks of the Church*--Thomas Howard*
10. The Crisis of Evangelical Worship: Authentic Worship in a Changing World*--Robert Webber*
11. Reclaiming Eucharistic Piety: A Postmodern Possibility for American Evangelicals?--Joel Scandrett
12. Staying the Course: On Unity, Division & Renewal in The United Methodist Church*--William J. Abraham*
13. Schisms, Heresies & the Gospel: Wesleyan Reflections on Evangelical Truth & Ecclesial Unity*--Geoffrey Wainwright*
14. The Gospel Proviso: Lessons from Twentieth-Century Theology for the New Millennium*--Carl E. Braaten*
15. Theological Heritage as Hermeneutical Trajectory: Toward a Nonfoundationalist Understanding of the Role of Tradition in Theology*--Stanley J. Grenz & John R. Franke*
16. Theology as Worship: The Place of Theology in a Postmodern University*--Alan G. Padgett*
17. Resurrection: The Ultimate Hope*--Wolfhart Pannenberg*
18. C. S. Lewis in the Public Square*--Richard John Neuhaus*
19. A Poem of Saint Bonaventure*--Daniel B. Clendenin*
    Contributors & Acknowledgments
    -Publisher.

Publisher Description

Built on the writings of the early church fathers, these essays written in honor of Thomas C. Oden and edited by Kenneth Tanner and Christopher A. Hall span theological perspectives.