Theology

All political action is influenced by political dreams and nightmares, by norms, beliefs and imaginations - in short, by something that transcends a given order. In continuation and critique of relevant debates, this volume's authors ask how references to transcendence contribute to the constitution, stabilization and transformation of political order.

New Perspective, Paul within Judaism, apocalyptic Paul: Pauline scholarship has long been a contest of rival schools. This volume does not add another. Instead, leading scholars bring the competing approaches into conversation and ask where the study of Paul and his letters goes from here.

This book invites readers to engage with the work of Jacques Lacan from the perspective of religious education. It seeks the connection between the French thinker and the tradition of didactics of the symbol in order to work out its merit for current debates.

The battle is about to begin. The odds are against our heroes. But a rousing exhortation can secure victory. In war, leaders call their soldiers to violence. Joseph Scales collects and analyses every known pre-battle exhortation in Second Temple Jewish sources and earlier.