Albrecht Dürer, The Adoration of the Trinity (1511), Oil on Linenwood
Reactions? Any thoughts on Dürer’s doctrine of the Trinity – or Christology for that matter – based on what you see here?
(You can also view here a selection of Dürer’s amazing woodcuts)
Archive for September, 2008
Reactions » Albrecht Dürer, Adoration of the Trinity (1511)
Posted in Art, Reactions, Theology, Trinity on September 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Theology of Disability and Hospitality
Posted in Book Reviews, Church, Disability, Theology, Uncategorized on September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thomas E. Reynolds, Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality (Brazos Press, 2008), 256pp [Review Copy Courtesy of Brazos Press]
A Guest Review by Elizabeth Lynch
This book sets out to reflect theologically on the kind of place the church should be in the light of the kind of human vulnerability that is manifest in disability. [...]
Dostoyevsky & Pastoral Care – The Joy of Ministry (pt. 2)
Posted in Book Reviews, Pastoral Care, Suffering on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In chapter 2 of The Joy of Ministry, Thomas Currie offers us the fruit of his tutelage in the writings of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. In contrast to the contemporary church culture and its offerings of success strategies and management helps, we find in the writings of Dostoyevsky a vision for God’s mysterious grace that embraces life’s [...]
The Joy of Ministry (part 1)
Posted in Book Reviews, Church, Gospel on September 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I am seldom eager to read another new book on ministry; thankfully The Joy of Ministry (WJK, 2008) is no ordinary offering (many thanks to WJK for a review copy).
This is not a how-to book on ministry. Nor is it a book that seeks to improve one’s mood or to offer inspirational nuggets of pastoral [...]
John Webster on taking Dogmatic Delight in the Gospel
Posted in Christology, Evangelicalism, John Webster, Theology, Uncategorized on September 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The best evangelical theological work emerges from the delight in the Christian gospel, for the gospel announces a reality which is in itself luminous, persuasive, and infinitely satisfying. That reality is Jesus Christ as he gives himself to be an object for creaturely knowledge, love, and praise. To think evangelically about this one is to [...]
Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture
Posted in Book Reviews, Church, Evangelicalism, Hermeneutics, Holy Scripture, Interpretation, Scripture, Theology on September 1, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Daniel Treier. Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Recovering a Christian Practice (Baker Academic, 2008), 221pp. [review copy courtesy of Baker Academic]
Daniel Treier’s Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Recovering a Christian Practice is a timely and largely helpful introduction of the growing, diverse movement to recover a distinctively theological interpretation of Scripture broadly known as ‘theological [...]
