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""Serious philosophy is not an attempt to construct a system of beliefs, but the activity of awakening, the conversation passionately pursued. Only if professional philosophy reclaims this paradigm and finds ways to embody it, will it achieve an active place in the thought and life of our culture."" --James Conlon, ""Stanley Cavell and the Predicament of Philosophy.""This book is a collection of serious philosophical essays that aim to awaken readers, teachers, and students to a desire for conversation passionately pursued. The essays in this volume speak about sex, movies, poetry, and politics, in short, about those things contemporary Americans passionately discuss. These are the subjects that were taught for forty-three years in James Conlon's classroom at Mount Mary University, a Catholic urban university for women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This volume celebrates Conlon's work while calling to all who continue to teach and learn about philosophy in contemporary times with the message that relevant philosophy deals with life as it is lived in the moment. ""Dr. Conlon made it his life's work to bring to consciousness an often unconscious awareness that accepts the way things are as the measure of what is real, normative, and moral. His commitment to awakening people to the wonder of common experience made a profound contribution to the mission of Mount Mary. The essays in this volume are a testament to the way he engaged students in the process of living a fully human life.""--Joan Penzenstadler, SSND, Mount Mary University""True to the spirit of Professor Conlon's teaching, this collection illustrates how his approach made philosophy a genuine dialogue, brought diverse viewpoints and perspectives to bear on any problem, and engaged generations of women in the philosophical conversation.""--Kathleen Poorman Dougherty, Alma College""This collection of always thoughtful and often provocative essays by James Conlon, his colleagues, and students honors Conlon's decades-long career at Mount Mary University dedicated to teaching the practice of philosophy. . . Both new and experienced teachers of philosophy will find insights and inspiration in this volume!""--Donna Engelmann, Alverno College""Just in Time celebrates the work of the philosopher James Conlon. It also honors the pedagogy of inquiry that has had a profound impact on the students he taught for over 40 years. Conlon's essays are paired with ones from his students and colleagues--testaments to the influence that his teaching has had. Readers will be challenged to pursue passionate conversations and inspire others to engage in thoughtful inquiry about the relevant topics of today.""--Eileen Schwalbach, Former president, Mount Mary UniversityJennifer Hockenbery Dragseth is Professor of Philosophy at Mount Mary University. She is the author of Thinking Woman: A Philosophical Approach to the Quandary of Gender (2015) and the editor of The Devil's Whore: Reason and Philosophy in the Lutheran Tradition (2011).James Conlon is Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus at Mount Mary University where he taught for forty-three years. He is the author of numerous philosophical articles.

