| God Against Religion: Rethinking Christian Theology Through Worship Contributor(s): Boulton, Matthew Myer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802829724 ISBN-13: 9780802829726 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $28.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: In God against Religion Matthew Myer Boulton outlines a Christian theology that takes worship as its basic framework, conceiving worship as the occasion of not only an approach toward God in piety, but also separation from God in sin. Drawing on the thought of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and especially Karl Barth, Boulton rethinks the broadest themes of Christian theology through the lens of Christian worship. He offers three groundbreaking thoughts: that the catastrophe of ???sin??? is liturgy??'s original and continual work, that the miracle of ???reconciliation??? is liturgy??'s decisive transformation in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, and that the glory of ???redemption??? is and will be liturgy??'s end. The result is a fascinating proposal of a systematic, liturgical theology in the Reformed tradition. It will lead scholars, pastors, and anyone interested in thinking about Christian theology and Christian worship in fresh, critical, challenging directions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Worship & Liturgy - Religion | Institutions & Organizations |
| Dewey: 264.042 |
| LCCN: 2007046557 |
| Series: Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.26" W x 9" (0.81 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Reformed - Theometrics - Mainline |
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| Publisher Description: This volume outlines a Christian theology that takes worship as its basic framework, as the occasion of not only an approach toward God in piety but also separation from God in sin. Drawing on Luther, Calvin, and especially Karl Barth, Matthew Myer Boulton builds a Reformed liturgical theology, maintaining that the God of Jesus Christ is a "God against religion," one who saves human beings from religion by entering it, transforming it, and ultimately ending it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Boulton, Matthew Myer: - Matthew Myer Boulton is associate professor of ministry studies at Harvard Divinity School. An ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), he serves on the ministerial staff at Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts. His books incl |