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Jesus'' best-known mandate--after perhaps the mandate to love God and neighbor--was given at the Last Supper just before his death: ""Do this in memory of me."" Indeed, a case can be made that to ""do this"" is the source and summit of the way Christians carry out Jesus'' love-mandate. Of course, Christians have debated what it means to ""do this,"" and these debates have all too often led to divisions within and between them--debates over leavened and unleavened bread, reception of the cup, real presence and sacrifice, ""open"" or ""closed"" communion, this Supper and the hunger of the world. These divisions seem to fly in the face of Jesus'' mandate, causing some to wonder whether this is ""really"" the Lord''s Supper we celebrate (compare 1 Corinthians 11). Everything turns on just what it means to ""do this."" The purpose of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology''s 2012 conference was to address at least some of the many aspects of this question--to address them together, as Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox pastors and theologians, and all participants in the Supper.""It is a sad irony that the Eucharist, the great sacrament of Christian unity, has become a prime source of division. Happily, the contributors to What Does It Mean to ""Do This""? refuse to accept division as our fate. The essays are uniformly excellent, both scholarly and readable. This book is an exceptional resource for use in both classroom and congregational settings.""--Joseph L. Mangina, Wycliffe College, University of TorontoJames J. Buckley is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland. He has contributed to and edited (with Frederick Bauerschmidt and Trent Pomplun) The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism (2007). He is associate director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.Michael Root is Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America and Executive Director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. He was formerly the Director of the Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, France.

""The papers and responses in this volume were delivered, fittingly, on All Saints Day, 2013, as part of a day-long event to celebrate the career of Stanley Hauerwas, upon the occasion of his retirement from the faculty of Duke Divinity School. . . . [T]he central message of the day was encapsulated in the theme of the whole event: ""The Difference Christ Makes."" As the different speakers talked about Stanley''s paradigm-changing impact on scholarship, one insight came ever more clearly into focus: the deepest theme of Stanley''s work, the consistent thread running through all his thought, is his emphasis on the centrality of Jesus Christ. At the end of the day, his work is not defined by the ethics of character, or by pacifism, or by countercultural communitarian ecclesiology. All these elements play important roles in his writings, but they are reflexes or consequences of his more fundamental commitment to think rigorously about the implications of confessing Jesus Christ as Lord.""--from the foreword by Richard B. HaysContents of The Difference Christ MakesA Homily on All Saints, Stanley Hauerwas1. ""The Difference Christ Makes,"" Samuel Wells2. ""Truthfulness and Continual Discomfort,"" Jennifer A. HerdtResponse by Charlie Pinches3. ""Anne and the Difficult Gift of Stanley Hauerwas''s Church,"" Jonathan TranResponse by Peter Dula4. ""Making Connections: By Way of a Response to Wells, Herdt, and Tran,"" Stanley HauerwasAppendix: Service of Holy Eucharist, the Feast of All Saints, Goodson Chapel, Duke Divinity SchoolCharles M. Collier is an Editor at Wipf and Stock Publishers in Eugene, Oregon.

An international cast of theologians come together in this volume to offer essays in tribute to the late Stanley J. Grenz, one of the leading theologians of his generation. Accordingly, the volume includes timely explorations in some of the most exciting areas in contemporary theology. It is only fitting that these very explorations revolve around the key motifs of Grenz''s theology (Trinity, community, eschatology) and the key sources from which he drew for theology''s construction (Scripture, tradition, culture). While engaging key features seen in Grenz''s work, some of the essays here interact with Grenz''s own writings, reflecting on his theological journey and his contributions to evangelical theology. In these ways, this volume highlights the kind of evangelical theology that so many have experienced in recent years and of which Stan Grenz was a leading proponent. Revisioning, Renewing, Rediscovering the Triune Center, then, makes a significant contribution to discussions in contemporary theology while itself setting out to honor the life and work of an eminent theologian who did so much for evangelical theology.""Revisioning, Renewing, Rediscovering the Triune Center is a marvelous volume containing engaging essays written by a wide variety of important thinkers and theologians. Through the capable oversight of a gifted editorial team, readers of this volume have been presented with an impressive, comprehensive, and up-to-date theological symposium, a veritable theological feast. Scholars, students, and pastors will find this book not only to be a most helpful contribution, but a truly fitting tribute to the life, work, and legacy of Stanley J. Grenz.""--David S. Dockery, President, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL""With the death of Stanley Grenz, the evangelical world lost one of its most prolific and creative theological minds, and this volume offers a fitting tribute to both the breadth of his theological contributions and the extent of his influence. Assembling an impressive array of theologians from across the spectrum of evangelicalism and beyond, this excellent book contributes to a needed analysis of Grenz''s theology and offers an interesting overview of contemporary evangelical theology.""--Marc Cortez, Associate Professor of Theology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL""In her last known letter, Emily Dickenson wrote two words: ''Called Back.'' Stanley Grenz was called home too abruptly to leave such a note, but his literary legacy continues to stir and inspire. The extent of his reach is evident in the range of contributors to this book and the themes they pursue in dialogue with Grenz. An important contribution to the doing of churchly evangelical theology today.""--Timothy George, Founding Dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, AL""The essays in Revisioning, Renewing Rediscovering the Triune Center do much more than honor the achievements of Stanley Grenz. They display the crossroads present in contemporary evangelical theology as its travels into the twenty-first century. Following an introductory chapter providing an invaluable and indispensable intellectual biography of the path Grenz''s theology took, the essays are written by internationally known theologians, taking on the core of the issues in Grenz''s theology through their discussions of the Trinity, community, and eschatology. The essays also attend to theology''s relation to culture and show the nature of theology''s roots in Scripture and tradition, creatively illumining and even going beyond Grenz''s work. As such, they offer diverse displays of the multiple issues within evangelical theology today.""--Francis Schussler Fiorenza, Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA""This collection of rigorous, irenic, and creative explorations from a diverse array of scholars serves as a fitting tribute to the life and legacy of Stanley J. Grenz. Addressing themes