Calvinism and Middle Knowledge is an anthology of essays that moves the discussion of Molinism/middle knowledge out of the philosophical arena, where it has almost exclusively remained, and into the broader theological community. In particular, it sparks a conversation between Calvinists and Molinists regarding the fruitfulness or deficiencies of middle knowledge and the feasibility or infeasibility of Calvinist use of middle knowledge without acceptance of libertarian human freedom. To this end, nine distinguished experts address such topics as the history of the doctrine of middle knowledge, the potential role of Molinism in discussions of evolution and intelligent design, Calvinist concerns with Molinism, and Calvinist appropriation of middle knowledge. This book empowers theologians, historians, biblical scholars, and pastors to join the ongoing conversation and to judge for themselves what explanatory role middle knowledge may or may not play in accounts of providence and practical theology.""The significance of this book goes beyond what one might infer from its title. Brilliant in content, readable in style, and gracious in tone, this edited volume even-handedly examines the philosophical vitality and the theological possibilities and concerns of middle knowledge when brought into conversation with other important theological issues. Well done.""--Bruce A. Little, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary""The essays contained in this volume are both creative and thought-provoking. Calvinism and Middle Knowledge offers a fresh perspective on the utility of middle knowledge and whether Calvinists can rightfully make use of it. Laing, MacGregor, and Welty have done a fine job. This is a must have for those interested in the foreknowledge debate.""--Tyler Dalton McNabb, Houston Baptist UniversityJohn D. Laing is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Havard School for Theological Studies, Houston, Texas.Kirk R. MacGregor is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas.Greg Welty is Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Calvinism and Middle Knowledge is an anthology of essays that moves the discussion of Molinism/middle knowledge out of the philosophical arena, where it has almost exclusively remained, and into the broader theological community. In particular, it sparks a conversation between Calvinists and Molinists regarding the fruitfulness or deficiencies of middle knowledge and the feasibility or infeasibility of Calvinist use of middle knowledge without acceptance of libertarian human freedom. To this end, nine distinguished experts address such topics as the history of the doctrine of middle knowledge, the potential role of Molinism in discussions of evolution and intelligent design, Calvinist concerns with Molinism, and Calvinist appropriation of middle knowledge. This book empowers theologians, historians, biblical scholars, and pastors to join the ongoing conversation and to judge for themselves what explanatory role middle knowledge may or may not play in accounts of providence and practical theology.""The significance of this book goes beyond what one might infer from its title. Brilliant in content, readable in style, and gracious in tone, this edited volume even-handedly examines the philosophical vitality and the theological possibilities and concerns of middle knowledge when brought into conversation with other important theological issues. Well done.""--Bruce A. Little, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary""The essays contained in this volume are both creative and thought-provoking.Calvinism and Middle Knowledgeoffers a fresh perspective on the utility of middle knowledge and whether Calvinists can rightfully make use of it.Laing, MacGregor, and Welty have done a fine job. This is a must have for those interested in the foreknowledge debate.""--TylerDaltonMcNabb, Houston Baptist UniversityJohn D. Laing is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Havard School for Theological Studies, Houston, Texas.Kirk R. MacGregor is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas.Greg Welty is Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Peter Chaadaev (1794-1856) is rightfully considered to be one of the forerunners of modern Russian philosophy. There is a famous scene from his life that may help us to understand both his own thought as well as the whole subsequent tradition of Russian religious philosophy. When Chaadaev finished his studies of Kant''s Critique of Pure Reason, he crossed out the title on the cover and wrote beneath it Apologete adamitischer Vernunft (An Apology for Adamic Reason). Russian religious philosophy was supposed to be a critique of such secular reason. In this book we seek a contemporary interpretation of Chaadaev''s thought and its influence. Our authors, including such scholars as Andrzej Walicki and Boris Tarasov, investigate his views on religion, society, history, politics, and Russian fate. Chaadaev turns out to be a crucial figure who continues to influence Russian religious philosophy to this day.""Nicolas Berdiaev credited Chaadaev with ''the awakening of independent original Russian thought.'' Indeed, his main themes have ever since been at the center of Russian philosophy. As a Christian philosopher Chaadaev cherished love of truth over love of fatherland, which, he said, ''feeds national hatreds'' and ''sometimes covers the earth with mourning.'' This volume is an important contribution to the study of his enduring legacy, for Russia and the world.""--Randall A. Poole, Professor of History, College of St. Scholastica""Modern Russian religious thought begins with Chaadaev. While his output was small, its impact was far-reaching. Khomiakov, Kireevsky, Herzen, Soloviev, Berdiaev and many others were indebted to Chaadaev in one way or another. He merits the careful attention the authors of this volume devote to him.""--Paul Valliere, Professor Emeritus, Butler UniversityArtur Mrowczyński-Van Allen is Professor at the International Center for the Study of the Christian Orient and Instituto de Filosofia ""Edith Stein,"" Granada, Spain. He is the author of Between the Icon and the Idol: The Human Person and the Modern State in Russian Literature and Thought (Cascade, 2013).Teresa Obolevitch is Professor at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland. Recently she published La philosophie religieuse russe (2014) in French and Semen Frank: Shtrikhi k portretu filosofa in Russian (2017).Paweł Rojek is Assistant Lecturer at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

