Jeffrey Barbeau

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  Last Romantic : C. S. Lewis, English Literature, And Modern Theology

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  Three Essays on C. S. Lewis and Romanticism

  Many readers have heard C. S. Lewis’s logical arguments for the Christian faith. Yet throughout his wide-ranging study and writing, Lewis often began with experience, intuition, and religious feeling rather than dogmatic assertions. The most profound questions of Lewis’s own life, argues theologian and literary critic Jeffrey Barbeau, can be seen in his quest to understand the relationship between personal experience and the truth about the world around him.

  In a series of three essays, Barbeau explores the influence of nineteenth-century Romanticism on the writings of C. S. Lewis. Barbeau demonstrates Lewis’s indebtedness to Romantic notions of imagination and subjectivity, opens new contexts for understanding ideas about memory and personal identity in his autobiographical writings, and explores beliefs about nature and Christian sacraments throughout his writings on Christian faith. This theological and literary investigation reveals Lewis as a profoundly modern thinker and illuminates his ongoing relevance to contemporary debates about theology and culture.

  Drawing on extensive reading of the marginalia in the personal library of C. S. Lewis held by the Marion E. Wade Center, Barbeau offers a fresh understanding of the influence of modern theology and Romantic poetry, especially Wordsworth and Coleridge, on many of Lewis’s most beloved works. Essays and responses include:

  *C. S. Lewis and the “Romantic Heresy,” with response from professor Sarah Borden,
  *C. S. Lewis and the Anxiety of Memory, with response from professor Matthew Lundin, and
  *C. S. Lewis and the Sacramental Imagination, with response from professor Keith L. Johnson.

  Based on the annual lecture series hosted at Wheaton College’s Marion E. Wade Center, volumes in the Hansen Lectureship Series reflect on the imaginative work and lasting influence of seven British authors: Owen Barfield, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams.

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  Spirit Of Methodism

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  “I felt my heart strangely warmed.

  “That was how John Wesley described his transformational experience of God’s grace at Aldersgate Street on May 24, 1738, an event that some mark as the beginning of the Methodist Church. Yet the story of Methodism, while clearly shaped by John Wesley’s sermons and Charles Wesley’s hymns, is much richer and more expansive. In this book, Methodist theologian Jeffrey W. Barbeau provides a brief and helpful introduction to the history of Methodism–from the time of the Wesleys, through developments in North America, to its diverse and global communion today–as well as its primary beliefs and practices. With Barbeau’s guidance, both those who are already familiar with the Wesleyan tradition and those seeking to know more about this significant movement within the church’s history will find their hearts warmed to Methodism.

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  Image Of God In An Image Driven Age

  $32.99

  Acknowledgments
  Introduction
  Beth Felker Jones And Jeffrey W. Barbeau
  Zola, Imago Dei, On Her First Birthday
  Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner
  Whiteout
  Brett Foster

  Part I: Canon
  1. “In The Image Of God He Created Them”: How Genesis 1:26-27 Defines The Divine-Human Relationship And Why It Matters
  Catherine McDowell
  2. Poised Between Life And Death: The Imago Dei After Eden
  William A. Dyrness
  3. “True Righteousness And Holiness”: The Image Of God In The New Testament
  Craig L. Blomberg

  Part II: Culture
  4. Uncovering Christ: Sexuality In The Image Of The Invisible God
  Timothy R. Gaines And Shawna Songer Gaines
  5. Culture Breaking: In Praise Of Iconoclasm
  Matthew J. Milliner
  6. Carrying The Fire, Bearing The Image: Theological Reflections On Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
  Christina Bieber Lake

  Part III: Vision
  7. What Does It Mean To See Someone? Icons And Identity
  Ian A. McFarland
  8. Image, Spirit And Theosis: Imaging God In An Image-Distorting World
  Daniela C. Augustine
  9. The God Of Creative Address: Creation, Christology And Ethics
  Janet Soskice

  Part IV: Witness
  10. The Sin Of Racism: Racialization Of The Image Of God
  Soong-Chan Rah
  11. Witnessing In Freedom: Resisting Commodification Of The Image
  Beth Felker Jones
  12. The Storm Of Images: The Image Of God In Global Faith
  Philip Jenkins

  Epilogue
  List Of Contributors
  Index

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  Whether on the printed page, the television screen or the digital app, we live in a world saturated with images. Some images help shape our understanding of ourselves and the world around us in positive ways, while others lead us astray and distort our relationships. Christians confess that human beings have been created in the image of God, yet we chose to rebel against that God and so became unfaithful bearers of God’s image. The good news of the gospel is that Jesus, who is the image of God, restores the divine image in us, partially now and fully in the day to come. The essays collected in The Image of God in an Image Driven Age explore the intersection of theology and culture. With topics ranging across biblical exegesis, the art gallery, Cormac McCarthy, racism, sexuality and theosis, the contributors to this volume offer a unified vision-ecumenical in nature and catholic in spirit-of what it means to be truly human and created in the divine image in the world today. This collection from the 2015 Wheaton Theology Conference includes contributions by Daniela C. Augustine, Craig L. Blomberg, William A. Dyrness, Timothy R. Gaines and Shawna Songer Gaines, Phillip Jenkins, Beth Felker Jones, Christina Bieber Lake, Catherine McDowell, Ian A. McFarland, Matthew J. Milliner, Soong-Chan Rah and Janet Soskice, as well as original poems by Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner and Brett Foster.

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