News / Bargains [Vol. 3, #27]
We have recently made a slight change to our format and the reviews, excerpts, poems, etc. of our Midweek update will be posted to “pages” on the ERB website, and announced via social media. If you’re a “first-to-know” sort of person, you can get these updates when they first come out in one of two ways:
Otherwise, in our regular issue each Friday, we will recap the content of our midweek update. For instance, this week’s update included:
- [Multimedia Tuesday] Two Videos of Spencer Wells Discussing PANDORA’S SEED.
- [Multimedia Tuesday] Stanley Hauerwas Discusses his new Memoir HANNAH’S CHILD
- [Multimedia Tuesday] Robert Frost Reading his poem “The Oven Bird”
In our continuing effort to fund the publication and free distribution of The Englewood Review, we are going to be collaborating more intentionally with Christian Book Distributors. Primarily, we will be offering you the opportunity to buy bargain books from CBD that we think of are interest. Buying books this way is a win / win / win proposition. You get great books for a great price, CBD gets the sale and we get an excellent referral fee from CBD.
This week’s Bargains:
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Church Dogmatics, 14 Volumes – HARDBACK
By Karl Barth / Hendrickson Publishers Ships November 1. Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics is, arguably, the most important theological publication of the 20th Century. Reacting against a prevailing Enlightenment project (German Idealism), Barth sought to articulate an expression of Christian belief that nevertheless took seriously, and yet overcame the critique of Christian doctrine brought forth by 19th Century Protestant Liberalism, and the unsatisfactory re-construal of Christianity by rationalism’s close relative, “Natural Theology”. Most believe he succeeded wildly, and in doing so re-established Theology’s ability to speak positively and confidently about faith, reason, and God in Jesus Christ.Since its publication in the United States the Dogmatics has remained relatively inaccessible to pastors, students, and even many professors due to its cost. Hendrickson Publishers, with its publication of the 14-volume set of the Church Dogmatics, has overcome this obstacle. Hendrickson is reproducing the original 14-volume set edited by T.F. Torrance and G.W. Bromiley first published more than forty years ago by T&T Clark. The Hendrickson edition will contain the entire 14-volume set and all its contents, or the entire Church Dogmatics as it was originally published by T&T Clark. This set is ideal for pastors, students, and scholars who have wanted to read Barth, but have been heretofore limited by the cost of such an endeavor. Note: As many of you know a 31vol. study edition of Barth’s Dogmatics is now available. It is important to note that Hendrickson edition is not the same as the study edition. |
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Mystery Of God
By William Stacy Johnson / Westminster John Knox Press $4.99 – Save 83%!! Johnson challenges the static ‘neo-orthodox’ image of Karl Barth, bringing him into conversation with postmodern thought, especially that of Jacques Derrida. He picks up on the Barth’s idea of God as mystery and of Barth’s image of the empty space of the wheel at which the spokes of theology’s questions converge and finds in these a point of contact for dialogue with poststructural thought. Weighed against Barth’s Christocentrism (the center of the wheel) is Barth’s theocentrism (God as mystery); as Barth had said, God is veiled in His revelation and vice versa. Johnson takes a refreshing and promising approach which is a fine contribution to a larger discussion taking place between Barth’s theology and postmodern thought. |
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Karl Barth & the Pietists: The Young Karl Barth’s Critique of Pietism & Its Response
By Eberhard Busch, translated by Daniel W. Bloesch / Inter-varsity Press $6.99 – Save 74%!!! A significant contribution to Barth scholarship—now translated into English. Busch’s exploration of Barth’s affinity for Pietism and his critique of the movement puts into perspective key themes in Barth’s theology, including the nature of scriptural authority, hell and universalism, the relationship between believers and unbelievers, and more. 336 pages, softcover from InterVarsity. |