The echo of Luther''s hammer resounds in Asia, five hundred years after the Wittenberg controversy: the cross is a flashpoint in China; Korea seeks ecclesiastical reform; the mystical union thrives in Laos; even Kant whispers in old Batavia. The diversity of ideas and influences of the Reformation is as broad and fascinating as the continent--resisting reduction to the postcolonial movement and demonstrating an affinity with Protestant foundations that somehow remains uniquely Asian.This volume brings together the reflections of Christian academics from the continent to offer a sample of the theological work that remains largely inaccessible to the broader scholarly community, with contributions in the fields of theology, biblical studies, philosophy, and Christian higher education. If the quincentennial of the Reformation has revealed anything, it is the inauguration of Asia as the locus of biblical and theological scholarship for the next five hundred years.""Serious efforts to reflect on the Reformation heritage for biblical interpretation, Christian worldview, and education in Asia today.""--Seyoon Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary""This wide-ranging collection of essays represent insightful and helpful reflections on the implications of the major findings of the Reformation for Christianity in varied Asian contexts. The essays are top-quality biblical, theological, philosophical studies by a diverse group of scholars. This volume will be helpful for Christian leaders throughout Asia. But as a Western Christian scholar and leader, I have found the essays incredibly helpful in thinking through issues in my own context."" --Clinton E. Arnold, Talbot School of TheologyYongbom Lee taught as a Faculty of Liberal Arts lecturer at Universitas Pelita Harapan in Indonesia from 2015 to 2017. He ministers in the United States as English Ministry pastor at Korean Bethel Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and teaches as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.Andrew R. Talbert taught as a Faculty of Liberal Arts lecturer at Universitas Pelita Harapan in Indonesia from 2014 to 2017. He is Humanities and Rhetoric Instructor at Cedar Tree Classical Christian School in Ridgefield, Washington.

The Spirit and the Church celebrates the life and legacy of Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv., who for the past six decades has carried the torch of the Franciscan theological and philosophical vision in the fields of ecclesiology, pneumatology, Mariology, and anthropology. Articles by colleagues, former students, and associates fall into three broad categories, corresponding with several of the main areas in which Fehlner has made a longstanding scholarly contribution: the Church''s Magisterium and development of doctrine, anthropology,comma and creation; the relation between Mariology, pneumatology, and ecclesiology; and scholarly seeds planted by Fehlner now being cultivated and harvested by younger scholars. All of the essays in this volume engage with Fehlner, evaluate his contributions, and build upon and expand in new directions the contributions of our honoree. The essays in this volume manifest the contemporary relevance of Fehlner''s Franciscan vision in terms of his invitation to renew the theology of the Church in a Marian mode in the light of Vatican II.""The theology of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner is a little-known gem of brilliance that deserves a much wider readership. This volume with its wonderful mixture of well-known senior scholars and soon-to-be-known junior scholars will go a long way towards achieving this end! Fehlner provides a magnificent reawakening of the Franciscan charism in theology, inspired equally by St. Bonaventure and Vatican II, under the inspiration of Fehlner''s own unique genius.""--John Cavadini, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame""This is a collection of essays worthy of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, a profound theologian whose interests and expertise ranged widely. As much as anyone alive, he explored the relations of the Holy Spirit to the Catholic Church and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this he followed his Franciscan confreres Sts. Bonaventure and Maximilian Kolbe, and with his sanctified intellect developed their thought in new and fascinating ways.""--Scott Hahn, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and author of The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages (2016)J. Isaac Goff is an instructor in theology at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary. His recent publications include: Caritas in Primo: A Study of Bonaventure''s Disputed Questions on the Mystery of the Trinity (2015) and, as co-editor, A Companion to Bonaventure (2014).Fr. Edward J. Ondrako, OFM Conv., is currently Research Fellow at the Pontifical Faculty of St. Bonaventure, Rome, and Visiting Scholar at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. He edited and contributed to ita published in 2015.Fr. Christiaan W. Kappes is academic dean of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary. His latest publications include ""Gregorios Palamas'' Reception of Augustine''s Doctrine of the Original Sin and Nicholas Kabasilas'' Rejection of Aquinas'' Maculism as the Background to Scholarios'' Immaculism,"" ita (2017), and ""A New Narrative for the Reception of Seven Sacraments into Orthodoxy: Peter Lombard''s Sentences in Nicholas Cabasilas and Symeon of Thessalonica and the Utilization of John Duns Scotus by the Holy Synaxis,"" italiciz (2017).

