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2019-07-28T21:48:19-04:00

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Finding Jesus through his later followers

Last updated on: July 28, 2019 at 9:48 pm By Michael F. Bird

One discernible trend in scholarship is that Jesus, historical or otherwise, is only accessible through the memory, tradition, and theology of his later followers: Allison (“The Historians’ Jesus and the Church,” 94) puts it eloquently: “Jesus’ identity cannot be sundered from a whole constellation of post-Easter circumstances: somebody attributed to him the remarkable Sermon on the Mount, and somebody else remembered his death by creating Mark’s stark and moving passion narrative, and somebody else penned Luke’s beautiful and human Gospels,... Read more

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2019-07-19T20:25:34-04:00

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The Making of Christian Morality

Last updated on: July 19, 2019 at 8:25 pm By Michael F. Bird

David G. Horrell The Making of Christian Morality: Reading Paul in Ancient and Modern Contexts Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2019. Available at Eerdmans and Koorong. This volume of collected essays by David Horrell covers aspects of Paul’s churches, Pauline ethics, and ethical readings of Paul. There are some definite highlights. In “The Letters for All (Local) Christians” Horrell does for Pauline communities what Bauckham did for Gospel communities, viz., shows that Pauline churches were not independent and isolated communities but... Read more

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2019-07-18T23:42:42-04:00

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The God Who Gives: How the Trinity Shapes the Christian Story

Last updated on: July 18, 2019 at 11:42 pm By Michael F. Bird

Kelly M. Kapic with Justin Borger The God Who Gives: How the Trinity Shapes the Christian Story, 2nd edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018. Available at Zondervan and Koorong. By Dr. Kate Tyler The God Who Gives is a trinitarian approach to biblical theology, with an extended focus on what it means for humanity to belong to God, and by extension, to take part in the mission of God. Reminiscent in many ways of Kathryn Tanner’s emphasis on God as... Read more

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2019-07-18T17:38:20-04:00

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Gender Identity and the Image of God

Last updated on: July 18, 2019 at 5:38 pm By Michael F. Bird

Branch, J. Alan. Affirming God’s Image: Addressing the Transgender Question with Science and Scripture. Bellingham WA: Lexham, 2019. Available at Logos. Review by Suzanne Day Affirming God’s Image: Addressing the Transgender Question with Science and Scripture is a concise, well-researched book aimed at helping Christians understand and respond to the modern phenomenon of transgenderism. Branch addresses different facets of transgenderism, including history, vocabulary, scripture, science, treatment and Christian responses. This book is a helpful resource addressing a very relevant issue.... Read more

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2019-11-17T19:36:23-04:00

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Things to Do at ETS/IBR/SBL (2019)

Last updated on: November 17, 2019 at 7:36 pm By Michael F. Bird

Okay, for my annual list of “things to do” this biblical studies conference season. ETS Don’t forget to wear your MAGA hats: Make Anglicanism Great Again! Buy the DVD version of The New Testament in its World, apparently I’m better in person than print. Get some fish tacos. Gaslamp district, seriously, they are delicious. You need FOMO on this. If you meet my wife Naomi, you can ask her why she married me and how she copes with being married to... Read more

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2019-11-16T06:51:16-04:00

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Planet Theology Podcast Episode 1 – Introductions and Trinity

Last updated on: November 16, 2019 at 6:51 am By Michael F. Bird

Hi everyone, in the first formal episode of #PlanetTheology we give a bit of an introduction to ourselves and what we are thinking about, before discussing psychology and religion and then Trinity Without Hierarchy. Read more

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2019-07-15T20:17:25-04:00

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A Liberation Perspective on the Book of Revelation

Last updated on: July 15, 2019 at 8:17 pm By Michael F. Bird

I’m reading Pablo Richard, Apocalypse: A People’s Commentary on the Book of Revelation (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1995), which ends with these words (172-73): In the first place the book of Revelation is important for moderating the radical and fundamentalist apocalypticism that has invaded our society, especially now that the end of the twentieth century and the end of the second millennium is approaching. Revelation is customarily manipulated by fundamentalistic sects, both Protestant and Catholic. A historical and liberating interpretation of Revelation can... Read more

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2019-11-14T01:15:58-04:00

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My WaPo article on Jesus and American Politics

Last updated on: November 14, 2019 at 1:15 am By Michael F. Bird

In a career first, I’ve had an article published in the religion section of the Washington Post on Jesus isn’t interested in America’s two party divide. For people who are serious about following Jesus and how to live out their faith in him, it is not a question as to whether Jesus believes in our politics, rather, the real question has to be whether we believe in Jesus and in his kingdom as a challenge to our politics. In other... Read more

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2019-07-13T00:37:24-04:00

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The Apostle Paul as Theologizer

Last updated on: July 13, 2019 at 12:37 am By Michael F. Bird

Nice quote from James Dunn on the apostle Paul as not so much a theologian but as a theologizer: Writing a theology of Paul, in other words, is like trying to listen to a sequence of varied dialogues, of which we can hear clearly one side of the dialogue, but which we must understand as a dialogue, otherwise we will inevitably misunderstand what Paul says. One cannot hope to write a theology of Paul except by listening to his letters... Read more

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2019-07-07T01:10:47-04:00

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Jesus According to the New Testament

Last updated on: July 7, 2019 at 1:10 am By Michael F. Bird

James D. G. Dunn Jesus According to the New Testament Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2019. Foreword by Rowan Williams Available at Eerdmans and Amazon.com. Experienced New Testament scholar James D. G. Dunn has published his research on Christian origins in numerous commentaries, books, and essays, most notably, the Christianity In the Making series (Eerdmans). In this short, simple, easy to read book designed especially for a lay audience -based itself on lectures given in Chichester and Canterbury Diocese- Dunn focuses his fifty-plus... Read more

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