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  • Change Of Heart

    $38.00

    How did one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated liberals have such a dramatic change of heart?

    After growing up in the heart of rural Methodism in Oklahoma, Thomas Oden found Marx, Nietzsche and Freud storming into his imagination. He joined the post-World War II pacifist movement and became enamored with every aspect of the 1950s’ ecumenical Student Christian Movement. Ten years before America’s entry into the Vietnam war he admired Ho Chi Min as an agrarian patriot. For Oden, every turn was a left turn.

    At Yale he earned his PhD under H. Richard Niebuhr and later met with some of the most formidable minds of the era–enjoying conversations with Gadamer, Bultmann and Pannenberg as well as a lengthy discussion with Karl Barth at a makeshift office in his hospital room. While traveling with his family through Turkey, Syria and Israel, he attended Vatican II as an observer and got his first taste of ancient Christianity. And slowly, he stopped making left turns.

    Oden’s enthusiasms for pacifism, ecumenism and the interface between theology and psychotherapy were ambushed by varied shapes of reality. Yet it was a challenge from a Jewish scholar, his friend and mentor Will Herberg, that precipitated his most dramatic turn–back to the great minds of ancient Christianity. Later a meeting with then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Benedict XVI) planted the seeds for what became Oden’s highly influential Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. This fascinating memoir walks us through not only his personal history but some of the most memorable chapters in twentieth-century theology.

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  • Ancient Christian Commentary On Scripture Set

    $1,500.00

    This unique thirty-volume series from general editor Thomas C. Oden–now in paperback for the first time–offers you the opportunity to study for yourself key writings of the early church fathers. Arranged canonically and employing the RSV, each volume allows the living voices of the church in its formative centuries to speak as they engage the sacred page of Scripture.

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  • Encyclopedia Of Ancient Christianity 1-3

    $600.00

    Preface To The Second English Edition
    Preface To The Second Italian Edition (2006)
    Preface To The First Italian Edition (1983)
    A Note On Using The Encyclopedia
    List Of Contributors
    Biblical Abbreviations
    Bibliographical Abbreviations
    Volume 1 Entries A-E
    Volume 2 Entries F-O
    Volume 3 Entries P-Z

    Additional Info
    This 3-volume encyclopedia, produced by the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, comprises 3,220 entries by a team of 266 scholars from 26 countries, covering 8 centuries of the Christian church and addressing such topics as archaeology, art and architecture, biography, culture, doctrine, ecclesiology, geography, history, philosophy, and theology. The Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity includes: Unparalleled, comprehensive coverage of persons, places and ideas from ancient Christianity, including:cultural currentsevents and movementsphilosophyiconography and architecturearchaeologytexts and translations theological terms doctrines liturgy spirituality monasticism Christian sects heresies controversies councils A-Z coverage from “Aaron (iconography)” to “Zosimus, pope”3,220 articles by 266 contributors from 26 countries (and representing a variety of Christian traditionsChronological coverage extending from Christian origins to Bede (d. 735) in the West and John of Damascus (d. ca. 749) in the Greek EastDetailed emphasis on the first 4 centuries of Christian historyGeographical coverage includingNorth AfricaMauretaniaNumidiaAfrica Proconsularis ByzacenaLibyaEgyptNubiaEthiopiaAsiaAdiabeneArmeniaBithynia & PontusGeorgiaCappadociaLycia and PamphyliaPhrygiaSyriaMesopotamiaArabiaPalestinePersiaChinaEuropeGaulSpain & PortugalItalyGermanyBritain and IrelandScotlandPannoniaDalmatiaMacedoniaMoesiaThraceCyprusCreteUpdates and expands on previous Italian and English-language editions with the addition of more than 500 articles, including the following 30 articles exclusive to this new English-language edition:apostolic seeCapuaCarmen de synodo TicinensiChinacosmopolitanismdeathdiakonia/diaconateDialogi de sancta Trinitate IV-Vdoorkeeper (porter)dynamis/energeiaeternityforgivenessfreedom/free willgoodHierotheusincubatioinfinity/infinitudelibelli miraculorumloveMara bar Serapion (letter of)oikeiosisold agepresanctifiedSerapeion (Serapeum)subdeaconTheosebiaTriumphus Christi heroicusTychonunityVirgo ParensExtensive cross-referencing for ease in exploring related articlesHelpful bibliographies, including primary sources (texts, critical editions, translations) and key secondary sources (books and journal articles)Translated from Nuovo dizionario patristico e di antichita cristiane (2006-2008), produced by the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, the world’s foremost center for partristic studies, under the direction of Professor Angelo Di BerardinoUpdates and expand

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  • 1-2 Timothy And Titus

    $32.00

    Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.