Contemporary Western society has a strange relationship with freedom. Unbridled subjective liberty and narrow fundamentalism pull away from each other in mutual loathing while sociological forces seek to manipulate both sides. The church needs to recover and reconstruct a theology of freedom to navigate between the perils of both extremes and to avoid being manipulated by these forces. Just as biblical figures are taught through parables and metaphors, this book uses jazz improvisation as an analogy for Christian freedom. Just as jazz improvisation relies on successfully navigating constraints such as the history and traditions of jazz, jazz theory, and musical instruments, so Christian freedom also relies on constraints such as the biblical canon, church history, theology, and the church itself. Through understanding the freedom jazz musicians enjoy in making music together, we can better understand how Christian freedom might be enacted in daily life. If Western churches discover and enact Christian freedom in a meaningful way, the songs that they improvise will be as siren calls to people in chains.""It is for freedom that Christ sets us free, but it''s hard to set forth in speech what freedom means. Postmoderns view freedom in terms of self-expression and self-determination, twin impulses that lie at the heart of contemporary culture''s rejection of institutional constraints. By way of contrast, Bradley Broadhead contends that it is precisely by respecting certain constraints that jazz musicians are enabled to improvise--which is to say, enact freedom in a musical register. Jazz improvisation becomes a parable, not of the kingdom of God, but of Christian freedom in that kingdom. Jazz and Christian Freedom offers a biblical theology of freedom and then, within these canonical constraints, draws out insightful analogies between musical improvisation and Christian life together. You may never look at either jazz or Jesus in quite the same way again.""--Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School""This is a lucidly written, deeply thoughtful, and stimulating study--one that deserves to be widely read by any concerned with the growing conversation between theology and music.""--Jeremy Begbie, Duke UniversityBradley K. Broadhead is the pastor of Oyen Evangelical Missionary Church, Oyen, Alberta. He has taught courses such as ""Theology and Music"" and ""The Life and Thought of C. S. Lewis"" as an adjunct instructor and has published a few articles in the area of theology and music. He has also played in a wide variety of ensembles as a trombonist and has taught low brass for over a decade.

When writing to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul used figurative temple language repeatedly to shape the identity of his audience (""Temple of God,"" ""Temple of the Holy Spirit,"" and ""Temple of the Living God""). While other scholars have identified the place of the Jerusalem temple in Paul''s thinking or the impact of temples in the life of Corinth, there has been no comprehensive study of the way that figurative temple language in philosophy could have influenced the Corinthians'' worldview. Hellenistic philosophy was pervasive in the first century and provided theological guidance for faith and practice to Paul''s Gentile audience before their conversion.Philip N. Richardson provides a comprehensive survey of figurative temple language in Hellenistic philosophy, shedding light on the way that the kinds of philosophical thought known in cities like Corinth may have influenced the Corinthians to think about figurative temple language. This study throws into sharp relief the similarities and differences between Paul''s use of temple language and that of philosophy, and illuminates Paul''s setting of this language in the wider framework of 1-2 Corinthians and his purpose for its use in the argument of the letters.""Although others have rightly explored the Judean background of NT temple imagery, Richardson here fills an important gap by showing how a Diaspora audience would have conceptualized temple language . . . He establishes and maintains a consistent approach as he works through the ancient philosophic sources and, afterward, through key texts in the Corinthian correspondence.""--Craig S. Keener, Asbury Theological Seminary""In this outstanding study, Philip Richardson brings fresh light to Paul''s figurative temple language in the Corinthian correspondence by examining it in comparison with the surprisingly frequent use of such language in Graeco-Roman philosophy . . . Richardson''s work reinforces the opinion that Paul was conversant with contemporary philosophical currents and capable of exploiting this knowledge for theological and pastoral purposes.""--Edward Adams, King''s College London""Philip''s exquisite monograph is a model for any research in biblical studies, with carefully defined objectives brilliantly, and judiciously, met. It is wonderfully informative on the Graeco-Roman philosophical background to Temple-of-God metaphors for authentic human life. It is beautifully illuminating on the relation to the relevant Corinthian passages, and marvelous in how Paul focuses this in bodily existence.""--Max Turner, Emeritus Professor, London School of Theology""Philip Richardson puts us in his debt by this thoughtful and thorough examination of Paul''s use of ''temple'' language for the believing community in the Corinthian letters. He brings a fresh angle by his sure-footed discussion of ancient philosophical thinking about temples and the spirit, uncovering a new context to illuminate the key Pauline texts. This engaging and well-written study will be required reading in study of this theme and Paul''s Corinthian correspondence.""--Steve Walton, Trinity College, BristolPhilip N. Richardson is a theological education consultant with One Mission Society (OMS), Greenwood, Indiana.

