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Paul N Anderson
George Fox University, Religious Studies, Faculty Member
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Religious Studies, Johannine Studies, Historical Jesus, Early Christianity, Spirituality, Peace Studies, and 12 moreQuaker Studies, Discernment oriented Leadership, Consensus Decision-Making, Theology, Biblical Studies, Synoptic Gospels, Gospel of John, The Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Christianity, Christian Spirituality, and History of Christianity edit
Between the universalism of John 1:9 and the particularism of John 14:6 stands John 6:44--no one can come except being drawn by the Father--an eschatological manifestation of the Divine Initiative, which Jesus as the Messiah/Christ... more
Between the universalism of John 1:9 and the particularism of John 14:6 stands John 6:44--no one can come except being drawn by the Father--an eschatological manifestation of the Divine Initiative, which Jesus as the Messiah/Christ conveys and is.
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, Theology, and 15 morePractical theology, Systematic Theology, Philosophical Theology, Johannine Literature, Revelation, Biblical Theology, Doctrine of God, Faith, Bible, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Johannine Studies, Jesus, Salvation, and Grace
Here I reflect on the amazing life of Professor Peder Borgen, who received a knighthood from the King of Norway for his outstanding New Testament scholarship, including his work on Philo of Alexandria and the Gospel of John. It was a... more
Here I reflect on the amazing life of Professor Peder Borgen, who received a knighthood from the King of Norway for his outstanding New Testament scholarship, including his work on Philo of Alexandria and the Gospel of John. It was a privilege also to have published his Yale PhD Thesis on John 6 in the Johannine Monograph Series (Wipf & Stock): Bread from Heaven.
“The Life and Contribution of Peder Borgen—A Royally Distinguished Biblical Scholar,” Crossing Borders: The Life and Work of Peder Borgen in Context, by Torrey Seland (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022), ix-xiv.
“The Life and Contribution of Peder Borgen—A Royally Distinguished Biblical Scholar,” Crossing Borders: The Life and Work of Peder Borgen in Context, by Torrey Seland (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022), ix-xiv.
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Religion, History, Theology, New Testament, Biblical Studies, and 15 moreJohannine Literature, Biblical Theology, Philo of Alexandria, Midrash, New Testament and Christian Origins, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, Talmud Midrash Genizah Judaism Rabbinic-Literature Conversion Gender Haggadah, New testament exegesis, Jesus, New Testament Studies, Biblia, and Fourth Gospel
Expanding on Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 148; Galatians 4:4-7, this Lectionary devotional expands upon Luke 2:22-40. Christian Century December, 2023, p. 29.
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Religion, Christianity, History, History of Religion, History of Christianity, and 15 moreSpirituality, Early Christianity, Synoptic Gospels, Christology, Ancient myth and religion, Christian Spirituality, Religious Studies, Gospel of Luke, Christmas, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christian Studies, The Synoptic Gospels, Nativity of Jesus, and Lectionary
Christian Century, December 2023, p. 28.
Building on Isa 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14, this Lectionary devotional expands upon Luke 2:1-20 on Christmas Eve, 2023.
Building on Isa 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14, this Lectionary devotional expands upon Luke 2:1-20 on Christmas Eve, 2023.
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Religion, Christianity, History, History of Religion, History of Christianity, and 15 moreSpirituality, Early Christianity, Orthodox Theology, Angels, Christian Spirituality, Religious Studies, Gospel of Luke, Christmas, Jesus, Holidays, Catholic Church, Jesus Christ, Nativity, Lectionary, and Navidad
The new edition of A Place to Stand by my mentor, D. Elton Trueblood, is now available in paperback, published by Barclay Press (Newberg, OR), 2023. The second edition, which I edited, was published by HarperOne in 2014. The page numbers... more
The new edition of A Place to Stand by my mentor, D. Elton Trueblood, is now available in paperback, published by Barclay Press (Newberg, OR), 2023. The second edition, which I edited, was published by HarperOne in 2014. The page numbers are 7-15 for "D. Elton Trueblood: Dean of American Religious Writing," and 17-20 for "Foreword" to A Place to Stand . The book is Trueblood's quarter-century-later sequel to Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.
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Religion, Christianity, History, Philosophy, Philosophy Of Religion, and 15 moreTheology, Literature, Philosophical Theology, Spirituality, Prayer, Quaker Studies, Christology, Doctrine of God, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, Teologie, Teologia, Christian Theology, Jesus, and Christian Studies
Published by the World Council of Churches in Your World is Truth, Volume 2: The Bible in Christian Traditions. Eds. Rosalee Velloso Ewell, Ani Ghazaryan Drissi, Gunnar Mägi, Vasile-Octavian Hihoc, Lyn van Rooye (Westlea, UK: United Bible... more
Published by the World Council of Churches in Your World is Truth, Volume 2: The Bible in Christian Traditions. Eds. Rosalee Velloso Ewell, Ani Ghazaryan Drissi, Gunnar Mägi, Vasile-Octavian Hihoc, Lyn van Rooye (Westlea, UK: United Bible Societies and WCC Publications, 2023), pages 147-165..
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Religion, Theology, Spirituality, Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, Biblical Studies, and 15 moreQuaker Studies, Revelation, Biblical Theology, Ecumenical Theology, Christian Spirituality, Biblical Exegesis, Quakerism, Religious Studies, Holy Spirit, Ecumenism, Christian Ministry, Biblia, Sacred Scripture, Inspiration, and World Council of Churches
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This essay, in honor of Yale's Robert Wilson, explores Micah 6:8 as representing the peaceable ways of Israel's God--doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly before God--as the epitome of the Mosaic Law and the central teaching of... more
This essay, in honor of Yale's Robert Wilson, explores Micah 6:8 as representing the peaceable ways of Israel's God--doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly before God--as the epitome of the Mosaic Law and the central teaching of Jesus. In embracing these values and living them out, a vision of prosperity--each one living under one's vine and fig tree--is advance with acute relevance, both then and now.
Paul N. Anderson, “On Doing Justice, Loving Kindness, and Walking Humbly in Micah 6:8—The Peaceable Ways of Israel’s God, Then and Now.” A Sage in New Haven: Essays on the Prophets, the Writings, and the Ancient World in Honor of Robert R. Wilson. Edited by Alison Acker Gruseke and Carolyn J. Sharp. Ägypten und Altes Testament 117 (Münster: Zaphon, 2023), 157-167.
Paul N. Anderson, “On Doing Justice, Loving Kindness, and Walking Humbly in Micah 6:8—The Peaceable Ways of Israel’s God, Then and Now.” A Sage in New Haven: Essays on the Prophets, the Writings, and the Ancient World in Honor of Robert R. Wilson. Edited by Alison Acker Gruseke and Carolyn J. Sharp. Ägypten und Altes Testament 117 (Münster: Zaphon, 2023), 157-167.
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Religion, History, Ethics, Peace and Conflict Studies, Theology, and 15 moreHebrew Bible, Social Justice, Economic Justice, Biblical Studies, Philosophy of Love, Militarization & Power, Bible, Israel, Peace, Religious Studies, Kingdom of God, Jesus, Bible Study, Humility, and Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Distinctive features of the Johannine presentation of the beginning of Jesus\u27 ministry raise questions-- both for and against-- aspects of historicity in John 1-4
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Critical Theory, Religion, Christianity, History, Theology, and 15 moreNew Testament, Literary Criticism, Early Christianity, Gospels, Johannine Literature, Christology, Biblical Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Apologetics, Historical Jesus, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Johannine Studies, New Testament Studies, and Christian Studies
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Christianity, Ancient History, Catholic Studies, Biblical Studies, Catholic Theology, and 15 moreBiblical Theology, Christian Ethics, Biblical Archaeology, Christian Spirituality, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Book of Revelation, Biblical Exegesis, Ancient Judaism, Antisemitism, Bible Study, Catholic Church History, Biblical Hermeneutics, Christian Studies, and BIBLIA Y TEOLOGIA
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Christianity, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Bible Translation, Biblical Theology, and 15 moreChristian Ethics, Biblical Archaeology, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Bible and Popular Culture, Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue, Biblical Exegesis, Biblical Greek, Antisemitism, Bible studies, Christology of New Testament, Bible Study, Biblical Hermeneutics, Christian Studies, and Bible Interpretation
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Critical Theory, Religion, Christianity, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, and 15 morePhilosophy Of Religion, Education, Higher Education, Critical Pedagogy, Learning and Teaching, Contemporary Spirituality, Psychology of Religion, Pedagogy, Quaker Studies, Learning And Teaching In Higher Education, Christian Spirituality, College student development, Pedagogia, Facilitation, and Philosophy of Religion
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Critical Theory, Christianity, History, New Testament, Historiography, and 15 moreEarly Christianity, Biblical Studies, Johannine Literature, Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, History of Historiography, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Gospel of John, Metahistory, Historicity, Historical Jesus Research, Fourth Gospel, and Marcus Borg
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History, Art, New Testament, Early Church, Dialogue, and 15 moreEarly Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Biblical Theology, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Josephus, Biblical Exegesis, Discipleship, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Historicity, Historical Jesus Research, Early Christian Papyri and Inscriptions, and Greco Roman World
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Sociology, Feminist Theory, Theology, New Testament, Leadership, and 15 moreFeminist Philosophy, Early Christianity, Johannine Literature, Women, Organizational Leadership, Feminism, Biblical Theology, Pastoral Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Bible, Feminist Literary Theory and Gender Studies, Feminism and Social Justice, Feminismo, Bible Study, and Epistles of John
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Religion, Christianity, History, Spirituality, Popular Culture and Religious Studies, and 15 moreSpiritual Formation, Church History, Christian Spirituality, Church, Religious Studies, Gospel of Luke, Christmas, Jesus, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Nativity, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Saint Joseph, Bethlehem, and La verdad de la navidad
In my just-released introduction to the New Testament published by Abingdon I find myself trying to make several contributions that make this something of a new and serviceable approach. First, I proceed in canonical order, dividing the... more
In my just-released introduction to the New Testament published by Abingdon I find myself trying to make several contributions that make this something of a new and serviceable approach. First, I proceed in canonical order, dividing the book into three parts (the Gospels and Jesus, Acts and the writings of Paul, General Letters and Revelation) beginning each chapter with laying out from three to six crises or background issues that help the reader appreciate the contexts in which the twenty-seven books of the New Testament were written. Nearly sixty crises and contextual issues are outlined overall, and I feel this grounded approach to the New Testament writings helps today’s readers better understand and interpret the writings regarding crises and contexts—both ancient and contemporary. Each chapter then proceeds to an overview of the literary features of each text, its message, and a brief section helping today’s readers engage the text meaningfully. And, the fourteen chapters wor...
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New Testament, Historical Theology, Hermeneutics, Biblical Studies, Gospels, and 15 moreCatholic Theology, Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, Evangelicalism, Literary study of the Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Bible, Evangelical Theology, Biblical Exegesis, HERMENEUTICA, Hermenéutica, Bible Study, Biblical Hermeneutics, and Historical Critical Methodology
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Gnosticism, New Testament, Historical Theology, Biblical Studies, Gospels, and 15 moreJohannine Literature, Christology, Biblical Theology, Historical Jesus, Gospel of John, Johannine Studies, Gnosticismo, Irony, Johannine Theology, Christology of New Testament, Moses, Moses History of Jewish origins in Greek authors, Logos, Logos Christology, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
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Peace and Conflict Studies, New Testament, Conflict, Genocide Studies, Hebrew Bible, and 15 moreBiblical Studies, Pacifism, Biblical Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Historical Jesus, Bible, Peace, Peacebuilding, Gospel of John, Genocide, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, and Conquest
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Christianity, Historical Anthropology, Historical Archaeology, History of Christianity, Early Christianity, and 15 moreBiblical Studies, Gospels, Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Archaeology, Historical Jesus, Bible, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, Gospel of Matthew, Historicity, and Biblical Hermeneutics
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Psychology, American Studies, Philosophy, Philosophy Of Religion, History of Religion, and 15 moreLiterature, Psychology of Religion, History of Slavery, Autobiography, Mysticism, Abolition of Slavery, Justice, Conscience, Christian Spirituality, Quakerism, Journals, Quakers, Ministry of Education, Anthropology of Religion, and Philosophy of Religion
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Critical Theory, Religion, Cognitive Science, Earth Sciences, Environmental Science, and 15 moreMythology, Philosophy of Science, History of Religion, History of Science, Political Science, Science, Quaker Studies, History of Religions, Drug Discovery, History of Science and Religion, Religion and Science, Quakerism, Religious Studies, Industrial Revolution, and Anthropology of Religion
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History and Encyclopedia
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History, Art, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, and 15 moreBiblical Theology, Biblical Archaeology, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Gospel of John, Gospel of Mark, Early Church History, Gospel of Luke, Early Christian Archaeology, Jesus, Historicity, Galilee in early roman time, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, and Biblical Historicity
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Religion, Christianity, New Testament, Leadership, Early Christianity, and 15 moreQuaker Studies, Catholic Theology, Ecumenical Theology, History of Roman Catholicism, Church History, New Testament and Christian Origins, Bible, Roman Catholicism, Catholicism, Holy Spirit, Ecumenism, New Testament Studies, Theology and History of Vatican II, Christian Studies, and Friends
My sixth review of CNN's second series on "Finding Jesus," published by The Bible and Interpretation (April 10, 2017, http://bibleinterp.com/articles/2017/04/and418010.shtml) and also on Huffington Post... more
My sixth review of CNN's second series on "Finding Jesus," published by The Bible and Interpretation (April 10, 2017, http://bibleinterp.com/articles/2017/04/and418010.shtml) and also on Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/on-thomas-and-evidenceno-doubt_us_58ebd4a9e4b0145a227cb759)
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion, New Testament, and 34 moreHistory of Christianity, Indian studies, Early Church, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Church History, Syriac Studies, Syria, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Syriac Christianity, Syriac literature, India, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Teologie, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, Teologia, Teología, New testament exegesis, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Christian Studies, Teologia biblica, Teologi, Syriac Liturgy, and Thomas the apostle
My second review of the CNN Finding Jesus 2 series. Published on The Bible and Interpretation website: http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/2017/03/and418013.shtml
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Religion, Christianity, Theology, History of Religion, History of Christianity, and 27 moreReligion and Politics, Early Christianity, Israel/Palestine, Biblical Studies, Palestine, Synoptic Gospels, Ancient Religion, Biblical Theology, Biblical Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Orthodox Christianity, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, Teologie, Teologia, Teología, Jesus, Resurrection, Jesus Christ, Resurrection of Jesus, Lazarus, Roman Archaeology, and Saint Lazarus
The third episode of CNN's second season on Finding Jesus focuses on Nazareth, the childhood home of Jesus. This essay was published on The Bible and Interpretation site (3/20/17).
