1. With this book, what audience are you primarily targeting? McDonald: I am hoping to reach the church audience with this book. There are a number of works in print for university and graduate students, as well as works for scholars. There is very little with credibility that is written for laity and clergy in [...]
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10 Questions for Warren Carter about Seven Events that Shaped the New Testament World
Posted in Biblical Studies, Interview, New Testament on Feb 25th, 2013
The mere prospect of understanding the complex world that surrounded the New Testament is daunting. But Warren Carter, in his new book Seven Events that Shaped the New Testament World, dramatically simplifies the task but focusing on seven critical events that defined the era for Christians. I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Carter recently about his book and you will [...]
Earlier this year I named J. Todd Billings’ book Union with Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church as one of my books of the year. Christianity Today also recognized the book, giving it an “award of merit” in the theology/ethics category. I have noted that Billings’ work is most significant for its “push-back” [...]
Eerdmans 100 Interview Series: Nicholas Wolterstorff
Posted in Interview, Philosophy, Politics/Political Theory on Sep 12th, 2011
I have been reading Nicholas Wolterstorff since my earliest days as a graduate student. I was first exposed to him after reading Kant’s Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason through the discovery his little book Reason within the Bounds of Religion (Eerdmans: 1984), a book that addresses many of the same epistemological questions as Kant and whose [...]
Eerdmans 100 Interview Series: Roy Ciampa
Posted in 1 Corinthians, Biblical Studies, Interview, New Testament on Sep 6th, 2011
The second interview in our Eerdmans 100 series shifts gears from Theology to Biblical Studies, and highlights the most recent volume in Eerdmans’ acclaimed Pillar New Testament Commentary series. The First Letter to the Corinthians [PNTC] is a collaborative effort by New Testament scholars Roy Ciampa and Brian Rosner and is a solid mid-level exegetical [...]
Eerdmans 100 Interview Series: Hans Boersma
Posted in Interview, Philosophy, Theology on Aug 29th, 2011
Eerdmans Publishing Company has been for the last 100 years a staple and leader in religious publishing. 2011 marks the company’s anniversary and here at Christianbook.com we not only want to congratulate Eerdmans on their outstanding record of publishing, but want to discuss some of their recent titles. Beginning today and running through the 24th [...]
Codex Sinaiticus and the New Testament Textual Tradition An Interview with D.C. Parker
Posted in Biblical Studies, History, Interview, Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2011
The appearance of this interview has been long in coming. This is, mainly, due to delays in retrieving the detailed photography of the Codex Sinaiticus; photography which unfortunately I haven’t been able to obtain at this point. Nonetheless, I believe this interview provides a very revealing sketch about where our understanding of where the New [...]
The Christian Faith: An Interview with Michael Horton, Part Two
Posted in Interview, Systematic Theology, Theology on Jan 31st, 2011
In part 2 of our interview with Michael Horton (read part 1) about The Christian Faith (Table of Contents) we discuss Barth, NT Wright, justification, and even a little antinomianism. A theme that emerges from this interview, and is increasingly apparent across in the broader theological discussion, is the degree to which post-Reformation reformed theology [...]
The Life and Education of Hannah’s Child: An Interview with Stanley Hauerwas
Posted in Ethics, Interview, Philosophy, Politics/Political Theory, Systematic Theology, Theological interpretation, Theology on Jun 15th, 2010
Before digging into the Hauerwas interview, we should note that for those of you waiting for the winners in our contest to win a free copy of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years you can find them here. In the final installment of our Spring interview series, which has included interviews with Jim Belcher, Bonhoeffer [...]
N.T. Wright and the People of God: An Interview with the Bishop of Durham, Part 2
Posted in Biblical Studies, Ethics, Historical Theology, Interview, New Testament, Theology on Jun 7th, 2010
In part two (read part one) of our interview with N.T. Wright, we transition from discussing his recent works, and discuss his recent decision to step down as Bishop of Durham, his new academic responsibilities at St. Andrews University (including whether or not he is taking doctoral candidates), and his upcoming volume on Paul in [...]