Sources of the Christian Self: A Cultural History of Christian Identity

Synopsis

Abraham : Friend Of God, Father Of The Faithful / V. Phillips Long -- Moses : Man Of God / Iain Provan -- David : The Anointed Israelite / Keith Bodner -- Jeremiah : How The Prophet Self-identified / Bruce K. Waltke -- Simon Peter : The Transformation Of The Apostle / Markus Bockmuehl -- James And Jude : Brothers Of Jesus / Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn -- Paul : The Christian As An In-christ Person / Sven Soderlund -- Justin Martyr : Christian Identity-formation In The Second Century Ce / Mikael Tellbe -- Origen : Exegete, Theologian, Disciple / Christopher Hall -- Gregory Of Nyssa : Becoming Human In The Face Of God / Hans Boersma -- Ambrose : Baptismal Identity And Human Identity / Gerald P. Boersma -- John Chrysostom : Vision Of The Angelic Life / Pak-wah Lai -- Augustine Of Hippo : The Christian Life, Then And Now / Paul C. Burns -- Gregory The Great : Conversionis Gratia : Ipse Becoming Idem / Ryan S. Olson -- Captives In Late Antiquity : Christian Identity Under Foreign Rule / Andrea Sterk -- Timothy I Of Baghdad : A Stranger In His Own Land / Robert A. Kitchen -- Anselm : The Integrated Theologian / Steven L. Porter -- Bernard Of Clairvaux : Lover Of God As The Lover Of Jesus / James M. Houston -- Dominic Of Caleruega (d. 1221), Jordan Of Saxony (d. 1237) : The Formation Of Dominican Identity / Steven Watts -- Aquinas : Participating In Christ's Poverty, Mission, And Life / Yonghua Ge -- Julian Of Norwich : The Inclusive Christian / Eleanor Mccullough -- Dante : The Path Of The Pilgrim / Janet Martin Soskice -- Thomas More : For Our Season / Robert Bork -- Martin Luther : The Self-less Christian / Ronald K. Rittgers -- John Calvin : Knowing The Self In God's Presence / Julie Canlis -- Thomas Becon : Popular Devotional Writer / Jonathan Reimer -- Teresa Of Avila : The Christian Mystic / Robyn Wrigley-carr -- Fray Luis De Le�on (1527-1591) : The Imprisoned Self / Colin Thompson -- John Amos Comenius : A Life Of Loss, A Theologian Of Hope / Howard Louthan -- Anna Maria Van Schurman And Madame Jeanne Guyon : The Oblation Of Self / Bo Karen Lee -- John Bunyan : The Bible And The Individual Life Narrative In Pilgrim's Progress / Stephen Ney -- Jonathan Edwards : From Him, Through Him, And To Him / Jonathan Sing-cheung Li -- Charles Wesley : Christian Identity In The Enlightenment / Bruce Hindmarsh -- Christina Rossetti : Identity In The Communion Of Saints / Elizabeth Ludlow -- Blaise Pascal : Perpetual Contemporary / Richard V. Horner -- S�ren Kierkegaard : Becoming A Self / Murray Rae -- Karl Barth : Human Identity And The Freedom Of God In Christ / Ross Hastings -- C. S. Lewis : From Self-obsession To Plerosis / Sharon Jebb Smith -- Flannery O'connor : Novelist And Believer / Jay Langdale -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer : The Question Of Christian Identity / Jens Zimmermann -- Jacques Ellul : Christian Identity In The Technological Society / Craig M. Gay -- African Christian Or Christian African? : Identity Relations In African Christianity / Victor I. Ezigbo. Edited By James M. Houston & Jens Zimmermann. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.