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Religion, Christianity, Archaeology, Theology, Political Theory, and 22 moreEarly Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Biblical Theology, Biblical Archaeology, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Josephus, Jerusalem, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Gospel of Mark, Teologie, Teologia, Teología, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Nazareth, Teologia biblica, and Roman Archaeology
The fourth episode of CNN's " Finding Jesus " second season focuses on King Herod, who ruled in Judea from 37-4 BC. In the Gospel of Matthew, Herod is portrayed as a ruthless, self-absorbed king, who slaughtered all the baby boys in... more
The fourth episode of CNN's " Finding Jesus " second season focuses on King Herod, who ruled in Judea from 37-4 BC. In the Gospel of Matthew, Herod is portrayed as a ruthless, self-absorbed king, who slaughtered all the baby boys in Bethlehem—two years old and younger—because he was threatened by the quest of the Magi. If the wise men coming from the East were seeking the newborn " king of the Jews, " might this imply eventual competition for Herod's throne? Matthew portrays the wise men being led by a dream to return without informing Herod of their findings; hence his being threatened, and thus his ruthless response. While the biblical presentation of Herod is of a terrible and violent ruler, however, he was clearly an effective and important leader from a political standpoint. He launched many important building campaigns throughout Judea, and ruled Palestine in cooperation with the Romans (albeit as a puppet king, according to Mark Goodacre). He ruled effectively for over three decades, creating a stable period for growth and enterprise, and he is thus remembered as the greatest Jewish king directly following the Hasmonean Dynasty. That being the case, should he retain his appellation as " Herod the Great, " or should he be considered " Herod the Terrible, " as presented in the Gospel of Matthew? This is the question raised by the CNN episode on Herod, and the possible discovery of his tomb in the Herodion might provide a clue. Published on The Bible and Interpretation site on 3/27/17: http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/2017/03/and418027.shtml
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Religion, Christianity, History, Ancient History, Archaeology, and 31 moreHistorical Archaeology, Theology, History of Religion, New Testament, Historical Theology, History of Christianity, Religion and Politics, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, History of Religions, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Matthew's Gospel, Historical Jesus, Bible, Josephus, Religious Studies, Historia, Herod The Great, Jesus, História, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Bible Study, Christian Studies, CNN effect, Roman Archaeology, and Nuevo Testamento
My 5th review of CNN's second "Finding Jesus" series. Published on The Bible and Interpretation site (http://bibleinterp.com/articles/2017/04/and418003.shtm, 4/3/17) and also on Huffington Post Religion... more
My 5th review of CNN's second "Finding Jesus" series. Published on The Bible and Interpretation site (http://bibleinterp.com/articles/2017/04/and418003.shtm,
4/3/17) and also on Huffington Post Religion (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-few-bones-to-pick-peter-and-his-significance-a_us_58e33c57e4b02ef7e0e6e046)
4/3/17) and also on Huffington Post Religion (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-few-bones-to-pick-peter-and-his-significance-a_us_58e33c57e4b02ef7e0e6e046)
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Archaeology, Patristics, and 59 moreHistory of Religion, New Testament, History of Christianity, Leadership, Early Church, Spirituality, Reformation Studies, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Papacy (Medieval Church History), Spiritual Formation, Transformational Leadership, Catholic Theology, Pneumatology, Biblical Theology, History of Roman Catholicism, Pentecostal Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, Ecclesiology, Church History, Biblical Archaeology, Evangelicalism, New Testament and Christian Origins, Pentecostalism, Matthew's Gospel, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, Historical Jesus, Christianity and Rome, Bible, Evangelical Theology, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Petrine Literature, New Testament Theology, Ecclesiastical History, Early Church History, Early Church Fathers, Papal Primacy, Ecumenical Ecclesiology, Jesus, The Episcopal Church, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Apostolic Fathers, Papacy (Early Modern and Modern Church History), Hierarchy, Iglesia, Christian Studies, historia de la Iglesia, Leadership styles, Bishop, Peter the Apostle, Episcopal Power, and Apostolic Christianity
A review of the first two episodes of The History Channel's eight-part treatment of "Jesus: His Life" (March-April, 2019)
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/jesus-his-life-perspectives-joseph-and-john-baptist
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/jesus-his-life-perspectives-joseph-and-john-baptist
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Jewish Studies, History of Religion, and 15 moreEarly Christianity, Jewish History, Gospels, Historical Jesus, Judaism, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Gospel of Mark, Jesus Parables, Q, Historical Jesus, and Biblical Hermeneutics for Ethico-Political Interpretation of New Testament, The relation between Theology and Ethics in Pauline Letters, John the Baptist, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, and Historical Jesus Research
My second review of the History Channel's "Jesus: His Life" posted on The Bible and Interpretation site, April 2, 2019.... more
My second review of the History Channel's "Jesus: His Life" posted on The Bible and Interpretation site, April 2, 2019.
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/jesus-his-life-perspectives-mary-and-caiaphas-pt-2?fbclid=IwAR1tx2zkuRok5MBLUayp4b3UxZXkxcJgJ4S0TqG9CK2Mn69PGT8ORBQj1yI
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/jesus-his-life-perspectives-mary-and-caiaphas-pt-2?fbclid=IwAR1tx2zkuRok5MBLUayp4b3UxZXkxcJgJ4S0TqG9CK2Mn69PGT8ORBQj1yI
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Religion, Christianity, History, Ancient History, Archaeology, and 15 moreMedia Studies, Theology, Film Studies, History of Religion, Film Analysis, Political Science, Early Christianity, Synoptic Gospels, Historical Jesus, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, Jesus, Jesus Christ, and Christian Studies
The third review of Episodes 5 and 6 in the History Channel's "Jesus: His Life" series, March and April of 2019.
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/jesus-his-life-perspectives-judas-and-pilate-pt-3
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/jesus-his-life-perspectives-judas-and-pilate-pt-3
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, and 15 moreHistory of Religion, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Synoptic Gospels, Biblical Theology, Biblical Archaeology, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Israel, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christian Studies, and Roman Archaeology
My fourth review of the "Jesus: His Life" series on the History Channel (March-April, 2019), published on The Bible and Interpretation site.... more
My fourth review of the "Jesus: His Life" series on the History Channel (March-April, 2019), published on The Bible and Interpretation site. https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/jesus-his-life-perspectives-mary-magdalene-and-apostle-peter-pt4
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Religion, Christianity, History, Archaeology, History of Religion, and 15 moreHistory of Christianity, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Synoptic Gospels, Biblical Theology, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Historical Jesus, Bible, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Jesus, Jesus Christ, and Christian Studies
Of his 37 books, A Place to Stand is the most important book written by D. Elton Trueblood--regarded "the dean of American religious writing" in the mid-late 20th century. Written as a philosophic sequel to Mere Christianity by C. S.... more
Of his 37 books, A Place to Stand is the most important book written by D. Elton Trueblood--regarded "the dean of American religious writing" in the mid-late 20th century. Written as a philosophic sequel to Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis, this challenge to intellectually inadequate rejections of theism remains a classic of modern religious literature. This revised edition is the second of several of Trueblood's most important works being re-issued by HarperOne--available now in e-book format.
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Religion, Christianity, Philosophy Of Religion, Theology, Christian Education, and 50 moreHistorical Theology, Religious Education, Practical theology, Systematic Theology, Philosophical Theology, Christian Mysticism, Preaching, Contemporary Christianity, Radical Orthodoxy (Theology), Orthodox Theology, Missiology and Mission Theology, Popular Culture and Religious Studies, Religious Conversion, Quaker Studies, Theology and Culture, Catholic Theology, Christology, Biblical Theology, Christian Ethics, Church History, Evangelicalism, Pastoral Theology, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, Religious Experience, Evangelical Theology, Orthodox Christianity, Quakerism, Religious Fundamentalism, Church, Evangelism, Quaker Studies, Sociology of Religion, Theological History, Religious Studies, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, Apologetics, Evangelism and Church Growth, Jesus Christ, Quakers, Missional Church Theology, Theism, Theology and Religious Studies, Christian Studies, New Evangelization, Pastoral Leadership, Pastoral, Christian Apologetics and Preaching, CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Preaching and Teaching, and Cs Lewis Objection to Naturalism
This foreword to the re-issuing of "The Book of Acts in History" by Henry J. Cadbury (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2004--first published in 1955) describes the historiographic contribution of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament... more
This foreword to the re-issuing of "The Book of Acts in History" by Henry J. Cadbury (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2004--first published in 1955) describes the historiographic contribution of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament against Jewish and Greco-Roman backdrops.
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Christianity, History, History of Religion, New Historicism, New Testament, and 27 moreHistory of Christianity, Historiography, Early Church, Historicism, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Jewish - Christian Relations, New Testament and Christian Origins, Apostle Paul and the Pauline Letters, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Luke-Acts, Biblical Exegesis, Ancient Judaism, Early Church History, Gospel of Luke, Early Church Fathers, Jesus Christ, Historicity, Greco-Roman World, New Testament Studies, Acts of the Apostles, Lukan Studies, narratology and exegesis of Luke-Acts, Christian Studies, Ancient Judaism, Early Christianity, Hellenism, and Sectarian Literature of Ancient Judah
This foreword to the new edition of "Jesus: What Manner of Man?" (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008) introduces one of Henry J. Cadbury's two important contribution to the modern quest for Jesus during a period often called the "No Quest"... more
This foreword to the new edition of "Jesus: What Manner of Man?" (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008) introduces one of Henry J. Cadbury's two important contribution to the modern quest for Jesus during a period often called the "No Quest" period between the first quest for Jesus and the "New Quest" beginning in 1951. It was first delivered as the 1946 Shaffer Lectures at Yale Divinity School, and it focuses on the questions asked of Jesus in the Gospels with implications for later interpreters.
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Religion, History, Theology, New Testament, Early Church, and 27 moreDialogue, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Biblical Theology, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Josephus, Questions, Biblical Exegesis, Questions and Answers, Religious Studies, Discipleship, Jesus Parables, Q, Historical Jesus, and Biblical Hermeneutics for Ethico-Political Interpretation of New Testament, The relation between Theology and Ethics in Pauline Letters, Jesus, Questioning, Jesus Christ, Historicity, Greco-Roman World, New Testament Studies, Historical Jesus Research, Socratic Questioning, Sadducees, Early Christian Papyri and Inscriptions, Pharisees, and The Fourth School of Philosophy Zealots
Arguably the most important book by Henry J. Cadbury, this foreword to his The Making of Luke-Acts is the first of his New Testament books that I have gotten back into print (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999), v-xi.
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History, Ancient History, Theology, New Testament, History of Christianity, and 27 moreNarrative, Historiography, Early Church, Literary Criticism, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Literary Theory, Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, New Testament and Christian Origins, Narrative Theory, Ancient Greek History, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Luke-Acts, Biblical Exegesis, Religious Studies, Gospel of Luke, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Greco-Roman World, New Testament Studies, Redaction Criticism, narratology and exegesis of Luke-Acts, and Historigraphy
This is the foreword to "The Peril of Modernizing Jesus" by Henry J. Cadbury (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2007), v-xi. It is one of several books by Cadbury, which I have gotten back into print.
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Critical Theory, Religion, Theology, New Testament, Historical Theology, and 19 moreEarly Christianity, Synoptic Gospels, Modernist Literature (Literary Modernism), Postmodernism, Modernism, New Testament and Christian Origins, Historical Jesus, Postmodern Literature, Religious Studies, Jesus Parables, Q, Historical Jesus, and Biblical Hermeneutics for Ethico-Political Interpretation of New Testament, The relation between Theology and Ethics in Pauline Letters, Jesus, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Historical Jesus Research, Harvard University, The Quest for the Historical Jesus, Harvard, and Call for Papers for "Ways of Knowing: Graduate Conference on Religion at Harvard Divinity School"
This is my extensive introduction to Bultmann's commentary on John as the first volume in the Johannine Monograph Series edited by Alan Culpepper and myself. It covers over a century of Johannine scholarship, including Bultmann's... more
This is my extensive introduction to Bultmann's commentary on John as the first volume in the Johannine Monograph Series edited by Alan Culpepper and myself. It covers over a century of Johannine scholarship, including Bultmann's contribution and scholarship before and after.
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Gnosticism, German Studies, German Literature, Theology, New Testament, and 47 moreLiterary Criticism, Early Christianity, German Idealism, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Literary Theory, Modernist Literature (Literary Modernism), Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, Deuteronomistic History, Prophets, Modernism, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Biblical Interpretation, Johannine Literature (Religion), Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Bible, Wisdom Literature, Biblical Exegesis, New Testament Textual Criticism, Gospel of John, Gospel of Mark, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, Jesus Parables, Q, Historical Jesus, and Biblical Hermeneutics for Ethico-Political Interpretation of New Testament, The relation between Theology and Ethics in Pauline Letters, New testament exegesis, Dead Sea Scrolls, Gnostic Gospels, THEOLOGIE, Paul, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Johannine Theology, New Testament Studies, Ot, Pentateuch, Biblical Hermeneutics, Neo-Orthodox Theology, Christian theology and biblical studies, Doctrine of God, Christology, Soteriology, Historical Theology, Biblical Studies, Dogmatic Theology, Analytic Theology, Continental Theology, Biblical Theology, Thomas F. Torrance, Karl Barth, John Calvin, Systematic Theology, Pauline Letters, Biblical Theological Studies, Marburg School, NT, and Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
In this introduction to the new edition of Richard Cassidy's book on the Roman backdrop of John's gospel narrative, I locate this particular crisis among five others (not including Johannine-Synoptic engagements) within the three major... more
In this introduction to the new edition of Richard Cassidy's book on the Roman backdrop of John's gospel narrative, I locate this particular crisis among five others (not including Johannine-Synoptic engagements) within the three major phases of the Johannine situation between 30 and 100 CE.
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History, History of Religion, New Testament, History of Christianity, Early Christianity, and 15 moreGospels, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Christology, Jewish - Christian Relations, Imperial Rome, New Testament and Christian Origins, Martyrdom, Johannine Literature (Religion), Book of Revelation, Gospel of John, Johannine Studies, Ancient Rome, Johannine Theology, and New Testament Studies
This is an expanded version of Navigating the Living Waters of the Gospel of John (Pendle Hill Pamphlet 352, Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill Press, 2000). It outlines how the Johannine narrative is constructed rhetorically so as to evoke... more
This is an expanded version of Navigating the Living Waters of the Gospel of John (Pendle Hill Pamphlet 352, Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill Press, 2000). It outlines how the Johannine narrative is constructed rhetorically so as to evoke belief among its audiences: presenting Jesus' signs, witnesses, and the fulfilled word.
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Critical Theory, Religion, Christianity, Philosophy Of Religion, Rhetoric, and 57 moreComposition and Rhetoric, Theology, Christian Education, New Testament, History of Christianity, Literary Criticism, Contemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, Rhetorical Analysis, Christian Mysticism, Early Christianity, Theological Hermeneutics, Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Johannine Literature, Literary Theory, Spiritual Formation, Rhetorical Criticism, Ancient Religion, Christology, Biblical Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, Theological exegesis, Faith, New Testament and Christian Origins, Rhetorical Theory, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Johannine Literature (Religion), Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Bible, New Age spirituality, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Orthodox Christianity, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, New Testament Theology, Literary studies, Johannine Studies, John the Baptist, New testament exegesis, THEOLOGIE, Johannine Theology, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Biblia, Christology of New Testament, Bible Study, Biblical Hermeneutics, Christian Studies, Teologia biblica, Semeiotics, Signs and Symbols, and Estudio Bíblico
This is the third chapter of my contextual introduction to the New Testament, From Crisis to Christ (Nashville, TN: 2014), 51-74. It was published on the Bible and Interpretation site, May 2015 as an example of my new approach to biblical... more
This is the third chapter of my contextual introduction to the New Testament, From Crisis to Christ (Nashville, TN: 2014), 51-74. It was published on the Bible and Interpretation site, May 2015 as an example of my new approach to biblical studies, which I call "second criticality." That essay is also posted on the Bible and Interpretation site.
