The "dry bones" of the title are the critical equipment of the Christian scholar, wrestling with Bible and tradition; and the "life" they may or may not be capable of is the enriching of that Christian perspective on things which transforms and renews the possibilities of action and imagination. So Dr Young is as passionate about the seriousness of professional, painstaking scholarship as she is about the need for a pastorally nourishing theology... The book overall illustrates the creative reappropriation of several levels of the Christian heritage movingly described in particular instances in the concluding chapter. It is an impressive and attractive book, written with clarity and warmth in equal measure, a rare thing' (Theology).

Can these dry bones live?: The excitement of theological study

Religion & Spirituality

Young, Frances

Christian Books & Bibles

Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd

The output of Christian literature between c.100 and c.400 represents one of the most influential periods of textual oeuvres in any religion. Written mainly in Greek, Latin and Syriac, it emanated from all parts of the early Christian world and helped extend its boundaries. This History offers a systematic account of that literature and its setting. The work of individual writers is considered alongside three general essays that survey the social, cultural and doctrinal context within which Christian literature arose.

The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature

Literature & Fiction

Cambridge University Press

Face to Face

UNKNO

Focus on God is a plea to do just that--focus on God. In recent years, many ministers and priests have lost confidence in the value of their work. Many have wondered whether the clergy still have a role in the life of the community. Here is an exciting picture of the minister as a resource person, able to communicate some of the riches of our theological heritage to the new generation of Christians and able to appropriate some of the rewards of scientific and cultural explorations for the nourishment of the life of the church. The minister is seen as the person who can bring together intellect and imagination to enable and interpret a continuing conversation between tradition and present experience. The task of the minister and priest involves, above all, attention to God, and the attempt to help others think about God for themselves.

Focus on God

Wilson, Kenneth

Epworth Pr

Meaning and Truth in 2 Corinthians

Ford, David F.

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

Thoroughly engaging, approachable, and full of insight, Virtuoso Theology looks at the Bible and biblical criticism in a startlingly illuminating way. Young sees the Bible as a divine composition, as though it were a piece of music with the potential for many different interpretations. From that premise, she can compare various "performances" or ways of interpreting Scripture.

Virtuoso Theology: The Bible and Interpretation

Pilgrim Pr

Boldly confronting difficult and often disputed issues, Young believes that there is an excitement to be found in Christian theology and fights against the academic-therefore-dry perception of the critical study of Christianity, bringing the exercise and discipline of the scholar to life in fresh, new ways.

Can These Dry Bones Live?: An Introduction to Christian Theology

God's Presence: A Contemporary Recapitulation of Early Christianity (Current Issues in Theology, Series Number 12)

In 2011, Frances Young delivered the Bampton Lectures in Oxford to great acclaim. She offered a systematic theology with contemporary coherence, by engaging in conversation with the fathers of the church - those who laid down the parameters of Christian theology and enshrined key concepts in the creeds - and exploring how their teachings can be applied today, despite the differences in our intellectual and ecclesial environments. This book results from a thorough rewriting of those lectures in which Young explores the key topics of Christian doctrine in a way that is neither simply dogmatic nor simply historical. She addresses the congruence of head and heart, through academic and spiritual engagement with God's gracious accommodation to human limitations. Christianity and biblical interpretation are discussed in depth, and the book covers key topics including Creation, anthropology, Christology, soteriology, spirituality, ecclesiology and Mariology, making it invaluable to those studying historical and constructive theology.

History

World

In 2011, Frances Young delivered the Bampton Lectures in Oxford to great acclaim. She offered a systematic theology with contemporary coherence, by engaging in conversation with the fathers of the church - those who laid down the parameters of Christian theology and enshrined key concepts in the creeds - and exploring how their teachings can be applied today, despite the differences in our intellectual and ecclesial environments. This book results from a thorough rewriting of those lectures in which Young explores the key topics of Christian doctrine in a way that is neither simply dogmatic nor simply historical. She addresses the congruence of head and heart, through academic and spiritual engagement with God's gracious accommodation to human limitations. Christianity and biblical interpretation are discussed in depth, and the book covers key topics including Creation, anthropology, Christology, soteriology, spirituality, ecclesiology and Mariology, making it invaluable to those studying historical and constructive theology.

Exegesis and Theology in Early Christianity (Variorum Collected Studies)

This collection of articles first brings together a number of working papers which were significant in the development of Frances Young's understanding of patristic exegesis, studies not included in her ground-breaking book, Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture (1997), though paving the way for that work. Then comes a selection of papers on theology, church order and methodology, the whole collection constantly returning to themes such as the fundamental connection between theology and exegesis, the significant role of reflection on language, metaphor and symbol, and the creative interaction of early Christianity with its cultural and intellectual environment. These studies demonstrate the author's scholarly approach to patristic material, whereby careful attention is paid to actual texts from the past; but they also reveal the groundwork for her own theological explorations in the very different intellectual environment of the present.

Routledge

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Can these dry bones live?: The excitement of theological study

The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature

Face to Face

Focus on God

Meaning and Truth in 2 Corinthians

Virtuoso Theology: The Bible and Interpretation

Can These Dry Bones Live?: An Introduction to Christian Theology

God's Presence: A Contemporary Recapitulation of Early Christianity (Current Issues in Theology, Series Number 12)

God's Presence: A Contemporary Recapitulation of Early Christianity (Current Issues in Theology, Series Number 12)

Exegesis and Theology in Early Christianity (Variorum Collected Studies)