Post-Christendom Studies publishes research on the nature of Christian identity and mission in the contexts of post-Christendom. Post-Christendom refers to places, both now and in the past, where Christianity was once a significant cultural presence, though not necessarily the dominant religion. Sometimes ""Christendom"" refers to the official link between church and state. The term ""post-Christendom"" is often associated with the rise of secularization, religious pluralism, and multiculturalism in western countries over the past sixty years. Our use of the term is broader than that however. Egypt for example can be considered a post-Christendom context. It was once a leading center of Christianity. ""Christendom"" moreover does not necessarily mean official public and dominant religion. For example, under Saddam Hussein, Christianity was probably a minority religion, but, for the most part, Christians were left alone. After America deposed Saddam, Christians began to flee because they became a persecuted minority. In that sense, post-Saddam Iraq is an experience of post-Christendom--it is a shift from a cultural context in which Christians have more or less freedom to exercise their faith to one where they are persecuted and/or marginalized for doing so.

Catholic Health MinistryEdited by Rachelle Barina, Nathaniel Hibner, and Tobias WinrightRepair Work: Rethinking the Separation of Academic Moral Theologians and Catholic Health Care EthicistsPaul WojdaCatholic Bioethicists and Moral Theologians Drifting Apart?: A Sequela of Specialization and ProfessionalizationBecket GremmelsEqually Strange Fruit: Catholic Health Care and the Appropriation of Residential SegregationCory Mitchell and Therese LysaughtHospital and Health System M&A: Is It Good for Community Health? Michael Panicola63Accompaniment with the Sick: An Authentic Christian Vocation that Rejects the Fallacy of Prosperity Theology Ramon Luzarraga76Grace at the End of Life: Rethinking Ordinary and Extraordinary Means in a Global Context Conor Kelly89A Voice in the Wilderness: Reimagining the Role of Catholic Health Care Mission Leader Michael McCarthy114Theologians in Catholic Healthcare Ministries: Breaking Beyond the Bond with Ethics Darren Henson130

The Spirit and the Church celebrates the life and legacy of Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv., who for the past six decades has carried the torch of the Franciscan theological and philosophical vision in the fields of ecclesiology, pneumatology, Mariology, and anthropology. Articles by colleagues, former students, and associates fall into three broad categories, corresponding with several of the main areas in which Fehlner has made a longstanding scholarly contribution: the Church's Magisterium and development of doctrine, anthropology,comma and creation; the relation between Mariology, pneumatology, and ecclesiology; and scholarly seeds planted by Fehlner now being cultivated and harvested by younger scholars. All of the essays in this volume engage with Fehlner, evaluate his contributions, and build upon and expand in new directions the contributions of our honoree. The essays in this volume manifest the contemporary relevance of Fehlner's Franciscan vision in terms of his invitation to renew the theology of the Church in a Marian mode in the light of Vatican II.""The theology of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner is a little-known gem of brilliance that deserves a much wider readership. This volume with its wonderful mixture of well-known senior scholars and soon-to-be-known junior scholars will go a long way towards achieving this end! Fehlner provides a magnificent reawakening of the Franciscan charism in theology, inspired equally by St. Bonaventure and Vatican II, under the inspiration of Fehlner's own unique genius.""--John Cavadini, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame""This is a collection of essays worthy of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, a profound theologian whose interests and expertise ranged widely. As much as anyone alive, he explored the relations of the Holy Spirit to the Catholic Church and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this he followed his Franciscan confreres Sts. Bonaventure and Maximilian Kolbe, and with his sanctified intellect developed their thought in new and fascinating ways.""--Scott Hahn, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and author of The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages (2016)J. Isaac Goff is an instructor in theology at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary. His recent publications include: Caritas in Primo: A Study of Bonaventure's Disputed Questions on the Mystery of the Trinity (2015) and, as co-editor, A Companion to Bonaventure (2014).Fr. Edward J. Ondrako, OFM Conv., is currently Research Fellow at the Pontifical Faculty of St. Bonaventure, Rome, and Visiting Scholar at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. He edited and contributed to ita published in 2015.Fr. Christiaan W. Kappes is academic dean of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary. His latest publications include ""Gregorios Palamas' Reception of Augustine's Doctrine of the Original Sin and Nicholas Kabasilas' Rejection of Aquinas' Maculism as the Background to Scholarios' Immaculism,"" ita (2017), and ""A New Narrative for the Reception of Seven Sacraments into Orthodoxy: Peter Lombard's Sentences in Nicholas Cabasilas and Symeon of Thessalonica and the Utilization of John Duns Scotus by the Holy Synaxis,"" italiciz (2017).