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Religion, Roman History, Theology, Religion and Politics, Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman), and 29 moreBiblical Studies, Synoptic Gospels, Irenaeus, Biblical Theology, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Religious History, Bible, Josephus, Religious Studies, Gospel of Mark, Jesus Parables, Q, Historical Jesus, and Biblical Hermeneutics for Ethico-Political Interpretation of New Testament, The relation between Theology and Ethics in Pauline Letters, Jesus, Theology of the Cross, Resurrection, Messianic Secret, Jesus Christ, Bible Study, Crucifixion, Parables of Jesus, Crucifixion in Early Christianity, Papias of Hierapolis, Parables, Early Gospel Traditions, Papias, The Synoptic Gospels, Peter the Apostle, Markan Gospel, and Synoptic Problem, Marcan Priority, Q hypothesis
Second Criticality is how I describe my interdisciplinary approach to the New Testament in From Crisis to Christ (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2014), x-xii. It is introduced in an essay on the Bible and Interpretation site, May 2015, and my... more
Second Criticality is how I describe my interdisciplinary approach to the New Testament in From Crisis to Christ (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2014), x-xii. It is introduced in an essay on the Bible and Interpretation site, May 2015, and my chapter on the Gospel of Mark in contextual perspective is also posted as an example of how this approach is carried forth.
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Critical Theory, Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, Theology, History of Religion, and 57 moreNew Testament, Historical Theology, Practical theology, Philosophical Theology, Critical Pedagogy, Literary Criticism, Critical Thinking, Hermeneutics, Theological Hermeneutics, Orthodox Theology, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Oral Traditions, Literary Theory, Paul Ricoeur, Ancient Religion, Catholic Theology, Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, Hermeneutics and Narrative, Evangelicalism, New Testament and Christian Origins, Narrative Theory, Paul Ricoeur (in ) Philosophy, Critical Thinking and Creativity, Historical Jesus, Literary study of the Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Bible, Argumentation Theory and Critical Thinking, Ricoeur, Evangelical Theology, Comparative Historical Analysis, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Gospel of Mark, Teologie, New Testament Theology, Teologia, Biblical Literature and Hermeneutics (esp. New Testament), Teología, New testament exegesis, Literary Theory and Criticism, HERMENEUTICA, Hermenéutica, New Testament Studies, Christology of New Testament, Bible Study, Biblical Hermeneutics, Teologia biblica, Estudios bíblicos, Hermenêutica Filosófica, Critical Theory (Jürgen Habermas and Paul Ricoeur), Philosophy of Development, Globalization, Conflict of Freedom and Religious Values (Charles Taylor, Jürgen Habermas, Joseph Ratzinger), Cross-Cultural Communication, and Deconstruction, and Historical Critical Methodology
This essay builds upon a basic Synoptic Hypothesis, in keeping with what most scholars believe to be the relations between the Synoptic traditions; distinctive, however, is the adding of the Johannine tradition to the mix, featuring Mark... more
This essay builds upon a basic Synoptic Hypothesis, in keeping with what most scholars believe to be the relations between the Synoptic traditions; distinctive, however, is the adding of the Johannine tradition to the mix, featuring Mark and John as "the Bi-Optic Gospels" and developing a new overall theory of gospel relations with John IN the mix. Put succinctly, Matthew and Mark built upon Mark; John (at least its first edition) built AROUND Mark. John is different in purpose. Published in my new contextual introduction to the New Testament: From Crisis to Christ (Nashville: Abingdon, 2014), 102-126.
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Critical Theory, Religion, Christianity, History, Ancient History, and 78 moreTheology, History of Religion, New Testament, Historical Theology, History of Christianity, Practical theology, Theological Ethics, Historiography, Early Church, Literary Criticism, History and Memory, Early Christianity, Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, Liberation Theology, Orthodox Theology, Missiology and Mission Theology, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Popular Culture and Religious Studies, Oral Traditions, Literary Theory, Ancient Religion, Catholic Theology, Biblical Theology, Memory Studies, History of Biblical Interpretation, Political Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Matthew's Gospel, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, Historical Jesus, Literary study of the Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Johannine Literature (Religion), Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Religious History, Bible, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, Gospel of Mark, New Testament Theology, Literary studies, Johannine Studies, John and the Synoptics, Jesus Parables, Q, Historical Jesus, and Biblical Hermeneutics for Ethico-Political Interpretation of New Testament, The relation between Theology and Ethics in Pauline Letters, Gospel of Luke, New testament exegesis, THEOLOGIE, Source Criticism, Jesus, Gospel, História, Gospel of Matthew, Johannine Theology, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Historical Jesus Research, Biblical Studies; New Testament; Gospels, Biblia, Christology of New Testament, Bible Study, Redaction Criticism, Christian Studies, Synoptic Problem, Redacción, The Synoptic Gospels, The gospel of Mark, Johannine Problem, Prefaces to the Gospels, Histoire Religieuse, Gospel Comparison, Synoptic Study, and Evangelische Theologie
As the second excursus in my contextual introduction to the New Testament (From Crisis to Christ, Nashville: Abingdon, 2014, pp. 168-176), this essay outlines an overview of various quests for Jesus, including the renewed look at John... more
As the second excursus in my contextual introduction to the New Testament (From Crisis to Christ, Nashville: Abingdon, 2014, pp. 168-176), this essay outlines an overview of various quests for Jesus, including the renewed look at John within the mix of historical resources--including new criteria for determining historicity WITH John in the mix.
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Critical Theory, Religion, Christianity, History, Ancient History, and 53 moreCultural History, Philosophy Of Religion, Historical Archaeology, Theology, History of Religion, New Historicism, New Testament, Historical Theology, History of Christianity, Practical theology, Theological Ethics, Historiography, Contextualism, Christian Mysticism, Early Christianity, Orthodox Theology, Missiology and Mission Theology, Biblical Studies, Synoptic Gospels, Second Temple Judaism, Theology and Culture, Catholic Theology, Biblical Theology, Christian Ethics, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, History of Historiography, Historical Jesus, Bible, Orthodox Christianity, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, New Testament Theology, Jesus Parables, Q, Historical Jesus, and Biblical Hermeneutics for Ethico-Political Interpretation of New Testament, The relation between Theology and Ethics in Pauline Letters, New testament exegesis, THEOLOGIE, Source Criticism, Jesus, História, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Historical Jesus Research, Historiografia, Historiografía, Christian Studies, The Quest for the Historical Jesus, The Historical Jesus, NT Textual Criticism, Historical Jesus Studies, and Christian Origins. Theologically: Jesus Jewish Eschatology and Soteriology
This essay is a Foreword by Paul N. Anderson to Ernst Käsemann's The Testament of Jesus, translated by Gerhard Krodel, The Johannine Monograph Series, Vol. 6 (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2017) xi-xxxviii. It considers the life story of... more
This essay is a Foreword by Paul N. Anderson to Ernst Käsemann's The Testament of Jesus, translated by Gerhard Krodel, The Johannine Monograph Series, Vol. 6 (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2017) xi-xxxviii. It considers the life story of Ernst Käsemann, including his resistance to Nazi Germany and liberal theology, while at the same time analyzing critically his controversial claims in this book and the ensuing discussions among New Testament scholars over the next half century--with important implications for church leadership and Christian discipleship. Uncorrected proofs, here.
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Religion, Christianity, Philosophy Of Religion, Peace and Conflict Studies, Theology, and 67 moreNew Testament, Historical Theology, History of Christianity, Practical theology, Systematic Theology, Philosophical Theology, Religion and Politics, Contemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, Early Christianity, Liberation Theology, Latin American Liberation Theology, Nationalism, Orthodox Theology, Womanist Theology, Missiology and Mission Theology, Biblical Studies, Prayer, Johannine Literature, Resistance (Social), Theological Anthropology, History Of The Bible/Biblical Canon, Theology and Culture, Pacifism, Christology, Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, Christian Ethics, Political Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, Historical Jesus, Peace Studies, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, New Age spirituality, Cultural power and resistance, Biblical Exegesis, The Third Reich, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Teologie, New Testament Theology, Discipleship, Johannine Studies, Teologia, Christian Theology, Teología, Nazism, New testament exegesis, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Spiritual Formation and Discipleship, Biblia, Christology of New Testament, Teologia Contemporânea, Teologia Sistemática, Biblical Hermeneutics, Christian Studies, Teologia biblica, Doctrine of God, Christology, Soteriology, Historical Theology, Biblical Studies, Dogmatic Theology, Analytic Theology, Continental Theology, Biblical Theology, Thomas F. Torrance, Karl Barth, John Calvin, Systematic Theology, Teologi, Teologia de la liberacion, Docetism, and Confessing Church
This is the new introduction (uncorrected proofs) to The Prophet-King by Wayne A. Meeks, first published as NovTSup 14 (Brill, 1967), now in paperback as The Johannine Monograph Series, Vol. 5 (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2017--series editors... more
This is the new introduction (uncorrected proofs) to The Prophet-King by Wayne A. Meeks, first published as NovTSup 14 (Brill, 1967), now in paperback as The Johannine Monograph Series, Vol. 5 (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2017--series editors Paul N. Anderson and R. Alan Culpepper) xi-xxx.
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Religion, Christianity, Comparative Religion, Sociology of Religion, Theology, and 53 moreHistory of Religion, New Testament, Historical Theology, Religion and Politics, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Johannine Literature, Second Temple Judaism, History of Religions, Ancient Religion, Christology, Biblical Theology, Jewish - Christian Relations, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Historical Jesus, Literary study of the Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Bible, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Biblical Exegesis, Religious Studies, Teologie, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, Samaritan Studies, Teologia, Teología, New testament exegesis, THEOLOGIE, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Historical Jesus Research, Samaritan Pentateuch, Christology of New Testament, Prophets of the Hebrew Bible/"Old Testament", Bible Study, Samaritans, The Use of the Old Testament in the New, Biblical Hermeneutics, Yale University, Galilee in early roman time, Christian Studies, Teologia biblica, Teologi, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Samaritan Connection, and New Testament and Archaeology
This essay is a foreword to the third edition of Peder Borgen's classic monograph: Bread from Heaven (NovTSup 10, 1965, 1981), published as Vol. 4 in the Johannine Monograph Series edited by Alan Culpepper and Myself (Eugene: Wipf &... more
This essay is a foreword to the third edition of Peder Borgen's classic monograph: Bread from Heaven (NovTSup 10, 1965, 1981), published as Vol. 4 in the Johannine Monograph Series edited by Alan Culpepper and Myself (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2017) i-xxvi.
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Religion, Christianity, Jewish Studies, History of Religion, New Testament, and 50 moreHistory of Christianity, Hebrew Bible, Early Christianity, Israel/Palestine, Biblical Studies, Palestine, Synoptic Gospels, Christology, Biblical Theology, Jewish - Christian Relations, Philo of Alexandria, History of Biblical Interpretation, Midrash, Biblical Archaeology, Rabbinic Literature, New Testament and Christian Origins, Linguistics and Biblical Languages, Christian Spirituality, Historical Jesus, Literary study of the Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Bible, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Teologie, New Testament Theology, Biblical Greek, Teologia, Palestinian Studies, Teología, New testament exegesis, Bread, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Christology of New Testament, Prophets of the Hebrew Bible/"Old Testament", Bible Study, Moses, The Use of the Old Testament in the New, Biblical Hermeneutics, Galilee in early roman time, Christian Studies, Teologia biblica, Rabbinical literature (The Mishnah, Babylonian and Palestinian Talmudim, aggadic midrashim), Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Ideology in the Bible
In the third volume in the John, Jesus, and History central series, our third volume challenges the de-Johannification of Jesus in modern Jesus research. Edited by Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, S.J., and Tom Thatcher, ECL 18 (Atlanta: SBL... more
In the third volume in the John, Jesus, and History central series, our third volume challenges the de-Johannification of Jesus in modern Jesus research. Edited by Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, S.J., and Tom Thatcher, ECL 18 (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2016), this volume features the contributions of 29 top scholars internationally on glimpses of Jesus through the Johannine lens in the final days, the works, and the message of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Critical Theory, Religion, Christianity, Comparative Religion, History, and 51 moreAncient History, Historical Archaeology, Theology, Memory (Cognitive Psychology), History of Religion, New Testament, Historical Theology, History of Christianity, Literary Criticism, Spirituality, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Literary Theory, Biblical Theology, Memory Studies, History of Biblical Interpretation, Christian Ethics, Cognitive Linguistics, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Bible, New Age spirituality, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, Gospel of Mark, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, Teologia, Gospel of Luke, Teología, New testament exegesis, Jesus, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Historical Jesus Research, Fourth Gospel, Christian Studies, Teologia biblica, The Synoptic Gospels, Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity, and Historical Jesus Studies
In this collection of essays honoring Arthur Roberts' 40+ years of teaching at George Fox University, Howard Macy and I edited this collection and presented it to him in 1996 (Newberg, OR: George Fox University Press).
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Critical Theory, Religion, Christianity, Economics, Philosophy, and 27 morePolitical Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy Of Religion, Applied Ethics, Feminist Theory, Social Sciences, Theology, Political Theory, History of Christianity, Philosophical Theology, Poetry, Spirituality, Political Science, Science and Religion, Literary Theory, Quaker Studies, Feminism, Contemporary Poetry, Christian Apologetics, Visual Arts, Quakerism, Quaker Studies, Sociology of Religion, Theological History, Religious Studies, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, George Fox, and John Woolman
This Pendle Hill Pamphlet (#352, Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill Press, 2000, 2013) outlines the rhetorical thrust of the Fourth Gospel, including elements designed to lead the reader into belief. This is an expanded version of that... more
This Pendle Hill Pamphlet (#352, Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill Press, 2000, 2013) outlines the rhetorical thrust of the Fourth Gospel, including elements designed to lead the reader into belief. This is an expanded version of that essay--see "On Wading with Children and Swimming With Elephants--Navigating the Living Waters of the Gospel of John" in the essay section, above.
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Christianity, Rhetoric, Composition and Rhetoric, New Testament, History of Christianity, and 31 moreContemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, Rhetorical Analysis, Early Christianity, Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, Johannine Literature, Literary Theory, Rhetorical Criticism, Spirituality & Mysticism, Faith, New Testament and Christian Origins, Rhetorical Theory, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, Literary study of the Bible, Johannine Literature (Religion), Bible, Gospel of John, New Testament Theology, Literary studies, Johannine Studies, Jesus, Apologetics, Johannine Theology, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Bible Study, Moses, Christian Studies, Pneumatology of Johannine Community, and The gospel of John
Newberg: Barclay Press, 2013.
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Christianity, Spiritual Formation, Quaker Studies, Christian Ethics, Christian Spirituality, and 8 moreQuakerism, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, Discipleship, Jesus Christ, Spiritual Formation and Discipleship, How to Do Effective Discipleship in a Church, Religious Society of Friends Quakers, and Apostolic Christianity
This introduction to the Gospel of John lays out three dozen of the leading Johannine riddles, including theological, historical, and literary problems that have puzzled scholars over the centuries. In addition to assessing the strengths... more
This introduction to the Gospel of John lays out three dozen of the leading Johannine riddles, including theological, historical, and literary problems that have puzzled scholars over the centuries. In addition to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of leading theories of John's composition, this book summarizes my own overall theory, which I call John's dialogical autonomy. Published by Fortress Press in 2011, this book is a service to all readers: students and scholars alike.