This groundbreaking volume highlights the contemporary relevance of Jacques Lacan (1901-1981), whose linguistic reworking of Freudian analysis radicalized both psychoanalysis and its approach to theology. Part I: Lacan, Religion, and Others explores the application of Lacan''s thought to the phenomena of religion. Part II: Theology and the Other Lacan explores and develops theology in light of Lacan. In both cases, a central place is given to Lacan''s exposition of the real, thereby reflecting the impact of his later work. Contributors include some of the most renowned readers and influential academics in their respective fields: Tina Beattie, Lorenzo Chiesa, Clayton Crockett, Creston Davis, Adrian Johnston, Katerina Kolozova, Thomas Lynch, Marcus Pound, Carl Raschke, Kenneth Reinhard, Mario D''Amato, Noelle Vahanian, and Slavoj ┼╜i┼╛ek. Topics traverse culture, art, philosophy, and politics, as well as providing critical exegesis of Lacan''s most gnomic utterances on theology, including ""The Triumph of Religion.""""This volume, Theology after Lacan, contains essays from some of the world''s most recognized theology and cultural theorists implicated in contemporary psychoanalysis and rigorously advances the conversation about the intimate intersection that binds religion and psychoanalysis intriguingly together.""--Bracha L. Ettinger, author of The Matrixial BorderspaceCreston Davis is a founder, co-director and professor of philosophy at the Global Center for Advanced Studies. He is also professor of philosophy at the European Graduate School and at the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities. He is the co-author (with Slavoj ┼╜i┼╛ek and John Milbank) of Paul''s New Moment, and (with Alain Badiou) the author of The Contradictions of America (forthcoming). He has just completed his novel, Ghostly Icons. Marcus Pound is Assistant Director of the Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University, and lecturer in Catholic Theology. His is the author of Theology, Psychoanalysis, and Trauma, and Slavoj ┼╜i┼╛ek: A (Very) Critical Introduction.Clayton Crockett is Associate Professor and Director of Religious Studies at the University of Central Arkansas. His most recent book is Deleuze Beyond Badiou: Ontology, Multiplicity and Event.

The theology of Karl Barth has been a productive dialogue partner for evangelical theology. For too long, however, the dialogue has been dominated by questions of orthodoxy. The present volume seeks to contribute to the conversation through a creative reconfiguration of both partners in the conversation, neither of whom can be rightly understood as preservers of Protestant Orthodoxy. Rather, American evangelicalism is identified with the revivalist forms of Protestantism that arose in the post-Reformation era, while Barth is revisited as a theologian attuned both to divine and human agency. In the ensuing conversation questions of orthodoxy are not eliminated, but subordinated to a concern for the life of God and God''s people. This volume brings together seasoned Barth scholars, evangelical theologians, and some younger voices, united by a common desire to rethink both Karl Barth and evangelical theology. By offering an alternative to the dominant constraints, the book opens up new avenues for fruitful conversation on Barth and the future of evangelical theology.""Evangelical orthodoxy is regenerated in this volume by a long-awaited development: an orthopraxic and orthopathic interpretation of and engagement with the legacy of Karl Barth. This constructive trajectory derives especially from a ferment of contemporary pietist, Wesleyan, and Pentecostal interfaces with what has been predominantly a Reformed playground. The landscape where Barth studies intersect with evangelical theology, and the nature of both conversations, has been permanently altered.""--Amos Yong, Professor of Theology & Mission, Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA""In this outstanding collection of essays, the contours of a more hopeful and thoroughly theological approach to the evangelical tradition come clearly into view. This vision provides yet another demonstration of the rehabilitation of Karl Barth among evangelicals and the vibrancy of his thought for the future of evangelical theology and witness.""--John R. Franke, Professor of Missional Theology, Yellowstone Theological Institute, Bozeman, MTChristian T. Collins Winn (PhD, Drew University) is Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology and Chair of the Biblical and Theological Studies Department at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, and an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches (USA). He is author of ""Jesus Is Victor!"": The Significance of the Blumhardts for the Theology of Karl Barth.John L. Drury (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Indiana Wesleyan University and an ordained minister in The Wesleyan Church. He is author of The Resurrected God: Karl Barth''s Trinitarian Theology of Easter.