Heaven On Earth Theological Interpretation In Ecumenical Dialogue Hans Boersma by Hans Boersma, Matthew Levering (eds.) 9781118551929, 9781118553909, 1118551923, 111855390X instant download after payment.

This collection assembles essays by eleven leading Catholic and evangelical theologians in an ecumenical discussion of the benefits – and potential drawbacks – of today’s burgeoning corpus of theological interpretation. The authors explore the critical relationship between the earthly world and its heavenly counterpart.

• Ground-breaking volume of ecumenical debate featuring Catholic and evangelical theologians
• Explores the core theological issue of how the material and spiritual worlds interrelate
• Features a diversity of analytical approaches
• Addresses an urgent need to distinguish the positive and problematic aspects of today’s rapidly growing corpus of theological interpretation

Content:
Chapter 1 “In Many and Various Ways”: Towards A Theology of Theological Exegesis (pages 11–31): Brian E. Daley
Chapter 2 “There's Fire in That Rain”: On Reading the Letter and Reading Allegorically (pages 33–51): Lewis Ayres
Chapter 3 Origen against History? Reconsidering the Critique of Allegory (pages 53–74): Peter W. Martens
Chapter 4 “This Is the Day Which the Lord Has Made”: Scripture, Manumission, and the Heavenly Future in Saint Gregory of Nyssa (pages 75–90): Hans Boersma
Chapter 5 Imperial Lover: The Unveiling of Jesus Christ in Revelation (pages 91–107): Peter J. Leithart
Chapter 6 Translation and Transcendence: The Fragile Future of Spiritual Interpretation (pages 109–127): David Lyle Jeffrey
Chapter 7 Readings on the Rock: Typological Exegesis in Contemporary Scholarship (pages 129–153): Matthew Levering
Chapter 8 The Self?Critique of the Historical?Critical Method: Cardinal Ratzinger's Erasmus Lecture (pages 155–172): Michael Maria Waldstein
Chapter 9 Profiling Christ: The Psalms of Abandonment (pages 173–187): Francesca A. Murphy
Chapter 10 Reading the Book of the Church: Bonhoeffer's Christological Hermeneutics (pages 189–206): Jens Zimmermann
Chapter 11 “Ascending the Mountain, Singing the Rock: Biblical Interpretation Earthed, Typed, and Transfigured” (pages 207–229): Kevin J. Vanhoozer