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Christianity, Theology, New Testament, Early Church, Early Christianity, and 17 moreBiblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Biblical Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Literary study of the Bible, Johannine Literature (Religion), Bible, Gospel of John, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, Bible studies, Johannine Theology, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, and Bible Study
Gathered and edited by Alan Culpepper and myself, this collections of essays contains state-of-the-art analyses of the Johannine Epistles, illuminating the historical contexts of these letters, informed by literary theories of composition... more
Gathered and edited by Alan Culpepper and myself, this collections of essays contains state-of-the-art analyses of the Johannine Epistles, illuminating the historical contexts of these letters, informed by literary theories of composition and inferences of ethical and religious issues being addressed. A must-read for New Testament and Johannine scholars worldwide!
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Gnosticism, New Testament, Early Church, Early Christianity, Roman Religion, and 27 moreBiblical Studies, Johannine Literature, Catholic Epistles, Biblical Theology, Jewish - Christian Relations, New Testament and Christian Origins, Literary study of the Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Early Church Theology, Bible, Emperor Domitian, Biblical Exegesis, New Testament Textual Criticism, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, Early Church Fathers, Pliny the Younger, New testament exegesis, Emperor worship and Roman religion, New Testament Studies, Antichrist, First century Judaism and Christianity, Idolatry, Ancient Judaism, Early Christianity, Hellenism, New Testament johannine epistles, Trajan, and Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
Exploring nearly sixty crises and contexts underlying the writings of the New Testament, this new introduction helps the reader make connections between the Bible's meanings then and now. Using an approach termed by the author as "second... more
Exploring nearly sixty crises and contexts underlying the writings of the New Testament, this new introduction helps the reader make connections between the Bible's meanings then and now. Using an approach termed by the author as "second criticality," constructive answers to longstanding riddles are explored and applied, availing new insights and meanings.
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Christianity, Christian Education, New Testament, History of Christianity, Contextual Theologies, and 27 moreEarly Church, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Pauline Literature, Context, Catholic Epistles, Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, Christian Ethics, New Testament and Christian Origins, Apostle Paul and the Pauline Letters, Christian Spirituality, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, The Apocalypse of John, Pauline Theology, General Epistles, New Testament Theology, Early Church Fathers, New testament exegesis, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Pauline studies, Christian Studies, and Pastoral Epistles
My second Johannine monograph was published in the Library of New Testament Studies Series (# 321) in 2006 (hardback) and 2007 (paperback) by T&T Clark (London: Bloomsbury), and reviews are engaged in my essay posted on the academia.edu... more
My second Johannine monograph was published in the Library of New Testament Studies Series (# 321) in 2006 (hardback) and 2007 (paperback) by T&T Clark (London: Bloomsbury), and reviews are engaged in my essay posted on the academia.edu site: "On Gauntlets and Paradigm Shifts: An Introduction to Anderson’s New Book." Uploaded now are the first proofs, allowing access to this work, bolstered by the John, Jesus, and History Project and its momentous publications.
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Critical Theory, Christianity, Comparative Religion, History, Ancient History, and 59 moreCognitive Psychology, Historical Archaeology, History of Religion, New Testament, History of Christianity, Historiography, Early Church, Spirituality, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Study of Religions, Ancient Religion, Ancient Historiography, Christology, Biblical Theology, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, History of Historiography, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Johannine Literature (Religion), Bible, New Age spirituality, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, Gospel of Mark, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, Jesus Parables, Q, Historical Jesus, and Biblical Hermeneutics for Ethico-Political Interpretation of New Testament, The relation between Theology and Ethics in Pauline Letters, Gospel of Luke, Geschichte, New testament exegesis, Jesus, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Apologetics, História, Gospel of Matthew, Johannine Theology, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Psychology and Biblical studies, Historical Jesus Research, Historiografía, Religious Freedom, Alte Geschichte, Albert Schweitzer, Q source (Synoptic gospels), The Synoptic Gospels, Dialectical Theology, Religionsgeschichte, RELGION, and Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
First published by Mohr/Siebeck in 1996 (WUNT 2:78) and by Trinity Press International in 1997, the third printing (Eugene: Cascade Books, 2010) features a new introduction and an epilogue engaging over two dozen major reviews.
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Critical Theory, Theology, New Testament, Practical theology, Systematic Theology, and 20 moreTheological Ethics, Theological Hermeneutics, Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, Gospels, Bakhtin, Johannine Literature, Christology, Biblical Theology, Johannine Literature (Religion), Gospel of John, Johannine Studies, Salvador Dali, Johannine Theology, Johannine ethics, New Testament Studies, Doctrine of God, Christology, Soteriology, Historical Theology, Biblical Studies, Dogmatic Theology, Analytic Theology, Continental Theology, Biblical Theology, Thomas F. Torrance, Karl Barth, John Calvin, Systematic Theology, Pneumatology of Johannine Community, Johannine Problem, Johannine Question, and Johannine Prologue
The Christmas Eve devotional essay, published by the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust (pages 83-85 in A Book of Days: Christmas Reflections from the Northwest, Steven G. W. Moore and Richard Ganz SJ, eds.; Franklin, TN: Seedbed Publishing,... more
The Christmas Eve devotional essay, published by the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust (pages 83-85 in A Book of Days: Christmas Reflections from the Northwest, Steven G. W. Moore and Richard Ganz SJ, eds.; Franklin, TN: Seedbed Publishing, 2014)
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Religion, Christianity, Spirituality, Spiritual Leadership, Workplace Spirituality, and 18 morePopular Culture and Religious Studies, Spiritual Formation, Spirituality & Mysticism, Church History, Christian Spirituality, Church, Religious Studies, Gospel of Luke, Christmas, Virgin Mary, Jesus, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Nativity, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Saint Joseph, Bethlehem, and La verdad de la navidad
In anticipation of the celebration of MLK's legacy, this essay features the striking painting of "Adam and Eve" in Vol. 1 of The Saint John's Bible--featuring Adam and Eve as Ethiopian tribespersons. If we envisioned our shared humanity... more
In anticipation of the celebration of MLK's legacy, this essay features the striking painting of "Adam and Eve" in Vol. 1 of The Saint John's Bible--featuring Adam and Eve as Ethiopian tribespersons. If we envisioned our shared humanity in interracial perspective, might that challenge our ethocentrism and racial blinders? Possibly so. Posted on Huffington Post, January 15, 2016: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-n-anderson/ethiopian-lives-matterthe_b_8984332.html
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Religion, Christianity, Comparative Religion, Political Sociology, Sociology of Religion, and 27 moreAnthropology, Political Philosophy, Philosophy Of Religion, Social Anthropology, Theology, History of Religion, Historical Theology, Systematic Theology, Religion and Politics, Race and Racism, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Hebrew Bible, Political Science, Race and Ethnicity, Biblical Studies, Old Testament, Ancient Religion, Biblical Theology, Racism, Political Theology, Cultural Anthropology, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Religious Studies, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Anthropology of Religion
Jesus's kingdom is one of truth; therefore, it cannot be furthered by force or violence. Effective leadership, therefore, is a function truth; the truth is always liberating. Part 4 of a book-length project on Truth and Liberation; see... more
Jesus's kingdom is one of truth; therefore, it cannot be furthered by force or violence. Effective leadership, therefore, is a function truth; the truth is always liberating. Part 4 of a book-length project on Truth and Liberation; see Huffington Post essays on this subject: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/panderso-792
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, Peace and Conflict Studies, and 37 moreHistory of Religion, New Testament, History of Christianity, Religion and Politics, Spirituality, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Truth, Synoptic Gospels, Nonviolence, Quaker Studies, Justice, Biblical Theology, Peacekeeping, Religion and Violence/Nonviolence, New Testament and Christian Origins, Theories Of Truth, Peace & Conflict Studies, Historical Jesus, Peace Studies, Biblical Interpretation, Peace Education, Bible, Quakerism, Peace, Peacebuilding, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Kingdom of God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Cultura De Paz, History of Christianity, peace and reconciliation, integrated mission of the church, Friedens Und Konfliktforschung, Anthropology of Religion, and Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Living in the truth is liberating on many levels; one has nothing to hide, one can be transparent, one is not vulnerable to allegations of duplicity. This is the fifth chapter in a larger project on Truth and Liberation; it was published... more
Living in the truth is liberating on many levels; one has nothing to hide, one can be transparent, one is not vulnerable to allegations of duplicity. This is the fifth chapter in a larger project on Truth and Liberation; it was published on Huffington Post on 11/11/2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/living-the-truth-the-freedom-of-integrity_us_58265938e4b0852d9ec21655
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The first of six reviews of the 2017 CNN series on Finding Jesus, this essay shows how Pilate's trial of Jesus in the Gospels (attested by the Pilate Stone found in Caesarea Maritima) actually becomes "the trial of Pilate" when analyzed... more
The first of six reviews of the 2017 CNN series on Finding Jesus, this essay shows how Pilate's trial of Jesus in the Gospels (attested by the Pilate Stone found in Caesarea Maritima) actually becomes "the trial of Pilate" when analyzed in narratival perspective.
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Religion, Comparative Religion, History, Ancient History, Roman History, and 29 moreHistorical Archaeology, History of Religion, New Historicism, Documentary (Film Studies), Historiography, Historicism, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Ancient Religion, Documentary Film, Historical Jesus, Literary study of the Bible, Religious History, Bible, Josephus, Comparative Historical Analysis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, Historicity, Tiberius (Emperor), Pontius Pilate, The Synoptic Gospels, Anthropology of Religion, and Roman Archaeology
This is a draft of the third chapter of my forthcoming book, Truth and Liberation, focusing on how seeing truth in the face of the other challenges our prejudices and biases and evokes compassionate concern for our fellow human beings.
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Social Psychology, Social Work, and 40 moreHumanities, Social Sciences, Corporate Social Responsibility, Marxism, Religious Education, Spirituality, Liberalism, Liberation Theology, Latin American Liberation Theology, Black Liberation Theology, Social Justice, Religious Pluralism, Truth, Synoptic Gospels, Objectification Theory, Justice, Compassion, Spirituality & Mysticism, Conscience, Philosophy of Love, Christian Spirituality, Socialism, Spirituality & Psychology, Social Worker's Knowledge Attitudes and Behavior Concerning Future Care and Custody Planning, Historical Jesus, Dehumanization, Liberty, Public Policy - Social Welfare Policy, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Holy Spirit, Social Welfare, Humanity, Metodología y Teoría de la Investigación Social, Liberation Psychology, Charity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Libertad De Expresión E Información, and Special Concern Groups of Elderly
Is the third chapter in my forthcoming book, Truth and Liberation, featured on Huffington Post 10/26/2016.
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Contemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, and 25 moreEarly Christianity, Authenticity, Biblical Studies, Spiritual Formation, Transformational Leadership, Ancient Religion, Christology, Biblical Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Counselling & Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Psychology, Bible, New Age spirituality, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Studies on worship, Worship, Jesus, Espiritualidad, Jesus Christ, Biblia, Authentic Leadership, and Christian Studies
This is the opening of the first of five chapters on Truth and Liberation--Personal Transformation. It was posted on Huffington Post on October 9, 2016.
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Religion, Christianity, Transformative Learning, Early Church, Contemporary Spirituality, and 22 moreSpirituality, Spiritual Leadership, Early Christianity, Spiritual Formation, Transformational Leadership, Christology, Biblical Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Counselling & Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Psychology, Bible, New Age spirituality, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Holy Spirit, Experience, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christian Studies, and Anthropology of Religion
This is the third part of the introduction to the larger project: Truth and Liberation, published on Huffington Post (Oct. 8, 2016):... more
This is the third part of the introduction to the larger project: Truth and Liberation, published on Huffington Post (Oct. 8, 2016): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/truth-and-liberation-12-but-how-do-we-proceed_us_57f875b5e4b0b665ad81803e?
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Religion, Christianity, Philosophy Of Religion, Religious Education, Sociology of Knowledge, and 27 moreReligion and Politics, Spirituality, Liberation Theology, Truth, Quaker Studies, Christology, Revelation, Spirituality & Mysticism, Theories Of Truth, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Counselling & Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Psychology, Bible, Theories of truth (Philosophy), Liberty, Knowledge, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Jesus, Filosofía de la Libertad, Jesus Christ, Libertad, Discernment, Christian Studies, Parker Palmer, Practice Based Approaches to the Study of Knowing, and Searcher of the Truth
This essay, published on Huffington Post, is the first of several I intend to write--on the way toward a general audience book-length project on authentic spirituality.
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Religion, Christianity, Comparative Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, Transformative Learning, and 33 moreContemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, Psychology of Religion, Authenticity, Prayer, Truth, Mysticism, Johannine Literature, Spiritual Formation, Transformational Leadership, Quaker Studies, Authentic Learning, Spirituality & Mysticism, Theories Of Truth, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Counselling & Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Psychology, Historical Jesus, Bible, New Age spirituality, Religious Studies, Johannine Studies, Teologia, Teología, Contemplative Prayer, Jesus, Espiritualidad, Jesus Christ, Spirituality and Prayer, Christian Studies, Teologia biblica, Anthropology of Religion, and Searcher of the Truth
Drawing upon the striking artwork of The Saint John's Bible, this essay, posted on Huffington Post (12/21/2015) reminds us of the great reversals in Luke's Christmas story--connecting the situation of the Holy Family with the plight of... more
Drawing upon the striking artwork of The Saint John's Bible, this essay, posted on Huffington Post (12/21/2015) reminds us of the great reversals in Luke's Christmas story--connecting the situation of the Holy Family with the plight of Syrian refugees and other vulnerable populations today.
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Religion, Christianity, Political Sociology, Social Sciences, Theology, and 26 moreRefugee Studies, Homelessness, Early Christianity, Biblical Theology, Syria, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Religious History, Bible, Luke-Acts, Refugees, Religious Studies, Gospel of Luke, Christmas, Virgin Mary, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Refugees and Forced Migration Studies, Nativity, Galilee in early roman time, Theology and Religious Studies, Christian Studies, Refugees Issues, and Refugee memory
In conjunction with Pope Francis' "Mission of Love" to Cuba and the United States, the Saint John's Community has organized "Illuminating the Mission"--seven days of reflection on images and biblical texts from The Saint John's Bible--as... more
In conjunction with Pope Francis' "Mission of Love" to Cuba and the United States, the Saint John's Community has organized "Illuminating the Mission"--seven days of reflection on images and biblical texts from The Saint John's Bible--as a means of honoring his visit. George Fox University is also supporting this program, and Paul Anderson will contribute brief reflections on each of the images, as well.
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Abrahamic Religions, Art History, Art, Contemporary Art, Hebrew Bible, and 27 moreGospels, Synoptic Gospels, Pentecostal Theology, Book of Genesis, Bible, Visual Arts, Medieval illuminated manuscripts, Genesis 1-11, Catholicism, Gospel of Mark, Miracles of Jesus, Society of Jesus, Abraham, Papal Primacy, Book of Acts, Jesus, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, Benedictine Monasticism, Bible Study, Creation, Caligraphy, Interpretations of Genesis 1-3, Biblical Abraham narrative, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Illuminated manuscripts, and Pope Francis
This essay featuring the artistic work, Creation, in The Saint John's Bible introduces a week of focusing on seven texts over seven days, celebrating Pope Francis' Mission of Love to America.
