Reading the Bible in faith : theological voices from the pastorate /
edited by William H. Lazareth.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., c2001.
- xvii, 206 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Why Christian faith is often impossible . . . / Midrash and the recovery of Biblical authority / In life and death / Word of God and the authority of scripture / Why we read it / On a 'Christian reading' of the Bible / Looking to follow / Interpretation of Matthew 27:32-54 / Fulfilling all righteousness / Where is the triune God? / Overcoming our reality / When the resurrection community reads the passion narrative / Dialogue between the Testaments / Music of failure / Test / Founding vision of covenant community / Exile and slaughter : the authority of scripture / Matthew's first thousand years / Irenaeus on the rule of faith / Christ's self-sacrifice and ours / Atonement theories / God and the doctrine of the atonement / Christian worship as blessing / Baptized imagination / Scripture in the life of the congregation / Living the narrative in the liturgy / Tenebrae service / Responsible Christian proclamation / How can we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? / Cross : its particularity and universality / Preaching : scripture and the Holy Trinity / Koinonia of pastors / Richard R. Crocker -- Cynthia A. Jarvis -- Byron C. Bangert -- Jeffrey C. Eaton -- Scott Hoezee -- James L. Mays -- Barry A. Ensign-George -- Bruce K. Modahl -- Anita R. Warner -- F. Harry Daniel -- Allen C. McSween, Jr. -- Albert H. Keller -- Deborah R. Clemens -- Thomas A. Renquist -- Joel E. Kok -- Samuel H. Speers -- Robert W. Dahlen -- Jonathan L. Jenkins -- David Henderson -- George Sumner -- James Kitchens -- Adelia Kelso -- Thomas D. McKnight -- Thomas W. Currie -- David D. Miles -- Robert A. Hausman -- Denton McLellan -- Paul D. Matheny -- Charles D. Valenti-Hein -- Paul A. Wee -- Sonja M. Hagander -- Robert Rice.