Creation Ex Nihilo: Origins, Development, Contemporary Challenges by Gary A. Anderson (Editor); Markus Bockmuehl (Editor)Concentrates on several key areas: the relationship of the doctrine to its purported biblical sources, how the doctrine emerged in the first several centuries of the Common Era, why the doctrine came under heavy criticism in the modern era, how some theologians have responded to the objections, and the relationship of the doctrine to claims of modern science--for example, the fundamental law of physics that matter cannot be created from nothing.
Lived Theology by Charles Marsh (Editor); Peter Slade (Editor); Sarah Azaransky (Editor)Written as a two-year collaboration of the Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia, offers a series of illustrations and styles that distinguish Lived Theology in the broader conversation with other major approaches to the religious interpretation of embodied life.
Atonement and Comparative Theology (Online) by Catherine Cornille (Editor)Christian theologians with expertise in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and African Religions reflect on how engagement with these traditions sheds new light on the Christian understanding of atonement by pointing to analogous structures of sin and salvation, drawing attention to the scandal of the cross as seen by the religious other, and re-interpreting aspects of the Christian understanding of atonement.
The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ by Fleming RutledgeExamines in depth the themes and motifs used by the New Testament evangelists and apostolic writers to explain the meaning of the cross of Christ. Mines the classical writings of the Church Fathers, the medieval scholastics, and the Reformers as well as more recent scholarship, while bringing them all into contemporary context.
Deification Through the Cross: An Eastern Christian Theology of Salvation by Khaled AnatoliosExpounds a soteriology that brings together Western and Eastern perspectives. Argues that the truth of salvation is found both in Jesus's perfect glorification of God and in his representative repentance for humanity's sinful rejection of its original calling to participate in the life of the Holy Trinity.