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Religion, Christianity, Art History, Art, Catholic Studies, and 20 moreContemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, Hebrew Bible, Catholic Social Teaching, Catholic Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, Book of Genesis, Christian Spirituality, Bible, Genesis 1-11, Roman Catholicism, Catholicism, Religious Studies, Catholic Church, Bible Study, Creation, Interpretations of Genesis 1-3, Christian Studies, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Pope Francis
As the first of seven reflections on The Saint John's Bible, this essay focuses on Donald Jackson's painting, "Creation," featuring also the "Reflection on Creation" by Barbara Sutton.
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As Day 2 of "Illuminating the Mission" in support of Pope Francis' visit to the USA, The Saint John's Bible project focuses on God's promises to Abraham, Sarah, and the world in Genesis. But, can the families of Abraham--Judaism,... more
As Day 2 of "Illuminating the Mission" in support of Pope Francis' visit to the USA, The Saint John's Bible project focuses on God's promises to Abraham, Sarah, and the world in Genesis. But, can the families of Abraham--Judaism, Christianity, Islam--be a blessing to the world rather than a curse? This is the pressing question for all members of those families in fulfilling God's promises.
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Religion, Abrahamic Religions, Christianity, Comparative Religion, History, and 27 moreSociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, Jewish Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Violence, History of Religion, Religion and Politics, War Studies, Early Christianity, Jewish History, History of Religions, Ancient Religion, Jewish - Christian Relations, Islamic Studies, Peacekeeping, Islamic History, Islam, New Testament and Christian Origins, Peace Studies, Peace Education, Judaism, Peace, Peacebuilding, Religious Studies, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Abraham, and Christian Studies
On Day 3 of "Illuminating the Mission," The Saint John's Bible project honors Pope Francis' Mission of Love to the Americas by featuring the Ten Commandments. This reflection argues that these standards reflect God's love for humanity,... more
On Day 3 of "Illuminating the Mission," The Saint John's Bible project honors Pope Francis' Mission of Love to the Americas by featuring the Ten Commandments. This reflection argues that these standards reflect God's love for humanity, and in seeking to abide by them, humans' love for God and one another are actualized.
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Religion, Comparative Religion, Sociology of Religion, Law, Ethics, and 27 morePhilosophy Of Religion, Normative Ethics, Social Work, Social Sciences, Theology, History of Religion, Systematic Theology, Religion and Politics, Hebrew Bible, Legal Theory, Social Justice, Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Doctrine of God, Ten Commandments, Bible, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Teologie, Teologia, Teología, Morality, Jesus, Biblia, Bible Study, Moses, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Anthropology of Religion
Peter's confession in all four Gospels is linked with the willingness to follow Jesus faithfully, even if the cost of discipleship is real. And yet, the willingness to forfeit one's life is the only way to find it, and following Jesus is... more
Peter's confession in all four Gospels is linked with the willingness to follow Jesus faithfully, even if the cost of discipleship is real. And yet, the willingness to forfeit one's life is the only way to find it, and following Jesus is a solid rock on which to build.
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Christianity, Theology, Historical Theology, Practical theology, Systematic Theology, and 25 moreEarly Christianity, Orthodox Theology, Biblical Studies, Synoptic Gospels, Catholic Theology, Christology, Biblical Theology, Faith, Beliefs, Martyrdom, Bible, Gospel of John, faithfulness of Christ, Discipleship, Jesus, Theology of the Cross, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, Spiritual Formation and Discipleship, Confession, Bible Study, CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP, How to Do Effective Discipleship in a Church, Peter the Apostle, and Discipleship and Leadership In Today's Churches
The feeding of the 5,000, the only miracle of Jesus in all four Gospels, invites us to participate in the feeding of the multitudes today. This biblical call furthers the Mission of Love of Pope Francis, and The Saint John's Bible... more
The feeding of the 5,000, the only miracle of Jesus in all four Gospels, invites us to participate in the feeding of the multitudes today. This biblical call furthers the Mission of Love of Pope Francis, and The Saint John's Bible illuminates that concern for us all.
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Business, Religion, Christianity, Social Work, Social Networks, and 27 moreSocial Sciences, Theology, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Networking, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Social Media, Agriculture, Biblical Theology, Charitable giving, Pastoral Theology, Environmental Sustainability, Philanthropy, Volunteerism, Bible, Venture Philanthropy, Corporate Philanthropy, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Pastoral Care and Counselling, Charity, Christian Ministry, CSR and philanthropy, Social Justice Philanthropy, and Hunger and development
Day 7 of "Illuminating the Mission" of Pope Francis. Was the greatest wonder of Pentecost the wind, fire, and languages, or was it the gift of being able to discern the meaning of those speaking in other languages? In sharing what they... more
Day 7 of "Illuminating the Mission" of Pope Francis. Was the greatest wonder of Pentecost the wind, fire, and languages, or was it the gift of being able to discern the meaning of those speaking in other languages? In sharing what they had with those in need, the commonwealth of the early church makes it a new day for the world.
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New Testament, Early Church, Contemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, Early Christianity, and 17 moreSpiritual Formation, Pentecostal Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Pentecostalism, Christian Spirituality, Early Christian Art, Luke-Acts, New Age spirituality, Holy Spirit, Early Church History, Early Church Fathers, New Testament Studies, Acts of the Apostles, Lukan Studies, Peter the Apostle, The Holy Spirit, and Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
Day 6 of the Saint John's Bible focus on "Illuminating the Mission"--honoring the "Mission of Love"of Pope Francis, this painting and essay focus on Jesus' healing two women in Mark 5. This is the character of his work, to which we are... more
Day 6 of the Saint John's Bible focus on "Illuminating the Mission"--honoring the "Mission of Love"of Pope Francis, this painting and essay focus on Jesus' healing two women in Mark 5. This is the character of his work, to which we are also called as his friends.
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Religion, Sociology of Religion, Women's Studies, Women's History, Women's Health, and 20 moreEarly Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Women, Biblical Theology, Women and Gender Issues in Islam, Faith, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Women and Culture, Religious Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Gospel of Mark, Healing and Religion, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Healing, The Synoptic Gospels, and The gospel of Mark
My Huffington Post Review of CNN's sixth "Finding Jesus" episode (04/06/2015), featuring the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. No, probably not a love relationship, but she is listed among his noted followers, and given the... more
My Huffington Post Review of CNN's sixth "Finding Jesus" episode (04/06/2015), featuring the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. No, probably not a love relationship, but she is listed among his noted followers, and given the discoveries of first-century Jewish culture in Magdala, on the Sea of Galilee, this relationship may be more significant sociologically than we have previously understood.
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Religion, Gender Studies, Film Studies, Film Theory, New Testament, and 29 morePopular Culture, Film Analysis, Documentary (Film Studies), Early Church, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Popular Culture and Religious Studies, Feminism, Documentary Film, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Film, Leonardo da Vinci, Film and Media Studies, Religious Studies, Gospel of Luke, Early Church Fathers, Gnostic Gospels, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, Da Vinci Code, New Testament Studies, Feminine Studies, The Da Vinci Code, Gospel of Jesus's Wife, and Women In Bible and Early Judaism and Christianity
My Huffington Post review of the fifth CNN "Finding Jesus" episode (03/31/2015); while relics of the cross of Jesus came to be proliferated during the Byzantine era and later during the Crusades, most of these relics are dated later using... more
My Huffington Post review of the fifth CNN "Finding Jesus" episode (03/31/2015); while relics of the cross of Jesus came to be proliferated during the Byzantine era and later during the Crusades, most of these relics are dated later using Carbon 14 dating; nonetheless, the death of Jesus on the cross is a historical near certainty.
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Religion, Christianity, Theology, New Testament, Historical Theology, and 32 moreHistory of Christianity, Early Christianity, Gospels, Devotional Shrines, Byzantine Studies, Biblical Theology, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Relics (Religion), Christian Spirituality, Martyrdom, Historical Jesus, Byzantium, Byzantine historiography, New Testament Theology, Constantine, Jesus, Theology of the Cross, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, St Helena, Crucifixion, Early Christian Martyrs, Relics and Relic Veneration, Crucifixion in Antiquity, Crucifixion in Early Christianity, Christian Studies, Mediaeval Cult of Relics and Saints, Byzantine history and archaeology, and Cult of Relics
My review of the fourth of CNN's "Finding Jesus" episodes (03/24/2015); while scholars debate whether the ossuary of James is connected to the brother of Jesus, it does reflect the sort of connection that may have existed between the... more
My review of the fourth of CNN's "Finding Jesus" episodes (03/24/2015); while scholars debate whether the ossuary of James is connected to the brother of Jesus, it does reflect the sort of connection that may have existed between the family of Jesus in Jerusalem and fellow believers.
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Religion, Christianity, Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, and 32 moreTheology, History of Religion, New Testament, History of Christianity, Early Church, Early Christianity, Archaeological Method & Theory, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Funerary Archaeology, History of Religions, History of Caliphates, Church History, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Historical Jesus, Jerusalem, Religious Studies, Early Church History, Early Church Fathers, Virgin Mary, Jesus, Ossuaries, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Apostolic Fathers, Catholic Church History, Acts of the Apostles, Mary mother of Jesus, Early Christian Papyri and Inscriptions, and James the Lord's Brother
My Huffington Post review of CNN's third "Finding Jesus" Episode (03/17/2015); while the Gospel of Judas offers no historical insights into the ministry of Jesus, it does reflect second- and third-century speculation about the role of... more
My Huffington Post review of CNN's third "Finding Jesus" Episode (03/17/2015); while the Gospel of Judas offers no historical insights into the ministry of Jesus, it does reflect second- and third-century speculation about the role of Judas and political associations regarding perceptions and memories of Jesus later on.
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Religion, Gnosticism, Film Studies, History of Religion, New Testament, and 28 moreEarly Church, Early Christianity, Gospels, Heroism, Heresy, Documentary Film, Judas Iscariot, Historical Jesus, Film, Movies, Religious Studies, Movie, Early Church Fathers, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Nag Hammadi, Gnostic Gospels, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Betrayal, Gospel of Judas, Jesus and the Poor, Gospel of Judas, Gnosticism, Early Christianity, Movies Review, Ancient Judaism, Early Christianity, Hellenism, Politics of Jesus, Judas Iscariot, Judas, and Jesus and politics
My Huffington Post Review of the second of CNN's six episodes on "Finding Jesus" (03/10/2015); a solid basis for understanding the ministry of Jesus is to consider that of John the Baptist and the relation between the two. While the... more
My Huffington Post Review of the second of CNN's six episodes on "Finding Jesus" (03/10/2015); a solid basis for understanding the ministry of Jesus is to consider that of John the Baptist and the relation between the two. While the Synoptics present these ministries as sequential, the Gospel of John shows Jesus and John ministering alongside one another for at least some overlap between their missions.
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Religion, Film Studies, New Testament, Film Analysis, Dead Sea Scrolls (Religion), and 33 moreEarly Christianity, Qumranic Studies, Gospels, Baptism, Deuteronomistic History, Prophets, Biblical Archaeology, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Wisdom Literature, Movies, Religious Studies, Movie, Essenes, Jesus Parables, Q, Historical Jesus, and Biblical Hermeneutics for Ethico-Political Interpretation of New Testament, The relation between Theology and Ethics in Pauline Letters, John the Baptist, Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Paul, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Second Temple Judaism, Ot, Pentateuch, Movies Review, Pauline Letters, Saint John the Baptist, Essene Christianity, NT, Historical John the Baptist, John, Jesus, and History, and Herod Antipas
My Huffington Post review of the first of the six CNN "Finding Jesus" episodes (03/03/2015); the book co-authored by David Gibson and Michael McKinley approaches the quest for Jesus from the perspective of artifacts such as the Shroud of... more
My Huffington Post review of the first of the six CNN "Finding Jesus" episodes (03/03/2015); the book co-authored by David Gibson and Michael McKinley approaches the quest for Jesus from the perspective of artifacts such as the Shroud of Turin and other relics--most of them evidencing associations a thousand years or so after the ministry of Jesus, but nonetheless captivating the interest of audiences in the modern era.
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Religion, Historical Archaeology, New Testament, Documentary (Film Studies), Biblical Studies, and 19 moreGospels, Relics (Religion), Documentary Film, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Skepticism, Documentary, Religious Studies, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Holy Shroud of Turin, Shroud, Relics and Relic Veneration, Mediaeval Cult of Relics and Saints, Shroud of Turin, The Medieval Cult of Relics, The Shroud of Turin – Unraveling the Mystery, and Cult of Relics
My Huffington Post review of "Noah" (03/28/2014)
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Religion, Comparative Religion, Ancient History, Film Studies, Film Analysis, and 27 moreHebrew Bible, Biblical Studies, Old Testament, History of Religions, Ancient Religion, Ancient Near East, Ancient myth and religion, Book of Genesis, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Contemporary Hollywood, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Genesis 1-11, Film and Media Studies, Movies, Hollywood, Religious Studies, Movie, Gilgamesh Epic, Flood, Old Testament Studies, Genesis, Biblical Hermeneutics, TRADICIÓN PRIMORDIAL, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Epic of Gilgamesh, and Noah's Flood
My Huffington Post review of the "Son of God" movie, revamped from "The Bible" series (02/28/214)
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An appreciation for the life of T. Vail Palmer, Jr. (1927-2021), a premier Quaker theologian over the last half century and more, and former editor of QRT.
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Religion, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy Of Religion, Peace and Conflict Studies, and 15 moreTheology, Theological Ethics, War Studies, Nonviolence, Quaker Studies, Conscientious Objection/Draft Resistance, Peacekeeping, Religion and Violence/Nonviolence, Peace & Conflict Studies, Quakerism, Peace, Quaker Studies, Sociology of Religion, Theological History, Teologia, University, and Divinity School The University of Chicago
This essay shows how early Friends felt themselves engaged existentially in the reading of biblical texts, reflecting the inspiring work of the Holy Spirit, how inspired the biblical texts.
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Religion, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, History of Religion, New Testament, and 15 moreLiterature, Spirituality, Hermeneutics, Biblical Studies, Literary Theory, Reading, Quaker Studies, Bible, Biblical Exegesis, Quakerism, Literatura, Existentialism, Hermenéutica, Bible Study, and Biblical Hermeneutics
Remarkable connections abound between the formative insights and early prophetic openings of George Fox and the content of his message delivered on Firbank Fell (1652) signalling the launching of the world-impacting Quaker movement.... more
Remarkable connections abound between the formative insights and early prophetic openings of George Fox and the content of his message delivered on Firbank Fell (1652) signalling the launching of the world-impacting Quaker movement. Query: how do one's transformative experiences and discoveries set the course for vocational direction and one's purpose for living?
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Religion, Christianity, History, Philosophy Of Religion, Theology, and 15 moreHistory of Religion, Spirituality, Reformation Studies, Preaching, Missiology and Mission Theology, Transformational Leadership, Quaker Studies, Mission Studies, Spirituality & Mysticism, Spirituality & Psychology, English Puritanism, Evangelism, Christian Leadership, Religious Studies, and Christian Ministry
God is present; that's central to the biblical witness and the gospel.