    Thomas Oden provides a modern commentary on the pastoral letters grounded in the classical, consensual tradition of interpretation. Oden uses the best and most accurate research concerning the historical, literary, and philological aspects of the pastoral letters. He addresses tough issues: the role of women in worship, problems of the rich and poor, the relation between servants and masters, policies concerning support of elderly widows, and how to handle church disruptions.

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  • John Wesleys Teachings 2

    $22.99

    John Wesley’s Teaching is the first systematic exposition of John Wesley’s theology that is also faithful to Wesley’s own writings. Wesley was a prolific writer and commentator on Scripture—his collected works fill eighteen volumes—and yet it is commonly held that he was not systematic or consistent in his theology and teachings. On the contrary, Thomas C. Oden demonstrates that Wesley displayed a remarkable degree of internal consistency over sixty years of preaching and ministry. This series of 4 volumes is a text-by-text guide to John Wesley’s teaching. It introduces Wesley’s thought on the basic tenets of Christian teaching: God, providence, and man (volume 1), Christ and salvation (volume 2), the practice of pastoral care (volume 3), and issues of ethics and society (volume 4). In everyday modern English, Oden clarifies Wesley’s explicit intent and communicates his meaning clearly to a contemporary audience. Both lay and professional readers will find this series useful for devotional reading, moral reflection, sermon preparation, and for referencing Wesley’s opinions on a broad range of pressing issues of contemporary society.

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  • Ancient Christian Devotional

    $24.00

    Introduction
    Devotionals
    Ancient Christian Commentary Citations
    Prayer Citations
    Biographical Sketches
    Index Of Names And Sources
    Scripture Index

    Additional Info
    Reading the writings of early church fathers points us to the deep joy that awaits us in Christ when we drink deeply from Scripture, the only water that can give us true life. This guide for reflection combines excerpts from the writings of the church fathers as found in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture with a simple structure for daily or weekly reading and prayer. Included are fifty-two weeks of readings following the weekly lectionary cycle B which can be read in order or by thematic interest. Each day you will also find a simple opening and closing prayer drawn from the prayers and hymns of the ancient church. Come and find the deep nourishment God offers.

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  • How Africa Shaped The Christian Mind

    $25.00

    Introduction
    Toward A Half Billion African Christians
    An Epic Story
    Out Of Africa
    The Pivotal Place Of Africa On The Ancient Map
    Two Rivers: The Nile And The Medjerda–Seedbed Of Early Christian Thought
    Affirming Oral And Written Traditions
    Self-Effacement And The Recovery Of Dignity
    The Missing Link: The Early African Written Intellectual Tradition Forgotten
    Why Africa Has Seemed To The West To Lack Intellectual History
    Interlude

    Part One: The African Seedbed Of Western Christianity
    1 A Forgotten Story
    Who Can Tell It?
    Pilgrimage Sites Neglected
    Under Sands: The Burial Of Ancient Christian Texts And Basilicas
    2 Seven Ways Africa Shaped The Christian Mind
    How The Western Idea Of A University Was Born In The Crucible Of Africa
    How Christian Exegesis Of Scripture First Matured In Africa
    How African Sources Shaped Early Christian Dogma
    How Early Ecumenical Decision Making Followed African Conciliar Patterns
    How The African Desert Gave Birth To Worldwide Monasticism
    How Christian Neoplatonism Emerged In Africa
    How Rhetorical And Dialectical Skills Were Refined In Africa And Introduced To Europe
    Interlude: Harnack?s Folly
    Overview
    3 Defining Africa
    Establishing The Indigenous Depth Of Early African Christianity
    The Stereotyping Of Hellenism As Non-African
    Scientific Inquiry Into The Ethnicity Of Early African Christian Writers
    The Purveyors Of Myopia
    The African-Priority Hypothesis Requires Textual Demonstration
    The South-to-North Hypothesis
    A Case In Point: The Circuitous Path From Africa To Ireland To Europe And Then Back To Africa
    A Caveat Against Afrocentric Exaggeration
    4 One Faith, Two Africas
    The Hazards Of Bridge Building
    The Challenge Of Reconciliation Of Black Africa And North Africa
    Overcoming The Ingrained Lack Of Awareness
    The Roots Of The Term Africa
    Excommunicating The North
    Arguing For African Unity
    Defining “Early African Christianity” As A Descriptive Category Of A Period Of History
    How African Is The Nile Valley?
    5 Temptations
    The Emerging Task Of Historical Inquiry
    The Catholic Limits Of Afrocentrism
    The Inflexible Habit Of Ignoring African Sources
    The Cost Of The Forgetfulness
    Overlooking African Voices Already Present In Scripture
    How Protestants Can Celebrate The Apostolic Charisma Of The Copts
    The Christian Ancestry Of Africa