This collection of essays by British Baptists honors the work of John Colwell amongst the Baptist community, recognizing in particular the contribution he has made to Christian doctrine and ethics and more recently his involvement in the formation of The Order for Baptist Ministry (OBM). The book explores what we are doing in morning prayer and what it is to allow the seasons and festivals of the Christian year to shape our lives.""Few theologians display the distinctive witness of contemporary British Baptists so luminously as the life and work of John Colwell. This snapshot of a larger than life figure lets us glimpse an especially winning period of British Baptist theology, beautifully displayed by the volume's orientation around a theme dear to John's heart--the great daily liturgy of the church catholic.""--Brian Brock, King's College, Aberdeen""Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It's the greatest merit of these closely observed and finely argued essays that they not only draw deeply on the substance of John Colwell's admirable work but also follow its trajectory. In these pages one senses not just wisdom, or insight--but love.""--Sam Wells, Vicar, St Martin-in-the-Fields""This is a theological gem: Liturgy, spirituality, doctrine, and biblical hermeneutics are beautifully woven together here. The authors do great justice to the creativity and integrity of John Colewell--a unique Baptist teacher and preacher. Moreover, like John Colewell, they push the boundaries of contemporary Baptist theology in ways that will inspire and equip Christian leaders in all traditions of the Church.""--Myra Blyth, Regent's Park College, OxfordAndy Goodliff is the Minister of Belle Vue Baptist Church, Southend-on-Sea, UK. Paul Goodliff is a Baptist minister and current General Secretary of Churches Together In England.

IntroductionStephen J. ChesterYou Become What You Worship: Theosis and the Story of the BibleBen C. BlackwellResponse to BlackwellCynthia Peters AndersonThe Old Testament and Participation with God (and/in Christ?): (Re-)Reading the Life of Moses with Some Help from Gregory of NyssaBrent StrawnResponse to StrawnJ. Nathan ClaytonCruciform or Resurrectiform? Paul''s Paradoxical Practice of Participation in ChristMichael J. GormanResponse to GormanMarkus NikkanenUnion(s) with Christ: Colossians 1:15-20Grant MacaskillResponse to MacaskillConstantine R. CampbellWhy Bother with Participation? An Early Lutheran PerspectiveOlli-Pekka VainioResponse to Vainio Stephen J. Chester The Geography of Participation: In Christ is Location. Location, Location Julie Canlis Response to Canlis Mary Patton Baker Jews and Gentiles together in Christ? The Jerusalem Council on Racial Reconciliation Ashish Varma Response to Varma Hauna Ondrey Letting the Music Play (Matthew 22:34-40) Cynthia Peters Anderson

Post-Christendom Studies publishes research on the nature of Christian identity and mission in the contexts of post-Christendom. Post-Christendom refers to places, both now and in the past, where Christianity was once a significant cultural presence, though not necessarily the dominant religion. Sometimes ""Christendom"" refers to the official link between church and state. The term ""post-Christendom"" is often associated with the rise of secularization, religious pluralism, and multiculturalism in western countries over the past sixty years. Our use of the term is broader than that however. Egypt for example can be considered a post-Christendom context. It was once a leading center of Christianity. ""Christendom"" moreover does not necessarily mean official public and dominant religion. For example, under Saddam Hussein, Christianity was probably a minority religion, but, for the most part, Christians were left alone. After America deposed Saddam, Christians began to flee because they became a persecuted minority. In that sense, post-Saddam Iraq is an experience of post-Christendom--it is a shift from a cultural context in which Christians have more or less freedom to exercise their faith to one where they are persecuted and/or marginalized for doing so.