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Religion, Christianity, Music, Theology, Spirituality, and 15 moreEarly Christianity, Contemporary Christianity, Missiology and Mission Theology, Youth Ministry, Popular Culture and Religious Studies, Christology, Christian Leadership, Kingdom of God, Jesus, Missions, Jesus Christ, Christian Ministry, Theology and Religious Studies, Christian Studies, and Pastoral Ministry
This essay in Quaker Religious Thought #106-107 (Nov. 2006): 107-114 describes my response to Pope John Paul II's Encyclical (Ut Unum Sint, 1995), inviting new ways forward toward Christian Unity, as requested by Cardinal Kasper. It was... more
This essay in Quaker Religious Thought #106-107 (Nov. 2006): 107-114 describes my response to Pope John Paul II's Encyclical (Ut Unum Sint, 1995), inviting new ways forward toward Christian Unity, as requested by Cardinal Kasper. It was commissioned by the Secretary of the NCCC Faith and Order Commission, and published in One in Christ 17 (2005); I presented it in person to Pope Benedict in October of 2006.
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Religion, Christianity, New Testament, Catholic Studies, Leadership, and 15 moreSpirituality, Early Christianity, Quaker Studies, Protestantism, Catholic Theology, Ecumenical Theology, History of Roman Catholicism, Church History, New Testament and Christian Origins, Bible, Roman Catholicism, Catholicism, Religious Studies, New Testament Studies, and Christian Studies
A response to Newton Garver's review of my response to the Vatican, as requested by Cardinal Kasper, inviting responses to Pope John Paul II's 1995 encyclical asking if there were a "new day" for Christian unity worldwide. Paul N.... more
A response to Newton Garver's review of my response to the Vatican, as requested by Cardinal Kasper, inviting responses to Pope John Paul II's 1995 encyclical asking if there were a "new day" for Christian unity worldwide.
Paul N. Anderson, “One Response after Another,” Friends Journal VOLUME 52, NO. 9 (September 1, 2006): 22-24; Newton Garver, “One Quaker's Response to the Pope,” Friends Journal VOLUME 52, NO. 9 (September 1, 2006): 20-23
Paul N. Anderson, “One Response after Another,” Friends Journal VOLUME 52, NO. 9 (September 1, 2006): 22-24; Newton Garver, “One Quaker's Response to the Pope,” Friends Journal VOLUME 52, NO. 9 (September 1, 2006): 20-23
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Religion, Christianity, New Testament, Leadership, Early Christianity, and 15 moreQuaker Studies, Catholic Theology, Ecumenical Theology, History of Roman Catholicism, Church History, New Testament and Christian Origins, Bible, Roman Catholicism, Catholicism, Holy Spirit, Ecumenism, New Testament Studies, Theology and History of Vatican II, Christian Studies, and Pope Benedict XVI/Josef Ratzinger
Her picture is on the five-pound British note. She brought about prison reform in Britain. Her school of nursing inspired Florence Nightingale. She was the first woman to address Parliament. She was visited in her prison-reform work by... more
Her picture is on the five-pound British note. She brought about prison reform in Britain. Her school of nursing inspired Florence Nightingale. She was the first woman to address Parliament. She was visited in her prison-reform work by the King of Prussia. She was a recorded Friends minister who provided Bibles for people, established organizations for social reform, pioneered women’s suffrage, and who was sponsored by Queen Victoria. Her name was Elizabeth Fry—a note-worthy Friend, indeed!
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Religion, History, Social Work, Women's Studies, Corporate Social Responsibility, and 15 moreWomen's History, History of Religion, Women, Quaker Studies, Critical Prison Studies, Bible, Quakerism, Religious Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Prisons, Public Sector Reform, Motherhood, Christian Ministry, Bible Study, and Norwich
First published in 1982 by Barclay Press, the Meet the Friends Series has been a leading introduction to the Quaker movement. The third edition (2011, Newberg, OR: Barclay Press) makes a correction or two and illumines the complexion of... more
First published in 1982 by Barclay Press, the Meet the Friends Series has been a leading introduction to the Quaker movement. The third edition (2011, Newberg, OR: Barclay Press) makes a correction or two and illumines the complexion of Friends around the world, in addition to clarifying the difference between Christian Testimonies Friends have upheld and their distinctive expressions.
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, History of Religion, and 13 moreHistory of Christianity, Spirituality, Quaker Studies, Ecumenical Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, Christian Spirituality, Quakerism, Religious Studies, Ecumenism, Quakers, Christian Studies, History of Quakerism, and Religious Society of Friends Quakers
"John Bellers (1654-1725): 'A Veritable Phenomenon in the History of Political Economy'." Pages 153-81 in Quakers, Business and Corporate Responsibility—Lessons and Cases for Responsible Management, edited by Nicholas Burton and Richard... more
"John Bellers (1654-1725): 'A Veritable Phenomenon in the History of Political Economy'." Pages 153-81 in Quakers, Business and Corporate Responsibility—Lessons and Cases for Responsible Management, edited by Nicholas Burton and Richard Turnbull (London: Springer, 2019).
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-04034-5_10
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-04034-5_10
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This is my foreword to A Catechism and Confession of Faith by Robert Barclay, a New Edition, Edited in Modern English, by Dean Freiday and Arthur O. Roberts (Newberg, OR: Barclay Press, 2001), pp. 9-12. Note Robert Barclay's engagement... more
This is my foreword to A Catechism and Confession of Faith by Robert Barclay, a New Edition, Edited in Modern English, by Dean Freiday and Arthur O. Roberts (Newberg, OR: Barclay Press, 2001), pp. 9-12. Note Robert Barclay's engagement with the Westminster Confession; in this new edition, Freiday and Roberts have helpfully spelled out the biblical texts Barclay employed, letting the Scriptures speak for themselves on 14 central Christian themes, including aspects of biblical authority, theological themes, and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit.
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Religion, Christianity, Comparative Religion, History, Philosophy Of Religion, and 15 moreTheology, History of Religion, Systematic Theology, Orthodox Theology, Biblical Studies, Quaker Studies, Biblical Theology, Bible, Anglican Church History, Religious Studies, Holy Spirit, Creeds and Confessions, Confession, Inspiration, and Puritanism
This is a historical-critical analysis of George Fox's Book of Miracles, edited by Henry J. Cadbury (1948, 1973; (Philadelphia and London: Quakers Uniting in Publications, 2000), pp. xviii-xxvii.
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Religion, New Religious Movements, History of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Reformation History, and 15 moreReformation Studies, English Reformation, Prayer, Quaker Studies, Faith, Quakerism, Miracles, English Puritanism, Religious Studies, Healing and Religion, Jesus, Puritanism, Spiritual Gifts, Anthropology of Religion, and Religious Society of Friends Quakers
A tribute to John Punshon (draft, Quaker Studies 22.2, 2017, 219-25). John Punshon has been one of the premier Quaker historians and spokes-persons over the last four decades. Serving as Quaker Tutor at Woodbrooke, Visiting Professor of... more
A tribute to John Punshon (draft, Quaker Studies 22.2, 2017, 219-25). John Punshon has been one of the premier Quaker historians and spokes-persons over the last four decades. Serving as Quaker Tutor at Woodbrooke, Visiting Professor of Quaker Studies at George Fox University and the first Geraldine Leatherock Chair of Quaker Studies at the Earlham School of Religion, John Punshon has contributed greatly to present historical and theological understandings of the Quaker movement, and he will be greatly missed. From his childhood experiences in a local church whilst living with his grandparents during the War to his education at Oxford, his public and political service and his development into a leading interpreter of Quaker history, faith and practice, his own reflections, shared at Milton Keynes Friends Meeting in 2003, provide a basis for understanding the origins of his thought and convictions as represented more extensively in his writings and spoken ministries. He will be greatly missed, but his contributions extend beyond the boundaries of space and time.
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Religion, New Religious Movements, History, Religious Education, Spirituality, and 10 moreReligious Pluralism, Spiritual Formation, Quaker Studies, Spirituality & Mysticism, Christian Spirituality, Biblical Interpretation, Religious History, Quakerism, American Religious History, and Religious Studies
"Testimonies of Truth." Christian History #117, January 2016. An essay on the Quaker Testimonies: https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/testimonies-of-truth/
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Christianity, Peace and Conflict Studies, Theology, Leadership, Theological Ethics, and 27 moreSpirituality, Reformation Studies, Orthodox Theology, Egalitarianism, Quaker Studies, Pacifism, Peacekeeping, Peace Studies, Peace Education, Contemporary Theology, Quakerism, Peace, Peacebuilding, Quaker Studies, Sociology of Religion, Theological History, Teologie, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, Teologia, Teología, Consensus, Jesus, Quakers, Integrity, Teologia Contemporânea, Simplicity, Discernment, History of Quakerism, and Friends
This essay was published in The Tendering Presence: Essays on John Woolman, edited by Michael Heller (Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill Press, 2003, pp. 17-44). As an analysis of Woolman's spiritual development, this essay tracks the... more
This essay was published in The Tendering Presence: Essays on John Woolman, edited by Michael Heller (Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill Press, 2003, pp. 17-44). As an analysis of Woolman's spiritual development, this essay tracks the influences upon his life, as reported in his journal, and gathers wisdom from those reported experiences.
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Religion, Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Psychology, American Studies, and 27 morePhilosophy Of Religion, Social Sciences, History of Religion, Literature, Spirituality, Psychology of Religion, Slavery, Social Justice, History of Slavery, Autobiography, Mysticism, Abolition of Slavery, Spiritual Formation, Quaker Studies, Justice, Spirituality & Mysticism, Conscience, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Psychology, Quakerism, Quaker Studies, Sociology of Religion, Theological History, Religious Studies, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, Journals, Quakers, Ministry of Education, and Anthropology of Religion
This essay explores the question as to whether a doctrine of continuing revelation has been a good thing or a bad thing within the Quaker movement. Indeed, being open to God's truth as disclosed authentically through scripture, church... more
This essay explores the question as to whether a doctrine of continuing revelation has been a good thing or a bad thing within the Quaker movement. Indeed, being open to God's truth as disclosed authentically through scripture, church history, reason, personally, and corporately is central to the Gospel of Christ, who continues to teach his followers through the Holy Spirit. And yet, appeals to personal authority have been central to the seven leading Quaker divisions in ways that are instructive. Published in Quaker Perspectives: Good and Evil, eds. Jackie Scully and (Ben) Pink Dandelion (Farnham: Ashgate/Gower, 2007), 15-29.
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, History of Religion, and 27 moreHistory of Christianity, Leadership, Change Leadership, Spirituality, Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Formation, Transformational Leadership, Quaker Studies, Organizational Leadership, Revelation, Spirituality & Mysticism, Church History, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Psychology, Charisma, Quakerism, Religious Studies, Holy Spirit, Charismatic Christianity, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, Reason and Revelation, Divine Revelation, Charismatic leadership, Jesus Christ, Pentecostalism and Charismatics, Missional Church Theology, and Anthropology of Religion
Of course he wasn't, but the way John's Gospel has influenced Spirit-based movements throughout church history betrays also its function and design in the late first-century Christian situation, as a more primitive memory of Jesus poses... more
Of course he wasn't, but the way John's Gospel has influenced Spirit-based movements throughout church history betrays also its function and design in the late first-century Christian situation, as a more primitive memory of Jesus poses the basis for challenges to rising institutionalism and hierarchy in the sub-apostolic era. These themes are developed also in The Christology of the Fourth Gospel and elsewhere. Quaker Religious Thought #76 (1991): 27-43.
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Leadership, Early Church, Spirituality, Spiritual Leadership, Early Christianity, and 27 moreSynoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Transformational Leadership, Quaker Studies, Organizational Leadership, Pneumatology, Ecclesiology, Church History, Leadership Development, Christian Spirituality, Charisma, New Age spirituality, Sacramental Theology, Quakerism, Church, Gospel of John, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, Johannine Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Early Church Fathers, Jesus, Gospel of Matthew, Johannine Theology, Apostolic Fathers, Hierarchy, Leadership styles, and Episcopal Power
This essay was presented as the Quaker Lecture at Western Yearly Meeting in Plainfield, Indiana the summer of 1985. It builds upon the transformative experiences of the Hebrew prophets in scripture, seeking to commend stewardship of... more
This essay was presented as the Quaker Lecture at Western Yearly Meeting in Plainfield, Indiana the summer of 1985. It builds upon the transformative experiences of the Hebrew prophets in scripture, seeking to commend stewardship of subsequent such experiences as a key to discerning one's vocation and direction in life.
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Christianity, Theology, Youth Studies, The Social, Cognitive, and Cultural Psychology of Thrilling Those Who Encounter Artworks--how work traits thrill audiences, Career Guidance Counseling, and 33 moreSpirituality, Meaning of Life, Adolescent Development, Career Guidance, Youth Work, Youth Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Transformational Leadership, Meaning, Spirituality & Mysticism, Vocational Education, Apostle Paul and the Pauline Letters, Calling/Meaning/Purpose at Work, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Psychology, Bible, Construction of Meaning, Life Satisfaction, Religious Studies, Vocational Training, Vocational education and training, Calling/Vocations, Vocation, Student Life, Guidance and Counseling, Vocational Guidance and Counseling, Christian Ministry, Prophets of the Hebrew Bible/"Old Testament", Discernment, Orientacion Vocacional, Ministry, Guidance and Counselling, and Pastoral Ministry
This essay was commissioned by the National Council of Churches of Christ Faith and Order Commission, engaged within an ecumenical consultation meeting in Douglaston, New York in 1991 on "The Apostolic Character of the Church's Peace... more
This essay was commissioned by the National Council of Churches of Christ Faith and Order Commission, engaged within an ecumenical consultation meeting in Douglaston, New York in 1991 on "The Apostolic Character of the Church's Peace Witness." It was then published in The Church’s Peace Witness, Marlin Miller and Barbara Nelson Gingerich, eds. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994), 105-30.
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Religion, Christianity, Ethics, Applied Ethics, Peace and Conflict Studies, and 59 moreViolence, History of Religion, New Testament, History of Christianity, Religion and Politics, Virtue Ethics, Spirituality, War Studies, Early Christianity, Political Violence and Terrorism, Just War, Women and War Studies, Biblical Studies, Violence Prevention, Nonviolence, History of Religions, Ancient Religion, Peace Movements, Pacifism, Biblical Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, History of Biblical Interpretation, Just War Theory, Christian Ethics, Peacekeeping, Religion and Violence/Nonviolence, Peace Journalism, New Testament and Christian Origins, Moral Philosophy, Peace & Conflict Studies, Christian Spirituality, Historical Jesus, Peace Studies, Biblical Interpretation, Peace Education, Bible, Religion and Violence, Moral and Political Philosophy, Just war theory (Philosophy), Orthodox Christianity, Biblical Exegesis, Peace, Peacebuilding, Holy War, Religious Studies, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Christian Pacifism, Nonviolent Civil Resistance, Jesus, Aparecida De Jesus Ferreira, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Religious Violence, Just War Tradition, Security and Peace Studies, Christian Studies, Pacifismo, Walter Wink, and Religious and Political Violence
This essay argues that the center of Quaker Faith and Practice is the immediacy of Christ; connected to the center are convictions regarding authentic worship, universal ministry, incarnational sacramentology, nonviolent peacemaking,... more
This essay argues that the center of Quaker Faith and Practice is the immediacy of Christ; connected to the center are convictions regarding authentic worship, universal ministry, incarnational sacramentology, nonviolent peacemaking, consensus decision making and a witness to simplicity.