    Part Two: African Orthodox Recovery
    6 The Opportunity For Retrieval
    Surviving Modernity
    The Steadiness Of African Orthodoxy
    The New African

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    Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe. If this is so, why is Christianity so often perceived in Africa as a Western colonial import? How can Christians in Northern and sub-Saharan Africa, indeed how can Christians throughout the world, rediscover and learn from this ancient heritage? Theologian Thomas C. Oden offers a portrait that challenges prevailing notions of the intellectual development of Christianity from its early roots to its modern expressions. The pattern, he suggests, is not from north to south from Europe to Africa, but the other way around. He then makes an impassioned plea to uncover the hard data and study in depth the vital role that early African Christians played in developing the modern university, maturing Christian exegesis of Scripture, shaping early Christian dogma, modeling conciliar patterns of ecumenical decision-making, stimulating early monasticism, developing Neoplatonism, and refining rhetorical and dialectical skills. He calls for a wide-ranging research project to fill out the picture he sketches. It will require, he says, a generation of disciplined investigation, combining intensive language study with a risk-taking commitment to uncover the truth in potentially unreceptive environments. Oden envisions a dedicated consortium of scholars linked by computer technology and a common commitment that will seek to shape not only the scholar’s understanding but the ordinary African Christian’s self-perception.

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  • Incomplete Commentary On Matthew 2

    $70.00

    Abbreviations
    General Introduction
    Translator’s Introduction
    Incomplete Commentary On Matthew (Opus Impefectum)

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    In the translator’s introduction to this volume, James Kellerman relates the following story: As Thomas Aquinas was approaching Paris, a fellow traveler pointed out the lovely buildings gracing that city. Aquinas was impressed, to be sure, but he sighed and stated that he would rather have the complete Incomplete Commentary on Matthew than to be mayor of Paris itself. Thomas’s affection for the work attests its great popularity during the Middle Ages, despite its significant missing parts–everything beyond the end of Matthew 25, with further gaps of Matthew 8:11–10:15 and 13:14–18:35. Although there are gaps, what remains is quite lengthy, so much so that we offer the work in two volumes, comprising fifty-four homilies. While the early-fifth-century author displays a few Arian propensities in a handful of passages, for the most part the commentary is moral in nature and therefore orthodox and generic. The unknown author, who for several centuries was thought to be John Chrysostom, follows the allegorizing method of the Alexandrians, but not by overlooking the literal meaning. His passion, above all, is to set forth the meaning of Matthew’s Gospel for his readers. Here, for the first time, this ancient work is made available in English, ably translated by James A. Kellerman and edited by Thomas C. Oden.

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  • Incomplete Commentary On Matthew Opus Imperfectum 1

    $70.00

    Despite some gaps in coverage, the Incomplete Commentary on Matthew has long been prized for its early and lengthy exposition of the Gospel of Matthew. Thomas Aquinas noted that he would rather have a complete copy of the Incomplete Commentary on Matthew than to be mayor of Paris. The commentary, which is of sufficient length to require 2 volumes in translation, is offered here for the first time in English translation and is designed for pastors, teachers, students and lay people interested in the early church’s interpretation of Matthew’s Gospel.

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  • 1 Faith

    $20.00

    IVP Print And Demand Title

    Is the evangelical church drifting away from the unity Christ desires as we fragment into ever-smaller divisions? Packer and Oden believe a significant theological consensus still holds us together. Here they examine 16 theological themes in light of over 75 key statements of faith—from the 1974 Lausanne Covenant to the Amsterdam Declaration of 2000.

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  • Apocrypha : The Ancient Christian Commentary On Scripture

    $75.00

    This last volume of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture offers commentary from the early church fathers on the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, with insights that will be of great benefit to preachers and teachers alike.

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  • Ancient Christian Devotional Lectionary Cycle C

    $24.00

    Table Of Contents
    Introduction
    Devotionals
    Ancient Christian Commentary Citations
    Prayer Citations
    Biographical Sketches
    Index Of Names And Sources

    Additional Info
    A follow-up to the previous Ancient Christian Devotional, which follows lectionary cycle A, this devotional guide follows lectionary cycle C, which begins in Advent 2009. This guide to prayer and reflection combines excerpts from the writings of the church fathers as found in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture with a simple structure for daily or weekly reading and prayer.

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