David Kelsey
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Imagining Redemption
$25.00Add to cartDavid Kelsey offers a groundbreaking discussion of Christian redemption.
Through the story of a series of horrendous events and situations that befell a young boy, Sam, and his family, Kelsey explores the issue of redemption, asking, “What can it possibly mean to say that in Jesus Christ God ‘redeems’ such situations and events?” And to answer the question, he interweaves the story of Sam and his family with biblical narrative, theology, and the metaphorical application of secular uses of the words “redeem” and “redemption.”
Kelsey suggests three ways in which to imagine redemption, suggesting (1) how Jesus’ ministry, considered as God’s making a promise to the likes of Sam and his family, may be seen as “making up for” the world’s bad performance; (2) how Jesus’ passion and crucifixion can be redemptive in the sense of redeeming their personal identities from their bondage to distorting powers; and (3) Jesus’ resurrection can be seen as making good on a promise in a way that redeems Sam and his family from vicious cycles in their interactions that turn their lives into living deaths.
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Proving Doctrine
$39.95Add to cartHow does properly interpreted scripture bear on Christian theology and ethics? That is the question addressed in the Trinity Press edition of this classic text, which includes a new preface by the author. The issue is not so much how to interpret scripture as what to do with it once one has interpreted it. The book therefore explores not what theologians have said about scripture,s authority for theology, but the sence in which scripture serves as authority in their actual practice of theology.
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To Understand God Truly
$49.00Add to cartWhat are the purposes and the priorities that really govern a theological school? What are realistic expectations of theological education? What would be the ideal theological school, and what is theological about it? Theologian David Kelsey addresses these questions and other concerns regarding theological schooling, and offers suggestions on how to analyze and reconceive “theological schooling” in productive ways.