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Religion, Christianity, Comparative Religion, Peace and Conflict Studies, Theology, and 25 morePractical theology, Systematic Theology, Early Christianity, Orthodox Theology, Nonviolence, Quaker Studies, Christology, Theological Education, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, Peace Studies, Sacramental Theology, Religious Studies, Teologie, Discipleship, Studies on worship, Teologia, Teología, Worship, Consensus, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christian Ministry, Resurrection of Jesus, and Simplicity
This essay builds on the 15 theses of Robert Barclay's An Apology for the True Christian Divinity (1676 in Latin; 1678 in English), condensing them into 12. It was published in Quaker Religious Thought #114 (2010): 20-37.
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Religion, Christianity, New Religious Movements, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, and 40 moreTheology, Historical Theology, Practical theology, Systematic Theology, Religion and Politics, Contemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, Spiritual Leadership, Psychology of Religion, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, Early Christianity, Orthodox Theology, Missiology and Mission Theology, Spiritual Formation, Quaker Studies, Theology and Culture, Catholic Theology, Christology, Biblical Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, Ecclesiology, Church History, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Counselling & Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Psychology, Christian Apologetics, Religious Experience, New Age spirituality, Quakerism, Quaker Studies, Sociology of Religion, Theological History, Religious Studies, Apologetics, Jesus Christ, Quakers, Theology and Religious Studies, History of Quakerism, Seventeenth century Quakers, Religious Society of Friends Quakers, and Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
This paper builds on the work of Alan Kolp, who follows on the work of Edward Schillebeeckx, regarding the character of sacramentology itself. It furthers the discussion, however, by rooting an incarnational view in the ministry of Jesus... more
This paper builds on the work of Alan Kolp, who follows on the work of Edward Schillebeeckx, regarding the character of sacramentology itself. It furthers the discussion, however, by rooting an incarnational view in the ministry of Jesus itself, noting also the diversity of developments within New Testament Christianity, posing ways forward in an ecumenical valuing of the multiplicity of developing sacramental traditions within the church. A Quaker perspective may here be helpful and reconciling among the churches. It was published in Quaker Religious Thought 109 (2007): 30-45. Interestingly, I served as a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Nijmegen the last two years--the place where Edward Schillebeeckx taught.
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, Philosophy Of Religion, and 27 moreTheology, New Testament, Historical Theology, Practical theology, Systematic Theology, Early Church, Early Christianity, Orthodox Theology, Biblical Studies, Quaker Studies, Theology and Culture, Catholic Theology, Biblical Theology, Ecumenical Theology, Sacramentology, Church History, New Testament and Christian Origins, Bible, Sacramental Theology, Incarnation of Christ, Religious Studies, New Testament Theology, Studies on worship, Ecumenism, New Testament Studies, Sacraments, and Incarnational Theology
This essay was published in Quaker Religious Thought #112 (2009): 18-36. Following in the tradition of Cardinal Newman's The Idea of a University and Elton Trueblood's The Idea of a College, this essay develops an understanding of the... more
This essay was published in Quaker Religious Thought #112 (2009): 18-36. Following in the tradition of Cardinal Newman's The Idea of a University and Elton Trueblood's The Idea of a College, this essay develops an understanding of the essential role of Christian higher education, forwarding a view of the classroom being a meeting for worship in which learning is welcomed.
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Critical Theory, Religion, Christianity, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, and 27 moreTeaching and Learning, Philosophy Of Religion, Education, Sociology of Education, Teacher Education, Higher Education, Critical Pedagogy, Learning and Teaching, Contemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, Psychology of Religion, Truth, Student Engagement, Spiritual Formation, Pedagogy, Quaker Studies, Learning And Teaching In Higher Education, Theories Of Truth, Christian Spirituality, College student development, Religious Studies, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, University, Pedagogia, Facilitation, Student, and Searcher of the Truth
This essay played a significant role in my directing of two Lilly grants on discernment-oriented leadership across 9 different Christian traditions. A Quaker approach to discerning how God speaks includes Scripture, history and tradition,... more
This essay played a significant role in my directing of two Lilly grants on discernment-oriented leadership across 9 different Christian traditions. A Quaker approach to discerning how God speaks includes Scripture, history and tradition, critical analysis and scientific inquiry, personal openings, and corporate discernment. Reference: Quaker Religious Thought #106 (2006): 26-47.
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, Educational Leadership, and 27 moreSocial Sciences, Theology, Corporate Social Responsibility, Practical theology, Corporate Communication, Leadership, Early Church, Spirituality, Corporate Governance, Early Christianity, Facility Management, Servant Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Quaker Studies, Church History, Leadership Development, Christian Spirituality, Quakerism, Religious Studies, Corporate Strategy, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, Educational management and leadership, Consensus, Facilitation, Discernment, Educational Leadership and Management, and Eli Lilly
This paper contributes to science-and-religion studies in that shows the relation of Quaker faith and practice to technology, science, and industry in the United Kingdom It is published in a double-issue of Quaker Religious thought... more
This paper contributes to science-and-religion studies in that shows the relation of Quaker faith and practice to technology, science, and industry in the United Kingdom It is published in a double-issue of Quaker Religious thought #99-100 (2003): 67-74.
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Critical Theory, Religion, Sociology of Religion, Cognitive Science, Earth Sciences, and 25 moreEnvironmental Science, Philosophy of Science, Technology, Social Sciences, History of Religion, History of Science, Political Science, Science, Science and Religion, Sociology Of Scientific Knowledge, Quaker Studies, History of Religions, Drug Discovery, Scientific Illustration, The Industrial Revolution, History of Science and Religion, Religion and Science, Quakerism, Religious Studies, Systems thinking, complexity science, emergence and organisational development, the application of knowledge from Quakerism to public policy to achieve social enterprise and sustainable development, Steel, Industrial Revolution, Scientific Research, Anthropology of Religion, and Religious Society of Friends Quakers
Matthew follows Mark's text closely, simplifying some of the detail 2 John's account coheres with some features of Mark--including some details that Matthew omits--but John differs dramatically from Mark, not for theological reasons, but... more
Matthew follows Mark's text closely, simplifying some of the detail 2 John's account coheres with some features of Mark--including some details that Matthew omits--but John differs dramatically from Mark, not for theological reasons, but on matters of time, place, and particulars. Luke, however, follows John in some of the ways he departs from Mark--a clear sign of Luke's use of some features of the Johannine tradition, also evident elsewhere in Luke's departures from Mark in six dozen cases.
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Religion, Christianity, New Testament, Literary Criticism, Early Christianity, and 15 moreJohannine Literature, Literary Theory, Historical Jesus, Johannine Literature (Religion), Bible, Luke-Acts, Gospel of John, Literary studies, Johannine Studies, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christian Studies, Literary Analysis, and Hisotry
This essay was presented at the John, Jesus, and History Pre-Conference at the Denver 2022 SBL meetings. It is scheduled to be included in John, Jesus, and History, Vol. 4: Jesus Remembered in the Johannine Situation, 2024), building on... more
This essay was presented at the John, Jesus, and History Pre-Conference at the Denver 2022 SBL meetings. It is scheduled to be included in John, Jesus, and History, Vol. 4: Jesus Remembered in the Johannine Situation, 2024), building on Chapter 10 of my earlier monograph: The Christology of the Fourth Gospel, where Peter is presented as "returning the keys to Jesus" in John 6:68-69--"YOU have the words of eternal life" (not I).
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Religion, History, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, Theology, and 15 moreHistory of Religion, New Testament, Leadership, Biblical Studies, Johannine Literature, Biblical Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Historical Jesus, Bible, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Johannine Studies, Jesus Christ, and New Testament Studies
Presented a the Wycliffe Scripture and Theology Colloquium (2022) and at the Vienna SNTS meetings (2023).
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Religion, Christianity, Philosophy Of Religion, Theology, History of Religion, and 15 moreNew Testament, Systematic Theology, Literary Criticism, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Johannine Literature, Literary Theory, Christology, Biblical Theology, Trinitarian Theology, Bible, Gospel of John, Worship, Logos, and Logos Christology
This is my translation in Modern English of Margaret Fell's 1666/7 pamphlet, “Women’s Speaking Justified, Proved, and Allowed of by the Scriptures," written in the prison of Lancaster Castle. It was the first robust treatment of the... more
This is my translation in Modern English of Margaret Fell's 1666/7 pamphlet, “Women’s Speaking Justified, Proved, and Allowed of by the Scriptures," written in the prison of Lancaster Castle. It was the first robust treatment of the subject--challenging the forbidding of women's public ministries--in English.
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Religion, Christianity, History, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, and 15 moreTheology, Women's History, Feminist Theology, Hebrew Bible, Women, Quaker Studies, Feminism, Biblical Theology, Gender and religion (Women s Studies), Bible, Quakerism, Religious Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Christian Ministry, and Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
This is a list of some two dozen book length projects I'm working on (two thirds of which are largely written) and over a dozen books I hope to edit in the next few years. Some will be trade book projects; potential publisher inquiries... more
This is a list of some two dozen book length projects I'm working on (two thirds of which are largely written) and over a dozen books I hope to edit in the next few years. Some will be trade book projects; potential publisher inquiries welcome.
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Religion, History, Sociology, Psychology, Peace and Conflict Studies, and 15 moreTheology, New Testament, Literature, Spirituality, Academic Writing, Quaker Studies, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Books, Jesus, Publisher, and Jesus Christ
This is an outline of the QRT #105 essay, "A Dynamic Christocentricity--The Center of Faithful Praxis" (2005): 20-36.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol105/iss1/3/
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol105/iss1/3/
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Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, Peace and Conflict Studies, Theology, History of Religion, and 15 moreHistory of Christianity, Spirituality, Psychology of Religion, Friendship Studies, Quaker Studies, Protestantism, Christology, Faith, Sacramental Theology, Orthodox Christianity, Christian Leadership, Teologia, Teología, Worship, and Christian Ministry
This essay outlines the history of Quakers' receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947. It will be published in Quakers and the Future of Peacemaking, edited by Alonzo Valentine, Quakers and the Disciplines 8 (Friends Association for Higher... more
This essay outlines the history of Quakers' receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947. It will be published in Quakers and the Future of Peacemaking, edited by Alonzo Valentine, Quakers and the Disciplines 8 (Friends Association for Higher Education, Full Media Services) 2022.
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Religion, Peace and Conflict Studies, Social Sciences, Violence, War Studies, and 15 moreNonviolence, Quaker Studies, Justice, Peace Movements, Pacifism, Peacekeeping, World War II, Peace & Conflict Studies, Peace Studies, Peace Education, Quakerism, Peace, Peacebuilding, Nobel Prize, and Peace & Reconciliation
In calling to present the words and works of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-reflect each day on what Jesus said and did, leading to reflecting upon how we might feel led to put his teaching and example into practice... more
In calling to present the words and works of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-reflect each day on what Jesus said and did, leading to reflecting upon how we might feel led to put his teaching and example into practice over the next 40 days. At the beginning of the day, (a) read these gospel passages, taking note of what speaks to you; (b) live with the intention to follow the way of Jesus throughout the day; (c) conclude the day with reflecting on how faithfulness to that priority might have made a difference that day. Remember the five Rs of Transformative Bible reading: Read, Reflect, Respond, Remember, Record.
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Ethics, Spirituality, Gospels, Prayer, Synoptic Gospels, and 15 moreTransformational Leadership, Reading, Spirituality & Mysticism, Christian Ethics, Bible, Devotional literature, Discipleship, Contemplative Prayer, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Spiritual Formation and Discipleship, Bible Study, Spirituality and Prayer, Lectio divina, and The Synoptic Gospels
This essay challenges J. Louis Martyn's single-issue (Johannine-Jewish) crisis in the Johannine situation on the basis of a new literary analysis of John 9. Presented at the TCU conference on literary genres and the gospels; published now... more
This essay challenges J. Louis Martyn's single-issue (Johannine-Jewish) crisis in the Johannine situation on the basis of a new literary analysis of John 9. Presented at the TCU conference on literary genres and the gospels; published now by Mohr Siebeck as WUNT 451 (a HOT issue, indeed!).
“Revelation and Rhetoric in John 9:1-10:21—Two Dialogical Modes Operative within the Johannine Narrative,” in David P. Moessner, Matthew Calhoun, and Tobias Nicklas (ed.), The Gospels and Ancient Literary Criticism: Continuing the Debate on Gospel Genre(s), WUNT 451 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020), 441-70
“Revelation and Rhetoric in John 9:1-10:21—Two Dialogical Modes Operative within the Johannine Narrative,” in David P. Moessner, Matthew Calhoun, and Tobias Nicklas (ed.), The Gospels and Ancient Literary Criticism: Continuing the Debate on Gospel Genre(s), WUNT 451 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020), 441-70
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History, Historical Linguistics, History of Religion, New Testament, Early Christianity, and 15 moreOral history, Biblical Studies, Johannine Literature, Literary Theory, Biblical Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Literary study of the Bible, Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Bible, Gospel of John, Historia, Literary studies, Literary Theory and Criticism, New Testament Studies, and Biblical Hermeneutics
This draft was presented on January 12, 2021 at the Enoch Seminar online conference on John the Baptist 2021.
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Religion, Theology, New Testament, Early Christianity, Qumranic Studies, and 15 moreJohannine Literature, Second Temple Judaism, Biblical Theology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Historical Jesus, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, John the Baptist, Qumran, Jesus, New Testament Studies, Historical Jesus Research, and Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
Part 2 of Chapter 5 in my Truth and Liberation Book
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Religion, Christianity, Peace and Conflict Studies, Spirituality, Academic Integrity, and 15 moreAuthenticity, Truth, Scientific Integrity, Nonviolence, Social Support, Theories Of Truth, Peace Education, Peace, Religious Studies, Integrity, Coherence, Christian Studies, Honesty, Example, and Searcher of the Truth
The second part of Chapter 4 in a forthcoming book, Truth and Liberation
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Christianity, Peace and Conflict Studies, Leadership, Early Christianity, Truth, and 15 moreNonviolence, Transformational Leadership, Quaker Studies, Organizational Leadership, Peacekeeping, Leadership Development, Peace & Conflict Studies, Peace Studies, Peace Education, Peace, Peacebuilding, Consensus, Security and Peace Studies, Discernment, and Christian Studies
Here is the book contents and introduction of a historic collection of essays, in production with Eerdmans for publication in 2021. In process since 2008, the ninth published volume from the John, Jesus, and History Project--the first... more
Here is the book contents and introduction of a historic collection of essays, in production with Eerdmans for publication in 2021. In process since 2008, the ninth published volume from the John, Jesus, and History Project--the first collection of essays on this important subject!
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History, Ancient History, Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Historiography, and 15 moreIsrael/Palestine, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Biblical Archaeology, Historical Jesus, Bible, Gospel of John, Historia, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Bible Study, Biblical Archaelogy, Biblical History, and Roman Archaeology
The second part of the Compassionate Concern chapter.
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Social Psychology, Social Work, Feminist Theory, Social Sciences, Corporate Social Responsibility, and 15 moreEmpathy (Psychology), Social Justice, Truth, Social Media, Quaker Studies, Justice, Feminism, Theories Of Truth, Empathy, Metodología y Teoría de la Investigación Social, Conferences, Worship, Christian Ministry, Sharing, and Pastoral Ministry
This is the second part of Chapter 2 of my Truth and Liberation Project: Authentic Worship: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ccs/198/
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Religion, Leadership, Spirituality, Authenticity, Truth, and 15 moreYouth Ministry, Servant Leadership, Spiritual Formation, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Development, Theories Of Truth, Christian Spirituality, Religious Studies, Educational management and leadership, Worship, Christian Ministry, Worship and Music, Ministry of Education, Pastoral Ministry, and Ministerio Pastoral
Given that truth liberates inwardly, bringing one into personal transformation by the convicting and convincing power of truth within, this is a part of my own story along those lines.
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Creative Writing, Religion, Christianity, Theology, Spirituality, and 15 moreTruth, Transformational Leadership, Spirituality & Mysticism, Calling/Meaning/Purpose at Work, Theories Of Truth, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Psychology, Evangelism, Religious Studies, Holy Spirit, Vocational education and training, Jesus Christ, Emotional Intelligence Transformational Leadership, Christian Studies, and Searcher of the Truth
This paper, presented at the November 2019 Quaker Theological Discussion Group (San Diego) argues that the inspiring reading of biblical texts involves (1) reading the Bible openly and authentically, (2) Ireading in ways that one is... more
This paper, presented at the November 2019 Quaker Theological Discussion Group (San Diego) argues that the inspiring reading of biblical texts involves (1) reading the Bible openly and authentically, (2) Ireading in ways that one is opened to the truth of one's own story and situation reflectively, being convicted (convinced) about the truth of one's needful condition, (3) a willingness to God in humble submission, and (4) finding the newness of life and light being born and shining from within, witnessing to his life-changing transformation.
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Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, History of Religion, Hermeneutics, Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, and 15 moreBiblical Studies, Interpretive research methodology, Biblical Theology, Translation and Interpretation, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Biblical Exegesis, Religious Studies, Holy Spirit, Hermenéutica, Biblical Hermeneutics, Sacred Scripture, Inspiration, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and History of Reception of Biblical Texts
In Hebrew Scripture, Philo, and the Fourth Gospel, apophatic and kataphatic thrusts operate dialectically, involving Vias Negativa and Positiva, as sodalities and substances are furthered by means of modalities and forms. Especially in... more
In Hebrew Scripture, Philo, and the Fourth Gospel, apophatic and kataphatic thrusts operate dialectically, involving Vias Negativa and Positiva, as sodalities and substances are furthered by means of modalities and forms. Especially in the Johannine tradition, the apophatic ministry of Jesus of Nazareth is constructed apologetically (and kataphatically) so as to lead later audiences into apophatic encounters with the divine presence revealed in Jesus as the Christ. Such is the operative character of Vias Negativa and Positiva, especially in the hands of the dialectical thinking and writing of the Fourth Evangelist. This essay thus argues how that is so.
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Religion, Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy, Philosophy Of Religion, and 15 moreRhetoric, History of Religion, Literature, Hebrew Bible, Early Christianity, Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, Philo of Alexandria, New Testament and Christian Origins, Bible, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and Anthropology of Religion
Her picture is on the five-pound British note. She brought about prison reform in Britain, which spread to civilized nations in Europe and beyond. Her school of nursing inspired and supported the work of Florence Nightingale. She was the... more
Her picture is on the five-pound British note. She brought about prison reform in Britain, which spread to civilized nations in Europe and beyond. Her school of nursing inspired and supported the work of Florence Nightingale. She was the first woman to address Parliament and did so several times. She was visited in her prison-reform work by kings and queens of Denmark and Prussia. She was a recorded Friends minister who provided Bibles for people, established multiple organizations for social reform, challenged the death penalty and slavery, and who was sponsored by Queen Victoria. Referred to as "the Angel of the Prisons," her name was Elizabeth Fry-a noteworthy Friend, indeed!
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Religion, Social Work, Women's Studies, Social Sciences, British History, and 15 moreSpirituality, Political Science, Social Justice, Abolition of Slavery, Women, Quaker Studies, Critical Prison Studies, Bible, Sociology of prison life, Feminism and Social Justice, Death Penalty, Women and Gender Studies, Punishment and Prisons, Prisons, and Queen Victoria
In this essay I argue that the last verse of 1 John actually should be considered the main thrust of the entire letter. Johannine Christianity is NOT sectarian; it represents a form of radical Jewish cosmopolitanism. Thus, the main... more
In this essay I argue that the last verse of 1 John actually should be considered the main thrust of the entire letter. Johannine Christianity is NOT sectarian; it represents a form of radical Jewish cosmopolitanism. Thus, the main divisions between community members fall along the lines of Jewish and Gentile believers, whereby the latter are not convinced that participating in pagan festivities, exacerbated by the rise of the imperial cult under Domitian (81-96 CE--and following into the reign of Trajan) leads to some committing "death-producing sins" while "claiming to be without sin"--thus going against the first two Commandments and "making God a liar," etc.
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Religion, Christianity, History, Ancient History, Sociology of Religion, and 15 morePhilosophy Of Religion, New Testament, History of Christianity, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Johannine Literature, New Testament and Christian Origins, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Biblia, and New Testament johannine epistles
This essay by J. Louis Martyn was first published in in Jesus and Man’s Hope, I, ed. G. Buttrick (Pittsburg: Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1970), 147-73, I have edited this essay by J. Louis Martyn for a new collection of his essays,... more
This essay by J. Louis Martyn was first published in in Jesus and Man’s Hope, I, ed. G. Buttrick (Pittsburg: Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1970), 147-73, I have edited this essay by J. Louis Martyn for a new collection of his essays, The Gospel of John in Christian History: Seven Glimpses into the Johannine Community, edited by Paul N. Anderson, Johannine Monograph Series 8 (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, November 2018).
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This essay was translated into Spanish for publication in Arqueología e Historia (April 2018). Given the fact that the Gospel of John, despite being highly theologica in many way, also features more graphic, non-symbolic,... more
This essay was translated into Spanish for publication in Arqueología e Historia (April 2018). Given the fact that the Gospel of John, despite being highly theologica in many way, also features more graphic, non-symbolic, sensorily-derived, and archaeologically-corroborated details than all the gospel traditions combined, perhaps is should be called THE MUNDANE GOSPEL. Building on the works of Albright, Brown, Charlesworth, von Wahlde, and others, this is one of the Johannine Riddles that merits a second look. Here's the link: https://www.despertaferro-ediciones.com/revistas/numero/arqueologia-e-historia-n-o-18-el-jesus-historico/
For the English version see:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1285&context=ccs
For the English version see:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1285&context=ccs
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Religion, Christianity, History, Ancient History, Cultural History, and 45 moreArchaeology, Historical Archaeology, Spanish, History of Religion, New Testament, Historical Theology, Historiography, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Ancient Historiography, Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Christian Apologetics, Historical Jesus, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Arqueología, Spain, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, New Testament Theology, Johannine Studies, Arqueologia, New testament exegesis, Jesus, História, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Historical Jesus Research, Bible Study, Biblical Hermeneutics, Historiografia, Historiografía, Christian Studies, Teologia biblica, Roman Archaeology, and New Testament and Archaeology
In his letter to the Philippians, Paul sounds a number of themes and employs a variety of techniques that would have been familiar to Stoics and others within his Greco-Roman audience. Simply understanding the socio-religious background... more
In his letter to the Philippians, Paul sounds a number of themes and employs a variety of techniques that would have been familiar to Stoics and others within his Greco-Roman audience. Simply understanding the socio-religious background of a first-century situation, however, falls short of appreciating how the apostle operated, and what sort of impact might have been anticipated among his audiences. Within a cognitive-critical analysis of a biblical text, the Rational-Emotive Behavioral Therapy of Albert Ellis casts helpful light not only on what Paul was saying, but it also illumines what he was seeking to effect among his readers. By first addressing assumptions related to disturbing events, followed by a critique of their distortive effects, it can be seen that Paul is seeking to avail his readers a transformative way of seeing, which effects changes of both emotion and behavior. This Rational-Emotive Behavioral analysis of Paul's letter to the Philippians suggests some of the ways that might so—both then and now. As a cognitive-critical approach to biblical analysis, my methodology works with a particular psychological theory that has demonstrated robust effectiveness theoretically and practically, applying relevant insights to particular biblical texts. Again, the assumption is that biblical authors and audiences are human beings, and that persons think, feel, and act in ways that evidence continuity across temporal and cultural. Presented at the 2017 Psychology and Biblical Studies Section of the Boston SBL meetings.
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Critical Theory, Religion, Christianity, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and 36 moreCognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychological Anthropology, Theology, New Testament, Psychology of Religion, Early Christianity, Theological Hermeneutics, Stoicism, Biblical Studies, Pauline Literature, Theological Anthropology, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Biblical Theology, Christian Ethics, New Testament and Christian Origins, Apostle Paul and the Pauline Letters, Compared developmental models of critical thinking as cognitive modalities a la Piaget & Bruner, Christian Spirituality, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Roman Stoicism, Pauline Theology, Biblical Exegesis, Religious Studies, New Testament Theology, New Testament Studies, Pauline studies, Biblical Hermeneutics, Philippians, Christian Studies, Christian theology and biblical studies, and Psychology Of Happiness
This essay argues, in dialogue with recent interpretations of the character and vision of the early Quaker movement, that the best lens for understanding the beginnings and development of Quakerism is William Penn's description of the... more
This essay argues, in dialogue with recent interpretations of the character and vision of the early Quaker movement, that the best lens for understanding the beginnings and development of Quakerism is William Penn's description of the movement as "Primitive Christianity Revived." Presented at the November 17, 2017 Quaker Theological Discussion Group meetings, Boston.
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Religion, Comparative Religion, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, History of Religion, and 15 moreBritish History, Religion and Politics, Contemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, Christian Mysticism, Reformation History, Quaker Studies, Protestantism, Pentecostal Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, Christian Spirituality, Quakerism, Religious Studies, Holy Spirit, and William Penn
This 40-day invitation to a transformative reading of a biblical text puts into play what I call "The 5 Rs of Transformative Bible Reading—Read, Reflect, Respond, Remember, Record". Especially meaningful during Lent, but a worthy exercise... more
This 40-day invitation to a transformative reading of a biblical text puts into play what I call "The 5 Rs of Transformative Bible Reading—Read, Reflect, Respond, Remember, Record". Especially meaningful during Lent, but a worthy exercise any time of the year.
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Religion, Transformative Learning, Religious Education, Contemporary Spirituality, Spirituality, and 15 moreSpiritual Leadership, Spiritual Formation, Transformational Leadership, Quaker Studies, Biblical Theology, Spirituality & Mysticism, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Counselling & Psychotherapy, Spirituality & Psychology, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Emotional Intelligence Transformational Leadership, and Fourth Gospel
As of May 2024, here is a bibliography of over two dozen Johannine authored or edited books and over 150 published essays on or related to Johannine themes and issues
Research Interests:
Religion, Christianity, History, Archaeology, Theology, and 14 moreNew Testament, Spirituality, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Johannine Literature, Christology, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Historical Jesus, Bible, Gospel of John, Johannine Studies, and Jesus
This is the revised final draft of one of the two lead papers presented at the SNTS pre-conference on The Johannine Question. It covers the last half-century of Johannine paradigms, critiques Pierson Parker's 21 objections to the son of... more
This is the revised final draft of one of the two lead papers presented at the SNTS pre-conference on The Johannine Question. It covers the last half-century of Johannine paradigms, critiques Pierson Parker's 21 objections to the son of Zebedee having ANYTHING to do with the Johannine tradition, and introduces three aspects of overlooked evidence on the subject.
I believe it was published in 2018:
Paul N. Anderson, “The Son of Zebedee and the Fourth Gospel: Some Clues on John’s Authorship and the State of the Johannine Question.” El Evangelio de Juan. Origen, Contenido y Perspectivas--The Gospel of John. Origin and Perspectives, eds. B. Estrada and L. G. Sarasa, Colección Teología Hoy 80 (Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 2018).
I believe it was published in 2018:
Paul N. Anderson, “The Son of Zebedee and the Fourth Gospel: Some Clues on John’s Authorship and the State of the Johannine Question.” El Evangelio de Juan. Origen, Contenido y Perspectivas--The Gospel of John. Origin and Perspectives, eds. B. Estrada and L. G. Sarasa, Colección Teología Hoy 80 (Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 2018).
Research Interests:
Critical Theory, Religion, History, Ancient History, Eyewitness memory, and 43 moreNew Testament, Authorship Attribution, Biblical Studies, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Literary Theory, History Of The Bible/Biblical Canon, Biblical Theology, Memory Studies, New Testament and Christian Origins, Johannine Literature (Religion), Bible, Authorship, Theory of Authorship, Biblical Exegesis, San Juan, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, Johannine Studies, Teologia, Teología, Geschichte, Bible studies, Eyewitness Evidence, Jesus, Authorship Analysis, História, Johannine Theology, Historicity, New Testament Studies, Apostolic Fathers, Biblia, Eyewitness Identification, Bible Study, Eyewitness, Authoriality and Authorship, Eyewitness Testimony, Apostles, Johannine Question, Biblical Historicity, Theories of Authorship, and John the Apostle
This outline builds on the foundation laid in The Christology of the Fourth Gospel, contributing also to my Bi-Optic Hypothesis, an overall theory of Johannine composition and the history of the Johannine situation, and the relation... more
This outline builds on the foundation laid in The Christology of the Fourth Gospel, contributing also to my Bi-Optic Hypothesis, an overall theory of Johannine composition and the history of the Johannine situation, and the relation between history and theology in the Johannine tradition. It was presented as a short paper at the 2016 SNTS meetings in Montreal along with other handouts.
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These are most of my Johannine books, edited volumes, and essays as of December 2022
Research Interests:
Religion, Christianity, History, Theology, New Testament, and 71 moreReligious Education, Systematic Theology, Literary Criticism, Spirituality, Psychology of Religion, Early Christianity, Biblical Studies, Gospels, Bakhtin, Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Literature, Literary Theory, Quaker Studies, Christology, Catholic Epistles, Biblical Theology, History of Biblical Interpretation, Deuteronomistic History, Prophets, Biblical Archaeology, New Testament and Christian Origins, Christian Spirituality, Historical Jesus, Literary study of the Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Literary Approaches to Biblical Studies, Religious History, Bible, Wisdom Literature, Biblical Exegesis, Gospel of John, Religious Studies, Historia, Gospel of Mark, Mikhail Bakhtin, Teologie, New Testament Theology, Bakhtin dialogism, Johannine Studies, John and the Synoptics, Teologia, Teología, New testament exegesis, Dead Sea Scrolls, Bible studies, Paul, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament Studies, Christology of New Testament, Rudolf Bultmann, Bible Study, Ot, Pentateuch, Fourth Gospel, Biblical Hermeneutics, Christian Studies, Teologia biblica, Teologi, Raymond E. Brown, Logos, Pauline Letters, The Synoptic Gospels, James E. Loder, Exegese Biblical, Ideology in the Bible, Logos Christology, NT, Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity, James W. Fowler, and Telogía
This is a response to the lead paper by Gabrielle Boccaccini at the Camaldoli Enoch Seminar (June 19-24, 2016), focusing on "John the Jew: Reading the Gospel of John’s Christology as a form of Jewish Messianism."